HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: CANNABIS? NOW THE CONDITIONS HAVE MATURED. THE THEATER WILL BE DEMOLISHED PD leader Lulzim Basha: Albanians’ pockets have been shaken by the government’s economic pandemic. Petrit Vasili: LSI with Edi Rama in the elections? Never! (In the photo) Prime Minister Edi Rama. The PD leader in a meeting with various businesses. LSI deputy chairman Petrit Vasili On pages 2-3

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Today’s Opinion By FATOS ÇOÇOLI With the easing of restrictions on movement and economic activities and the gradual fading of the threat to life from the pandemic, many of us... Continued on page 21 For those who think “We locked down for nothing!”

Finance Minister: What the business sector benefits Growth forecast worsens. “Moody’s”: EU membership softens the effect of COVID EBRD: Albania, 9% economic decline. Denaj: We will pay the interest on the loans Growth forecast worsens. “Moody’s”: EU membership softens the effect of COVID The Albanian economy will register a decline of 9% during 2020. This is the forecast of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Gross Domestic Product will fall by 9.0%. The bank’s latest report predicts a rapid recovery, but with long-term political and social impact.... On pages 6-7

The new law, the categories of miners, oil workers and metallurgists who are paid Social Insurance Institute: The names in Tirana and the regions, who benefits By VOLTIZA DURO All citizens who have acquired the right to receive a supplementary pension can check whether or not they meet the criteria to receive the additional payment. “Gazeta Shqiptare” today publishes the new list with the names of the 596 beneficiaries who can collect the pension top-up. The Social Insurance Institute has announced that by May 12, 2020 the number of beneficiaries had reached 12,310 people. Meanwhile in the coming days... On pages 14-15

INTERVIEW Ambassador Kim: There are many who do not want the justice reform On page 4

Guidance on how the school year will end in vocational schools On page 9

The debate over the theater building is more worthwhile, no matter how trite and tiring it may have become, than this absurd theater of debate over electoral reform. At least, ... Continued on page 20

Survey: trust in institutions is falling, half of Albanians want to leave the country On page 5

Horror: the victim’s nephew says: He cut off his uncle’s head, and the perpetrator is a distant cousin On page 11

“Which moth is really eating us?”, Flutura Açka: Once again about the National Theatre On page 18