3-HOUR MEETING / THE PRIME MINISTER: THEY DO NOT WANT THE REFORM. DP: JUSTICE IS BEING ‘CAPTURED’ “RAMA-BASHA” FAILS No consensus, draft in Parliament • Talks on judicial reform, Rama brings Vasili to the table. Berisha reacts: the bilateral meeting turned into a trilateral one By VALENTINA MADANI They shook hands with each other, but Edi Rama and Lulzim Basha, even after three hours of talks, still could not reach agreement on approving judicial reform. The deadlock, as expected, was the proposal for “reserved seats” in the senior leadership structures of the judiciary, an element that the DP and former prime minister Sali Berisha have deemed.... On pages 2-3 • Edi Rama: We are not waiting a single second, the reform will go straight to Parliament. I believe the DP does not want it, but it will vote for it • Lulzim Basha: We accept the version of “reserved seats” in the justice architecture. Unilateral acts will fail (In the photo:) The two leaders of the SP-DP, Edi Rama and Lulzim Basha, yesterday during the meeting at the Palace of Congresses, together with their teams

Opinion of the Day By MOIKOM ZEQO Fan Noli, the architect and founder of the Autocephaly of the Albanian Orthodox Church, wonderfully translated many of the Holy Books of the Bible.... An unknown work by Fan Noli Continued on page 20

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI In Tirana, it is now mandatory to have every “no-car Sunday.” Of course, by order from above, with many traffic police officers... “No-car Sunday” Continued on page 21

The director at the Ministry of Social Welfare explains the new decision: How the supplements are calculated “Those who retired with 60% before 1996 receive more. The lowest goes to 14,800 lek” The government decision “On narrowing the differences in the amount of pensions” has been published in the Official Gazette, opening the way to an increase in old-age payments for around 20,000 pensioners. Through it, there are a number of categories that will receive additional amounts ranging from 840- By OLA MITRE 4,000 lek per month, while the financial effects will begin from 1 June. The main beneficiaries are those who retired from 1 October 1993 to 31 December 1996, while the Director of Inspection, Labour Relations and Social Dialogue at the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth, Astrit Kuka, explains to “Gazeta Shqiptare” the method of calculating the supplement. “In the years 1993-1996, the pension calculation method was.... On page 11 The Director of Inspection at MMSR, Astrit Kuka

ATTACK! / KALASHNIKOV BULLETS TOWARD THE CAR On page 9

GREEK MINISTER: NOT ALL CHAMS ARE THE SAME On pages 4-5

COMPENSATION On pages 14-17

UNIVERSITY On page 10

“CHIMNEY” SALES On page 12

PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE On page 8