TABLES/ BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY, EARLY RETIREMENT PENSION NO LESS THAN 12,635 LEK PENSION INCREASES Decision, 635 thousand people benefit The value of the special pension is equalised, becoming 25,000 lek. Supplementary pensions and transitional payments, procedures for the administration, police officers and military personnel By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ The government approved pension increases for 635,000 pensioners based on the price index. This year’s increase is 1.6 percent. After the government meeting, the Minister of Social Welfare and Youth, Blendi Klosi, announced: “The pension increase will take effect from 1 August 2016. The financial effects of implementing this draft decision from 1 August to 31 December 2016 are estimated at 662 million lek and will be covered by the funds planned for pension increases in the State Budget. Even after the index is applied, pensioners,... On pages 6-7

LAW/ Amnesty for those who report to the prosecutor’s office to whom they gave money (In photo:) Ambassadors LU, Mahuti in Parliament. Facsimile of the draft law “On the transitional reassessment of judges and prosecutors” Article 50 7. The reassessment subject who has benefited from a large sum bears the obligation to return it to the collaborator of justice, regardless of having broken the law. The reassessment subject is not entitled to claim that the gain arising from this amount has been lost over time. The return of the amount may be demanded directly from any person who has voluntarily come forward, if it is proven that they received a value greater than 100,000 ALL without lawful cause, since 01.01.2006. The reassessment subject and related persons have the right to file a recourse lawsuit in court against third parties who may have benefited from the relevant sum. A “collaborator of justice” cannot be criminally prosecuted for corruption. Whoever benefited from more than 100,000 lek must return it By DARINA TANUSHI The new draft law of “vetting”, which has received the final approval stamp of the EURALIUS experts, is now in the hands... On pages 2-3

AKP: FILLING OUT THE FORM IN THE CITY OF TIRANA UNTIL 3 AUGUST 3 SPECIAL PAGES UNIVERSITIES, THE LIST OF 442 PROGRAMMES AND THE NECESSARY APPLICATION CODES On page 21

US-EU: THE 7 LAWS MUST PASS ON 11 AUGUST On page 4

Opinion of the Day By ARSIM SPAHIU I learned that in “Gazeta Shqiptare” or ‘Ballkanweb’ a critical article by Muzafer Korkuti has been published, in which there has been included... In response to Muzafer Korkuti’s criticism Continues on page 20

INTERVIEW/ APPROVAL OF “JUSTICE” On page 21

MYSTERY On page 8

THE PERPETRATORS ARE BEING SOUGHT On page 9

COLLECTION On pages 18-19

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THE SPOUSE OF THE JUDGE On page 9