POST-EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION / DONORS’ CONFERENCE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS. EU: TRANSPARENCY Rama in Brussels: stunned by the solidarity • Over 300 million euros in grants and around 700 million euros in loans for Albania. Main donors: France and Italy • The Prime Minister thanks them by quoting the Bible and the Koran. Jokes at the press conference: I need to find a leader By VALENTINA MADANI More than 100 states and financial institutions from around the world gathered in Brussels donated 1.15 billion euros in the form of grants, loans and ... Continues on pages 2-3 (In the photo:) The Donors’ Conference in Brussels. Prime Minister Edi Rama. The последствия of the earthquake of 26 November (In the photo:) The Donors’ Conference in Brussels. Prime Minister Edi Rama. The consequences of the 26 November earthquake

Opinion of the Day Continues on page 20

By KLODIAN TOMORRI The glass of donations is half-full Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By ANDI BUSHATI It has been exactly one year since the time when the opposition chose the radical path for which it now apparently regrets, Ilir Meta has appeared in ... The question Meta has no answer to Continues on page 21

CAMPAIGN IN THE FIELD Basha in Elbasan: Every day, a new opportunity to take a step forward On page 4

3 PERCENT TAX Revaluation of 40 thousand properties, application form released On page 7

BY DASHNOR KALOÇI On pages 12-13

BIG CELEBRATION “Sofra tiranase” brings the capital to its feet on the occasion of its 100th anniversary On page 10

The President publishes correspondence with Parliament: In office until July 2022 “The criminal activity of the head of the KED, Ardian Dvorani, must be stopped” By VALENTINA MADANI The President of the Republic, Ilir Meta, at an extraordinary press conference yesterday released new facts that, according to him, prove that the head of the KED, Ardian Dvorani, violated the law and the Constitution by engaging in criminal acts in the selection of candidates for members of the Constitutional Court. Describing the Presidency as a fortress for the defense of the Constitution, the head of state warned that he would ... On page 5

INTERVIEW Veliaj on “News 24”: The cancellation of the meeting with Albin Kurti was due to a scheduling conflict On page 11

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