100-PAGE REPORT / CORRUPTION DOMINATES, THERE ARE FEW CONVICTIONS OF OFFICIALS The European Commission gives the recommendation, in June the decision of the 28 EU member states. Mogherini: Fight crime. Green light also for Macedonia (In the photo) EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, and the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Federica Mogherini On pages 2-3

The 15-year-old: They promised us 10 million lek The minor’s drama: My neighbor raped me, I was offered money to forgive him, now I’m afraid The teenager recounts the threats: I was forced to leave school. Her mother: May he die in prison I gave birth to the child in December and now he is in Tirana in an orphanage. I am afraid they will kill me, and that is why I do not go to school. Amid the threats from the neighbor’s family members who abused me. Every night they come to the house and ask us to forgive him. They also offered us 10 million lek, but we will never forgive that man until his death.” Thus ... On page 10

PS-PD CLASH “Negotiations”, Rama: The opposition left its bones to make it impossible. Basha: Fight crime On pages 4-5

INVESTIGATION INTO JUSTICE Vetting, commission: Here is the judge who cannot justify her assets On page 8

“GET LICENSED” The operation begins at auto repair shops, fines will start from 200 thousand lek On page 7

HIGHER EDUCATION Students: Here is how much money our lecturers ask for at the public university On page 11

VIP pages The well-known baritone: Italian audiences are the hardest. Albanians are special Gëzim Myshketa: The painful decision to leave... “The bond with music is genetic. The greatest honor? The title from the Presidency” Gëzim Myshketa is one of the most esteemed voices in the operatic lyric genre. The internationally renowned Albanian baritone, winner of several awards such as “AsLiCo 2006”, “Tosti 2008” and “Vinas 2011”, has spent years building his career abroad, while not neglecting the Albanian stage either, with various roles and concerts. In an interview for “Vip Pages” of “Gazeta shqip- tare”, he расскаtells of the difficulties he has faced to achieve his success, the rea- sons for leaving Albania ... Supplement

THE ACTOR’S 70TH BIRTHDAY Mirush Kabashi, his youth in the dormitory and marriage to his student On pages 18-19

Syria once again was placed at the center of international and betzare diplomacy. It seemed as if the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis were being repeated. The coalition ... By RIGELS LENJA Why is Syria not an American war? Continues on page 20

The positive recommendation made by the European Commission to open negotiations with Albania is undoubtedly good news. It represents one step further ... By ANDI BUSHATI Brussels said “yes”, but there is no reason to celebrate Continues on page 21

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