INCIDENT / EDI RAMA CRITICIZES DIPLOMATS, LEAVES WHEN THE US AMBASSADOR BEGINS SPEAKING 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Court, the American ambassador: You who want to turn Albania back, your time has come to an end INCIDENT / EDI RAMA CRITICIZES DIPLOMATS, LEAVES WHEN THE US AMBASSADOR BEGINS SPEAKING “Pockets are being filled, enough now,” Yuri Kim: Do not threaten prosecutors and judges 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Court, the American ambassador: You who want to turn Albania back, your time has come to an end (In the photo) The US ambassador, Yuri Kim On page 11

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Comment of the Day If there is one thing that every Albanian official, from the lowest-ranking right up to the Minister, the Prime Minister and the President, should praise and put on the wall... Continues on page 20

By ANDI BEJTJA What if for one minute the current English standard were applied in Albania?!

Comment of the Day By ILDA ZHULALI After the Netherlands (in 2019), Czechia becomes the second EU country to threaten to reintroduce the visa regime for Albania. Visa-free movement toward the EU is considered... Albanians between the stick and the carrot! Continues on page 21

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Professors: The response of all Albanians Mimoza Manxhari to Rama: You used blackmailing language. Students join the protest in faculties Professors: The response of all Albanians Nationwide protest by lecturers: Boycott of lecture halls until demands are met Mimoza Manxhari to Rama: You used blackmailing language. Students join the protest in faculties Mimoza Manxhari, a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, has addressed an open letter to Prime Minister Edi Rama. Manxhari said that she was prompted to write the letter by the prime minister’s meeting with the heads of higher-education institutions. She says that lecturers are protesting for a more dignified salary.... On page 3

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The prime minister conceived the construction of a decorative installation near his office The Albanian Development Fund blocks the tender that sparked public reaction The prime minister conceived the construction of a decorative installation near his office 3.7 million euro spending in a time of crisis, Rama’s project suspended The Albanian Development Fund blocks the tender that sparked public reaction The government is withdrawing for the moment from the 3.7 million euro tender for the wooden-structure installation in the inner courtyard of the prime minister’s office. The Albanian Development Fund has suspended the competition, but has not disclosed the reasons for this suspension. When it was announced, the tender had sparked much debate in public, since at a time of deep crisis the Albanian government was spending 3.7 million euro on what appeared to be an aesthetic project. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Rama had stated that he did not... On page 4

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