GOVERNMENT: IN 2013, 1,000 EMPLOYEES WILL BE REMOVED FROM THEIR JOBS

DRAFT LAW / The Prime Minister promises wage increases, but adds to the unemployed The number of employees in the state administration is being reduced. Article 11 of the draft law: The total number of employees will be 87,700. In 2012 there are 88,640 people The number of employees in the state administration is being reduced. Article 11 of the draft law: The total number of employees will be 87,700. In 2012 there are 88,640 people

The News

The draft state budget for next year foresees the dismissal of around 1,000 employees, while promising wage and pension increases. Meanwhile, the salary of the President of the Republic for next year will increase by 2,000 lek per month

King Zog, 7 crates of gold in Britain. France: He is a gangster

HISTORIAN ARBEN PUTO Pages 2-3 King Zog, 7 crates of gold in Britain. France: He is a gangster The escape from Albania, he also abandoned his adviser in Kapshticë

The humiliation of Albanians in Skopje

Commentary Assoc. Prof. Donard Hasani In recent days, at the Albanian Theatre of Skopje, the premiere of the play “The General of the Dead Army” was staged, a dramatization of the novel of the same title by the writer I. Kadare. The performance was produced by the Albanian troupe of this theater, under the direction of Bosnian director Dino Mustafi?. Considered one of the best-known directors in the Balkans, Dino Mustafi?, with his latest premiere, proved that, as director of the MESS Festival in Sarajevo, he rightfully awarded himself the audience prize for the performance “Helver’s Night.” The premiere of this collaboration between the Albanian troupe and the Bosnian director was met with numerous and justified debates. Presented as a drama (dramatization) that had stripped the text of Kadare’s novel of its value, it actually turns out that the director exceeded all his competencies, not by using, but by misusing the author’s text. The greatest harm is that this deformation of the text, the spirit and the purpose of the original work, was also aided by the Albanian actors themselves. And it is not only a matter of drifting away from the text and the spirit, but also of turning... continued on page 22

The slaughter of lambs, the slaughterhouse on the marble of the Italians

Workers prepare the site for the mass sacrifice near “Italia” Square THE SITE IS DISCOVERED

TIRANE

ESMERALDA KETA The country’s Prime Minister Sali Berisha has asked that one thousand lambs and one thousand rams be sacrificed on the occasion... Page 14

TIRANE

Genc KONDI Prime Minister Berisha promised, at Monday’s government meeting, wage and pension increases for next year, increases that are supposed to be implemented in the middle of the year, before the parliamentary elections... continued on page 11

The debates over Malaj

Edi Rama: In 2013 I will defeat Berisha and Meta Pages 4-5

The murder in Shkodër

The attack, the “fisherman” kills the 24-year-old, two injured Page 13

The signatory’s son

Fatmir Struga: My father’s conversation with Ismail Qemali Pages 20-21

PROMISES

Page 8 PS: Berisha is trying to forgive electricity bills

TALKS

Pages 6-7 Nishani demands Ina Rama’s departure, the left: In May

KOSOVA

Page 10 The power line, the tender is split into two parts

TRIAL

Alkidina’s testimony: My ex-boyfriend held me hostage Page 16 Alkidina’s testimony: My ex-boyfriend, held me hostage