Merkel: Positive recommendation for Albania Prime Minister Rama invites the opposition to dialogue: Reform, but elections are in 2021 • For North Macedonia, negotiations could start as early as January; Albania will have to wait a bit longer. • The conditions set by Chancellor Merkel's party will be put to a vote by the members of the parliamentary group. The German Bundestag will vote on 26 September on opening negotiations with Albania, but with a total of 9 conditions for our country. The document that will formulate the German position in the EU Council is being finalized and will be put to a vote at the request of the two parliamentary groups of the majority ... Continued on pages 2-5 (In the photo:) German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Prime Minister Edi Rama. The German Bundestag

Opinion of the Day Continued on page 20

By ERMAL MULOSMANI Pirro Mani's wheel and Edi Rama's wheel

Opinion of the Day Germany so far has been the champion of integration. Europe’s most powerful state and the third most powerful in the world has unconditionally supported the path ... By FATOS ÇOÇOLI German conditions and Albanian integration Continued on page 21

The law prioritizes requests for accelerated payments The medium-term budget program for the 2020-2022 period sets the fund for owners Around 160 million lek is the total amount that will be paid from the state budget for compensation of owners. The money will be distributed over three years. The fund is provided for in the medium-term budget draft for the 2020-2022 period and has now been published in the Official Gazette. The medium-term projections related to the property restitution-compensation process correspond to a two-day visit by the Venice Commission to Tirana, as part ... On page 6

EVENT IN JUNE The assassination attempt against Florenc Çapja, the prosecution: 22 years in prison for Shkëlzen Hasampapaj On page 7

... and still the best today

First year of the mandate, Lulzim Basha: We will set the minimum wage at 400 euros On page 4

The categories of pensioners who may benefit from special pensions are clarified On pages 8-9

Formerly persecuted persons, the 1,000 beneficiaries of the third installment of compensation On pages 11-12

German historian: Enver Hoxha turned Albania into a disabled country On page 19