University / Nora Malaj: a second chance for 7,000 high school graduates The exams will be held from 30 August to 10 September. Applications for the vacant quotas begin on 23 September. The test consists of 25 questions STATE MATURA, HERE ARE THE AUTUMN DATES The exams will be held from 30 August to 10 September. Applications for the vacant quotas begin on 23 September. The test consists of 25 questions (In photo): High school graduates (illustrative) On page 10

Opinion of the Day According to Fromm, every crisis endowed with reason and self-awareness suffers from a symbiosis and punishment, it is terrorized by inescapable existential anxiety... Continued on page 20 By KRESHNIK ÇOLLAKU Save the government... from destruction!

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

Appointment Former German ambassador, Bernd Borchardt comes to the helm of OSCE On page 3

US Vice President Joe Biden comes to the Balkans, meetings in Serbia and in Kosovo On page 12

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

The celebration begins China’s ambassador: “Korça” beer makes you proud On page 8

SUMMER The famous singer also visits Prishtina: I’m 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 at the “Mother Teresa” square and said she was very moved to perform in Tirana. Earlier, Dua Lipa sang in Prishtina: she is accompanied on this trip by her father. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, yesterday handed the City Key to the famous singer of Albanian origin, Dua Lipa. At a reception organized at Tirana City Hall, Veliaj expressed his gratitude to the internationally famous singer and handed her one of the symbols given to friends of the city. Mayor Veliaj said he is very happy to hand the City Key to a girl who inspires many people. “Now Prishtina and Tirana are one, so you are not only a girl from Prishtina and Kosovo,...” Supplement

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

Doubt / He will have surgery ISMAIL KADARE IN HOSPITAL, PUBLISHER: ROUTINE VISIT, WRITERS ARE HUMAN BEINGS On page 19