“OUR PATIENCE HAS A LIMIT”
WARNING/ “APPROVE THE REFORM OR WE WILL REMOVE YOUR EU CANDIDATE STATUS”
“OUR PATIENCE HAS A LIMIT”
Germany: Vote on July 21
The chairman of the Committee on Europe in the Bundestag, Krichbaum: The government and the opposition should understand the message. Lulzim Basha: Article 88 of the “Venice” recommendations should be implemented
By VALENTINA MADANI
Albania risks losing its status as a candidate country for the European Union if the political class does not approve the justice reform on July 21. The stern warning was issued yesterday in Tirana by the chairman of the Committee on Europe in the German Bundestag, Gunther Krichbaum. The MP from the party of Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, called on all sides to hear his appeal and take into account that even the patience of the Germans has its limits. At a special conference
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Populism on the march
The Opinion of the Day
By ILIR KALEMAJ
Euro-skeptic populists have been gaining ground and are politically dominating today’s Europe. A broken, fragmented Europe, without a vision ...
Populism on the march
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A pain as large as Istanbul!
The Opinion of the Day
By ARIAN GALDINI
My grandmother told me that her parents, although she was born after Albania declared independence, had Istanbul in their minds ...
A pain as large as Istanbul!
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The judge’s texts to his wife: When you are married and have a lover, it is a luxury
Prosecutor’s Office: Shyqyri Çobo made 300 phone calls, wanted sexual favors
MESSAGE FILE
(In the photo:) Suspended judge, Shyqyri Çobo. Facsimile of the prosecutor’s file
Berat/ The judge is suspended from work, and charges of “passive corruption” are brought. The messages: Don’t act like a peasant woman, times have evolved, little bird!
I advise you very amicably that, in the conceptual or perceptual philosophy, do not reflect a peasant mentality of a provincial nature by trying to show morality; times have evolved, so you need to be more eloquent with yourself and with society. Okay?
“Little bird” – I would have liked to call you that, because not as ‘little bird’! Okay??
It is true that you are a ‘difficult type’ in communication, but an ‘intelligent type’ with a highly perfect feminine performance. You have value in yourself! I respect you and do not want to lose you! Okay?
“Good morning”!! I’m writing to you in Albanian. I wake up at 4, and at 5:30 I leave for work...(I want to tell you that you should know and even admire the values that you do not lack. You enjoy sympathy, intelligence and a very complementary communication....You are very feminine. For that reason you should be PROUD! Respect..
Sexual harassment and abuse (as old as the world itself) has taken scandalous proportions in Albanian society. This is because cases involving officials from various institutions in such
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Migjen Basha tells: The heat at the return ceremony in Tirana and dinner with Rama
INTERVIEW/ THE FOOTBALLER SPEAKS
SUMMER
Migjen Basha tells: The heat at the return ceremony in Tirana and dinner with Rama
Supplement
Rama in Turkey: Together against the barbarity of terrorism
FLIGHTS FROM RINASI TO ISTANBUL CANCELED
On pages 4-5
Muzafer Korkuti: Mistakes in history books, enough with dilettantism
HEAD OF THE ACADEMY
On pages 18-19
Wiretaps, the Appeals Court frees 2 officers from the ‘IMSI Catcher’
THE DECISION
On page 7
HSA: Violations in expropriations in the construction of the Small Ring Road
AUDIT IN TIRANA
On page 6
Property compensation, ATP reveals the names of the beneficiaries
APPLICATIONS SINCE '93
On pages 10-12
The quotas are out: Politekniku will admit 1,245 new students
VACANT PLACES FOR EACH FACULTY DEPARTMENT
On page 8
