PS-PD, “OK” FOR THE ELECTORAL CODE: 40 MPS WILL BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE
Changes to the Electoral Code, Mediu: The lists are 90% closed, short-sightedness from the opposition. OSCE: We hope gender quotas will be respected
DAMIAN GJIKNURI: WITH THE NEW FORMULA THERE ARE ABOUT 40 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS AT STAKE
In the photo: illustrative
On pages 2-4
(In the photo:) illustrative
Berisha killed the opposition with closed lists
Opinion of the Day
Sali Berisha’s decision to accept Rama’s version against open lists is not only a moral and image blow for the opposition. With the years he has been at the helm...
By ANDI BUSHATI
Berisha killed the opposition with closed lists
Continues on page 20
1200 masterpieces in one month! What more does this people want?
Opinion of the Day
In an exhausting effort to appear closer to the people, the Albanian government has broken all Facebook posting records. With a rate...
By LUTFI DERVISHI
1200 masterpieces in one month! What more does this people want?
Continues on page 21
Taulant Balla meets David Wisner: The US supported us in security challenges
“Excellent cooperation between the two countries”
Taulant Balla meets David Wisner: The US supported us in security challenges
“Grateful for the assistance programs and support through ICITAP, DEA”
On page 6
Fredi Beleri asked for the suspension of Begaj’s decree, the Administrative Court decides 5 days before the elections
HIMARE
On page 7
“Give us 50,000 euros so we’ll free you”/ Albanian and Montenegrin police rescue 11 Arab migrants
THREAT WITH A GUN
On page 8
Investigator: I was shaken when I saw Beqir Balluku being wiretapped, in soldier’s clothes and with a helmet on his head
DOSSIER BY FATOS VELIU
On pages 18-19
Formerly persecuted people, the new list with the names of 15,000 beneficiaries
DOCUMENTS
On pages 22-23
Garbage smoke covers Vlorë in the middle of the tourist season, the municipality has no management plan at all
Residents and tourists at the mercy of poisonous smoke
On Thursday, 25 July, the flames engulfed the waste dump in Vlorë and spread large clouds of smoke across the entire city at the height of the tourist season, alarming residents and tourists. This is the fourth consecutive year that the fire has broken out on such a scale, exposing the inability of local and central authorities to solve the problem. And while smoke has covered the streets, residents of the area near the landfill
On Thursday, 25 July,
the flames of the fire engulfed
the waste dump in Vlorë
and spread large clouds
of smoke across the entire
city at the height of the tourist
season, alarming
residents and tourists. This
is the fourth consecutive year
that the fire has broken out on such a
scale, exposing the
inability of local and central
authorities to solve the
problem. And while smoke has
covered the streets, the residents of
the area near the landfill
On page 5
The unusual opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Albanian delegation “marching” on a boat
