REPORT / CRIMINAL POLICY: SENTENCE REDUCTIONS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS Open Society Foundation: Criminal organizations invested in legitimate businesses. 3 criminal organizations in Tirana, 1 in Durrës, 1 in Fier MAP OF CRIMINAL GROUPS IN ALBANIA 2015 Tirana 3 organizations Shkodër 4 “families” Durrës 1 organization 1 “family” Vlorë criminal groups Fier criminal organizations Berat 3 “families” Elbasan “family” / criminal groups (In the photo) Map of criminal groups in Albania On page 11

INTERVIEW Vasilika Hysi: The justice reform was like a second university On pages 6-7

Opinion of the Day Poverty in Albania has a multidimensional character accompanied by the extreme. If we refer to the statistical figures, during 2016 in Albania ... Continues on page 21 By ROVENA HOXHA Poverty, as the most open form of violence against the people

Opinion of the Day For more than 4 years the team of “Rilindja” or of Edi Rama has boasted that it has taken on the task of delivering to Albanians what they have lacked for more than a ... Continues on page 22 By XHEVAT MUSTAFA A welfare-less state, by no means the one “we want”

SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTE Here is the guidance from the Insurance Institute Social pension, the 5 conditions to benefit from it and the documents Every person must submit once a year the declaration of economic situation By ORNELA MANJANI The Social Insurance Institute publishes the criteria for receiving the social pension. To be included in the benefit scheme, persons must be over the age of 70, live in Albania for at least the last 5 years, not ... On page 8

CONTROLS ARE INCREASING Taxes: Fines begin in January, take advantage of the amnesty On page 9

Rama blames the technical government: Floods, also the fault of the summer fires Bad weather, President Meta inspects the situation in Fier and Berat By DARINA TANUSHI Prime Minister Edi Rama inspected yesterday the flooded areas in the south of the country, starting from Fier and then in Vlorë, accompanied by the Minister of Defense Olta Xhaçka and deputies from the area. In the last meeting he had in Vlorë, Rama said that the damage caused also came as a result of the fires that occurred during the summer. “We have already started taking measures for next summer, we will also greatly strengthen the legislation and we will not forgive anyone who will play with this asset... On page 4

DAMAGE AFTER THE RAIN Basha: There must be urgent intervention from the government On page 5

MONUMENTS Floods, water is pumped out of the churches of Voskopojë On page 12

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