The opposition gathers the roundtable with the media, Basha: The US and the EU should pressure the government not to approve the draft. Journalists in front of the Parliament on 18 December “ANTI-DEFAMATION PACKAGE” / THE PRIME MINISTER: THE DRAFT WAS CONSULTED WITH OSCE LINE BY LINE (In the photo) The opposition’s roundtable on the “anti-defamation package,” Prime Minister Edi Rama. The journalists’ protest poster #DON’TTOUCHOURword Time of protest: 18 December, 9:30, at Parliament On pages 2-3

Another 300 families approved to be compensated for September’s damage The municipal council approves the beneficiaries The Tirana Municipal Council yesterday approved the next list for the rent bonus for another 606 families, whose homes have become uninhabitable because of the 26 November earthquake. The total list of beneficiary families receiving the bonus has reached 1,794 in all, while the amount of the rent bonus has been set according to housing units ... On pages 12-13

EARTHQUAKE CONSEQUENCES On page 4

4 DOCUMENTS Government decision: Here is how properties will move from the state to the private investor On page 7

SUSPICIONS Bride poisoned in Librazhd, family: She was not asphyxiated, we want the truth to be revealed On page 8

The expert had died 5 years before signing the document Earthquake / The prosecutor’s file on violations in the construction of “Mira Mares” BY KLODIANA LALA In the prosecutor’s file on the earthquake arrests, the abuse by the builder of “Miramare”, Ruzhdi Xheka, comes to light, where the legalization of the building, apart from lacking any study, was carried out with an expert report that turns out to be forged, since the expert who prepared it had died 5 years before the legalization was done, reports “BalkanWeb”. In neighborhood no. 13, Plazh Durrës, a 5-story building called hotel “Mira Mare” was demolished, which had been built ... On page 9

BSH COUNCIL On page 6

MUSICAL COMEDY On page 19

Opinion of the Day The Prime Minister needed no more than a minute to describe the situation at “Nënë Tereza”. He called it a catastrophe and a crowding like at a train station ... Continues on page 20

By SHPËTIM NAZARKO Edi, it’s an understatement to call it a catastrophe; it is simply a slaughter... Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day The earthquake of 26 November 2019 had extraordinary consequences. Dozens dead, hundreds injured, thousands of homes and buildings destroyed, as well as thousands ... Continues on page 21 By FATOS DEGA An analysis that should begin