The Prime Minister: We will raise salaries more than the countries of the region “100 million USD for wages and pensions” “This is the largest sum made available to Albanian families. The previous government allocated 124 million over 8 years. Relations with LSI? They have their own job; on the ground we grow together” By DARINA TANUSHI BRIKENA METAJ Prime Minister Edi Rama declared yesterday that Albania will no longer be last in the region as regards the lowest and average salary. In his column on Facebook, “The Communication of the Week,” PM Rama spoke yesterday about the government reforms undertaken over the past three years. He dwelt on judicial reform, but also on wage and pension increases. Rama said that 100 million dollars will be transferred from the state budget to family budgets. “Today the government is ready to move a full 100 million dollars from the state budget to the family budgets of workers and pensioners. This is the earliest, and by far the largest amount ever made available to families in a single year for wages and pensions. The previous government allocated 124 million dollars from the state budget for wages and pensions over 8 years,” Rama said. “Albania will no longer be last in the region for the low salary and... Continues on page 3

Tirana still has 1,416 empty places, Medicine 170, Polytechnic 707 (In the photo:) Students of the Faculty of Natural Sciences on the first day of the new academic year Dean Dhori Kule: The quality of admissions has dropped. In Economic Informatics there are 70 free slots By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ There are still 5,470 unfilled slots in the public universities. The registration period seems to be nearing its end, due to the limitation of On pages 10-11

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Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Usually diplomatic initiatives are focused around a region or have a continental, or global, character, but it is a rare case, ... The Three Seas Initiative and Albania Continues on page 19

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THE OPERATION Alket Dhroso from Saranda caught in Greece with 173 kg of hashish On page 7

THE CLASHES Hashish, Manjani replies to Kodheli: He hasn’t given up on this business On page 6

THACI AT NATO: WE ARE READY TO MAKE PEACE WITH SERBIA THACI AT NATO: WE ARE READY TO MAKE PEACE WITH SERBIA Majko: The clashes between Albania and Kosovo are a strategy for division On pages 12-13

ADVICE The myth of vitamins falls, they are harmful for health On page 22

THE HISTORY OF GJON FRANÇESK ALBANI Moikom Zeqo: Klementi XI, the predecessor of the Pope of Albanian origin On pages 14-15