The documents that must be submitted to local units. Instructions for online permits. An estimate and the licensed designer’s statement are required THE NEW PROCEDURE FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND ADDITIONS TO APARTMENT BLOCKS (In the photo) Apartment blocks under construction On pages 10-11

“A chance also for early applicants; with one new application you are back in the running” 3 thousand applicants in the Tirana municipality More than 3,000 applicants for soft loans in Tirana are still kept in the race to benefit from this opportunity from the Municipality of Tirana. This was stated on the program Njëzet e Fokus, on News24, by Mayor Erjon Veliaj, who said that this opportunity for the citizens of Tirana will be reopened this year..... On page 9

Her husband is in prison, Xhuljana Zeqo begins cohabiting. Her father: I can’t do anything about it STORY/ Mother-in-law Hëna Zeqo, appeal to the daughter-in-law: At least let me keep my granddaughter TIRANA- An unusual story came yesterday to the studio of the program “Me zemër të hapur” by journalist Evis Ahmeti on “News 24”. It is the story of a mother who, with tears in her eyes, asks that her son’s wife return to take back one of the 6-year-old children she abandoned to go with her 18-year-old boyfriend. The main character of this almost soap-opera story is Xhuljana. She was 16 when she decided to marry in the city of Vlora to Ernesto Zeqo. Xhuljana, mother of three children, has left the Zeqo family and abandoned her eldest son. The former mother-in-law, Hëna Zeqo, recounts on the program “Me zemër të hapur” the long ordeal of her daughter’s suffering. At the moment, the only son Ernesto is in prison, because the wife before abandoning him,... On page 14

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Korça BEER and even today the best ...

FROSTS, 3 VICTIMS Friend’s account: The vagrant gave me 1,000 lek before he died On pages 2-3

When, in the first days of October 1994, I stepped off the plane and set foot in Berlin, with the diploma from the University of Tirana in my pocket and a dream... Continued on page 21

By ANI WILMS I, a free Albanian woman in Berlin

Today’s Opinion In the evening news editions, through the crime reports, several television stations aired a short item about the death of a vagrant... Continued on page 20 By ILIR ÇUMANI The quiet departure of the innocent vagrant...!

INTERVIEW Meta: President? After the elections I will again be chairman of the LSI On page 7

DURRES Video with guns, rapper Noizy escorted by police On page 12

POLICE VIOLATION 2 members of the Çapja clan in Elbasan released from prison On page 11

1,550 BENEFICIARIES On pages 16-18