Public sector salaries, Finance Minister: 7% more also for local government. Police officers, no salaries below 69 thousand lekë TABLES / DIFFERENTIATED INCREASE 10–36%, HOW MUCH EACH CATEGORY GAINS (In the photo) Finance Minister Arben Ahmetaj in the studio of the program “Të bësh ekonomi”. Table of salary increases On pages 2–3

Court: We did not remove his life sentence. The police official’s memories are revealed The account of former officer Bujar Hoxha The former senior police officer, Bujar Hoxha, has told the “secrets” of the Lushnja gang in a long account published in “Gazeta Shqiptare”. Hoxha has compiled his memories in the book titled “Crime and anti-crime, the history of criminal gangs”. In this book, uncovered by “GSH.al”, Hoxha explains how the area where he operated ... On page 8

Agron Tufa accused her of being a “murderer”, the writer: Not just portal initiatives The former Foreign Minister, a conversation about Ismail Kadare and joining the Party By FATMIRA NIKOLLI The former Foreign Minister and well-known writer Besnik Mustafaj spoke yesterday about the writer’s relationship with the regime under dictatorship. The discussion began with the recently reopened debate about the role of writer Diana Çuli in the sentencing of the communist-era writers Genc Leka and Vilson Blloshmi, and more specifically about the expert report she signed regarding their poems. The debate was opened within the framework of the meeting “Literature of the City”, where Çuli’s presence had been announced, but which immediately led Agron Tufa, writer and director? of the Institute for the Study of the Crimes and Consequences of Communism, to announce a protest before Diana Çuli’s meeting, with the poems of the two deceased writers. At the meeting “Literature of the City”, organized by the journalists Beti Njuma ... On page 16

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Opinion Mrs. Mogherini has returned very frustrated from her Balkan tour. It is a fact that the European Union is no longer a serious partner in the enlargement process. ... Continued on page 20 By BLENDI FEVZIU Why is the Balkans in crisis and how long will it last?

Reportage In one of the villas of the “Magra Austria” hotel in Bogë, in the Rugova Gorge, where we have settled for a weekend, the light sound of the waters slips in “stealthily” ... Continued on page 21 By MAL BERISHA In the Rugova Gorge, in memory of Kadri Roshi and Azem Shkreli

WARNING On page 5

CRIME IN BERZHITE On page 10

MACEDONIA On page 18

FOOTBALL On page 22