Guidelines for online application THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PUBLISHES THE CALENDAR IN TIRANA AND IN THE DISTRICTS Filling out the form on the State Matura portal, from 1-11 August. Step-by-step guide, payment of 2 thousand lek and how data entry is done. A chance also for those who failed By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ The Ministry of Education and Sports has approved the guidelines for admissions to the first cycle of studies for the new academic year 2016-2017. In these guidelines, the Ministry of Education and Sports (MAS) sets out the steps that graduates will follow in the procedures for applying to higher education institutions. For the first time in the guidelines, it is specified that the same application procedures will also be followed by graduates who will apply to private universities. To enter the data into the system, graduates must pay the fee of 2,000 lek, and then, from 1... On pages 10-11

THE MOVING MESSAGE OF VIOLA KALOSHI On page 21

Opinion of the Day By ILIR KALEMAJ Not a few times were people unsettled by the declaration of the co-chairman of the governing coalition, when right in the height of the summer heat he dropped the “bomb”... Continues on page 20 New political calculations

Opinion of the Day Ladies and gentlemen, the link between citizens and their representatives is the essence of democracy. Precisely, the offices that are... 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 communication between MP and voter

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: NO ONE CAN STOP THE REFORM On page 5

What was said off camera. Meta: The Swedes trained me in consensus (In the 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 response: 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

• “The PD was right about article 88 of the ‘Venice Commission’. Governance? I invite Rama to meet” On page 2

SUSPICION/ THE CAUSE, AN OLD CONFLICT On page 8

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

MEMORIES Lazër Stani: How I published the story about “Dosjet” in ’89 On pages 18-19

“SUMMER PAGES” Supplement

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