The “Open Society” Foundation: Criminal organizations invested in legal businesses. 3 criminal organizations in Tiranë, 1 in Durrës, 1 in Fier REPORT / CRIMINAL POLICY: SENTENCE REDUCTIONS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS MAP OF CRIMINAL GROUPS IN ALBANIA 2015 Tiranë 3 organizations Shkodër 4 “families” Durrës 1 organization 1 “family” Vlorë criminal groups Fier criminal organizations Berat 3 “families” Elbasan “family” / criminal groups (In 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 very multidimensional and now extreme character. 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 giving Albanians what they have lacked for more than a ... Continues on page 22 By XHEVAT MUSTAFA A state without gratitude, certainly not the one “we want”

Every person must submit once a year the declaration of economic status SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTE Here is the guideline of the Institute of Insurance Social pension, the 5 conditions for benefiting from it and the documents Every person must submit once a year the declaration of economic status By ORNELA MANJANI The Social Insurance Institute publishes the criteria for obtaining the social pension. To be included in the benefit scheme, people must be over 70 years old, remain in Albania for at least the last 5 years, not ... On page 8

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

DAMAGE AFTER THE RAIN Basha: Urgent intervention is needed from the government On page 5

Bad weather, President Meta inspects the situation in Fier and Berat Rama blames the technical government: Floods, also the fault of the summer fires 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 Defence Olta Xhaçka and MPs from the affected areas. At the last meeting he had in Vlorë, Rama said that the damage caused also came as a result of the fires that broke out during the summer. “We have already started taking measures for next summer, we will tighten the legislation very strongly as well and we will not spare anyone who will play with this wealth... On page 4

MONUMENTS Water is pumped out of the churches of Voskopojë after the floods On page 12

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