Citizens gather in defense of the Theatre HOURS OF TENSION/ “THE ACTORS ARE LOCKED IN”, THE GOVERNMENT CUTS OFF THEIR LIGHT AND WATER. EDMOND BUDINA DRAGGED AWAY • Meta appeals the law to the Constitutional Court: Demolishing the Theatre is a constitutional crime • Rama: We will build a new one, the minority cannot hold the country hostage By FATMIRA NIKOLLI At 7 in the morning police vans surrounded the square around the theatre while 30 protesters who had remained to defend it were waiting outside. Since Thursday the Theatre has been guarded day and night 24 hours a day for fear of being demolished. At 7:10 by the door there was an employee, employees approached, from the TK and private police, while ... • Veliaj mocks Basha: Sawdust resembles some theatre in Holland • Basha: Rama’s criminal project to launder drug money (In the photo:) Actors, members of the Alliance for the Protection of the Theatre during the clash with the police. Director Edmond Budina Continues on pages 2-5

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Tirana is a city that is not so young in terms of age, and as for being identified as the capital, it should be considered three. This year it turns a full 100 years since ... Continues on page 20

By BEN ANDONI The Theatre/ After Rama, the biggest disappointment is the artists themselves

Opinion of the Day By MARGOT WALLSTRÖM One of the great achievements of the 20th century was the spread of democracy and economic development on a global level. Democracy has shown that it is ... Sweden’s voice for democracy in the world Continues on page 21

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SECOND ROUND On page 12

SOCIAL INSURANCE/ “Payment limits and fees. How to get more income” “Find out about the discounts you can get from advance payments” By VOLTIZA DURO Albanian emigrants living abroad, but who have worked and contributed in Albania, can receive a pension even if they have not completed the years of work with contributions. The Social Insurance Institute has called on all interested persons to insure themselves voluntarily in order to receive an old-age, disability, or family pension payment. “Citizen emigrants! The Social Insurance Institute offers you voluntary social insurance as one more opportunity to benefit from an old-age, disability, and family pension,” ISSH emphasizes. Meanwhile, it informs all interested persons that the full old-age pension is obtained ... On pages 10-11

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