VISIT TO AMERICA Arta Musaraj, the Deputy Minister of Defence, is “rejected” by the embassy USA: NO VISA FOR DEPUTY MINISTER, HE ‘DECEIVED’ THEM, THE CORRESPONDENCE IS REVEALED The Bureau for Diplomatic Security gives advice to its citizens in Albania: Be careful of street crime, when travelling by car, when staying in bars, or when drinking water. Violent crime has increased sharply Pages 10-11

Comment BY AURELA ANASTASI Voting among minors and adults Voting by 16-year-olds remains to be tested as to what the terrain is like, and the testing is mainly focused on the lives of 16-year-olds so far, from the point of view of their activism in social and political organizations, their experiences so far, and the consistency and implementation of the same issue and strategy for this matter. It must be seen whether they are informed about the right to choose, about their right to vote; it must also be seen whether they are confronted with such phenomena, meaning with the aspects of elections within smaller bodies. The curricula and whether the curricula of pre-university education have enabled them to have a sound formation regarding the meaning of the right to vote, the importance of the right to vote as a political right for them, and the way and procedure for exercising it, must also be examined. These are the aspects that I see remain to be looked at in this framework. But what changes when something is accessible to 18-year-olds, what changes in two years? In practical terms, this may bring small changes because both are young ages. We consider an 18-year-old to be an adult, that is, an 18-year-old has acquired full capacity to work and is considered adult, whereas when we say to involve 16-year-olds in voting processes or in other non-political processes, we must bear in mind that we are still dealing with minors, because that is the legal concept. This is a convention, but it is a legal convention established.... continued on page 6

SPRING DAY Edi Rama joins the folk dance, here are the conversations during lunch in Elbasan Statement: I’ll take the dance from Elbasan. Blushi will be here, even though he has broken his ankle for the time being Page 8

EMERGENCY SITUATION Albania is ‘flooded’, water swallows roads and houses Hydroelectric dam gates opened. Spring Day fails The weather seems relentless. The rainfall over the last two days, as well as the opening of the gates at four hydroelectric plants, Koman, Vau i Dejës, Ulzës and Shkopetit, have caused no small amount of trouble. The areas of Nënshkodra, Lezha and many areas in Milot and Lac have been covered by water. While the neighborhood in... Pages 2-5

BLOG / PERIFERI Page 19 EPIDEMIC OF A PRIMITIVE MINDSET BY ALBA MALLTEZI

DEBATE ON FEVZIU Page 20 Teuta Hoxha: In ‘91 Nexhmije didn’t want blood in the house

“FUNDJAVA” SUPPLEMENT Pages 13-17 Roland Tasho: Three decades in pursuit of successful women Photographer recounts the 1982 project in “Ylli” magazine

DEBATE Page 6-7 Pandeli Majko: Elections are at risk, there is no transparency

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