UNIVERSITY / NORA MALAJ: SECOND CHANCE FOR 7,000 MATURA GRADUATES STATE MATURA, HERE ARE THE AUTUMN DATES The exams will be held from 30 August to 10 September. Applications for empty quotas begin on 23 September. The test consists of 25 questions (In photo): Graduates (illustrative) On page 10

Opinion of the Day According to Fromm, every creature endowed with reason and consciousness suffers from a symbiosis and a curse; you are tormented by the inevitable existential anxiety... Continues on page 20 By KRESHNIK COLLAKU Save the government... from destruction!

“I’m not fleeing to some island” Meta: In prison? Those people who can threaten me have not been born yet Speaker of the Assembly: Consensus must continue. Governance must improve The Speaker of the Assembly and of the LSI, Ilir Meta, gave an interview yesterday for the program “FAKT” by journalist Çim Peka on “SYRI.net”. During this interview, Meta spoke about judicial reform, consensus, the prison threats made against him, as well as his political future... On pages 4-5

SUMMER The famous singer also visits Prishtina: I am proud to be Albanian Dua Lipa: I feel responsibility toward Albania Mayor Veliaj gives her the “Key to Tirana”: Keep it and come back here again The internationally famous singer Dua Lipa sang yesterday in Tirana, in the “Mother Teresa” square, and said she was very excited to be performing in Tirana. Earlier, Dua Lipa sang in Prishtina: she was accompanied on this trip by her father. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, yesterday presented the Key to the City to the famous singer of Albanian origin, Dua Lipa. At a reception organized at the Tirana Municipality, Veliaj expressed his gratitude to the internationally renowned singer and handed her one of the symbols awarded to friends of the city. Mayor Veliaj said he was very happy to present the Key to the City to a girl who inspires many people. “Now Prishtina and Tirana are one, so you are not just a girl from Prishtina and Kosovo,...” Supplement

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In Memoriam Today marks 28 years since the dissident poet, martyr of freedom, was tragically and physically taken away from Kollovozi in Kukës, from Albania,... Continues on page 21 By BESIM NDREGJONI Havzi Nela, freedom on the gallows

APPOINTMENT On page 3

U.S. VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden comes to the Balkans, meetings in Serbia and in Kosovo On page 12

THE FESTIVAL BEGINS China’s ambassador: “Korça” beer makes you proud On page 8

2,400 NAMES The persecuted, the third list of compensation beneficiaries On pages 10-11