Judges, pension 270 thousand lek BUDGET GAP / 1 THOUSAND MAGISTRATES WILL RECEIVE 2 THOUSAND EUROS A MONTH Ministry of Finance, letter to the special parliamentary committee: The budget deficit rises to 32 billion lek. Tritan Shehu: Super-salaries, we must also encourage doctors By ORNELA MANJANI The pensions of judges and prosecutors after the approval of the judicial reform will start from 270,000 lek per month, or 90% of the reference salary. According to the Ministry of Finance, the judiciary pensions provided for in the draft are in conflict with the current pension law. The deficit that this scheme will cause in the state budget is around 320 billion lek for the first 1,000 pensioners. “The magistrate receives an old-age pension identical to the one provided for in the basic law, but the benefit and the value Continues on page 4

Opinion of the Day Beyond the primitive jealousies in the media over who reacted first, this is the entirely unfounded core of the initial voices for and against, although what was needed. Continues on page 21 By MIMOZA KOÇIU Why always the media?

Opinion of the Day A short time (and time is immeasurable) before his epiphanic death, Migjeni wrote a dizzying title, “The Last Skanderbeg”, ... Continues on page 22 By MOIKOM ZEQO The silence of the muses, kitsch - today’s culture

Investigation / The Kosovar tried to kidnap a woman, punched a boy (In the photo:) The man arrested for violence and attempted kidnapping in Vlorë, D[i]ar Xhema The Serious Crimes Court orders the psychiatric hospitalization of D[i]ar Xhema. Lawyer: The file shows he was hospitalized for 4 years in Mitrovicë By XHENSILA KODRA The Serious Crimes Court ordered compulsory psychiatric hospitalization for the Kosovar D[i]ar Xhema, who a few days earlier terrorized the city’s residents On page 6

HIGHER EDUCATION / PRACTICAL TEST SPORTS UNIVERSITY, THE NAMES OF THE 560 CANDIDATES, THE COMPETITION ON 23-27 AUGUST On pages 8-9

NEW LAW: PRISON FOR “THOSE WHO INFLUENCE” “Prosecutor’s Office”, another article for the jailing of journalists On page 3

RAPE Incest in Dibër, residents: He has shamed us, let him rot in prison On page 7

ENERGY OSHEE: Prices are uniform in every city in summer and winter On page 5

AFTER THE COUP Turkish ambassador: The FETO organization in Albania, finances schools On page 11

CULTURE Eda Zari, an album with Byzantine music, dedicated to Noli On page 10

INTERVIEW / ADVENTURE AT “LATE AGE” INTERVIEW / ADVENTURE AT “LATE AGE” ZLATA NUMANAGIÇ Famous Serbian actress Numanagiç opens a restaurant in Albania Supplement