MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PUBLISHES THE CALENDAR IN TIRANA AND IN THE REGIONS UNIVERSITY ADMISSION Guide to online application Filling out the form on the State Matura portal, from 1 to 11 August. Step-by-step instructions, payment of 2,000 lek and how the data are entered. A chance also for repeat exam candidates By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ The Ministry of Education and Sports has approved the instructions for admission to the first cycle of studies for the new academic year 2016-2017. In these instructions, MAS sets out the steps for high school graduates to follow in the application procedures for higher education institutions. For the first time in the instructions, it is specified that the same application procedures will also be followed by high school graduates who will apply to private universities. To enter data into the system, graduates must pay the fee of 2,000 lek, and then, from 1... On pages 10-11

Opinion of the Day By ILIR KALEMAJ Not once were they stirred by the statement of the co-chair of the governing coalition, who right in the peak of the summer heat dropped the “bomb”... Continues on page 20 New political calculations

Ladies and gentlemen, the link between citizens and their representatives is the essence of democracy. Precisely, the offices that are... Opinion of the Day By ROBERT WILTON Ladies and gentlemen, The link between citizens and their representatives is the essence of democracy. Precisely, the offices that are... Continues on page 20 The importance of MP-voter communication

What was said off camera. Meta: The Swedes trained me in consensus (In photo:) Lulzim Basha and Knut Fleckenstein. Ilir Meta and Madeleine Albright. Ilir Meta and Lulzim Basha at the Forum. Former prime minister Majko presents Basha as both “the problem and the solution” at the same time. The PD leader’s reply: The reform has “zero” enemies By VALENTINA MADANI The leader of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, is in the United States at the invitation of the American Democratic Party... On page 3

20 YEARS SINCE BUJAR KALOSHI’S KILLING, HIS DAUGHTER SPEAKS: DAD, YOU USED TO SAY I SHOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR THE STATE On page 21

“The 7 laws”, the committee meets today. Rama: We will approve them On page 5

• “The PD was right on article 88 of the ‘Venice’ opinion. Governing? I invite Rama to meet On page 2

5 EURO TOLL Transport: Rruga e Kombit, below the Balkan average On page 6

MEMORIES Lazër Stani: How I published the story about the ‘Files’ in ’89 On pages 18-19

“SUMMER PAGES” Maya: Our music scene has more phenomena than singers Supplement

STUDY Moikom Zeqo: The internationalization of Ali Pashë Tepelena On page 22

Moments of terror in the hospital, the man who set the fire also dies On page 8