ROAD CODE NEW FINES PENALTIES INCREASE TENFOLD RULES ALSO FOR CHILDREN Severe penalties for damage to road signs and unauthorized work on roads. Drivers will be fined from 10,000 to 40,000 lek PAGE 12

430 operations through banks, 4 suspected NGOs REPORT FOR 2013 PAGES 16-17

PROTEST IN PROSE BY ARBEN DUKA PAGE 20

Commentary BY AFRIM KRASNIQI The messages of the Berlin Summit 136 years after the Congress of Berlin, where the Great Powers of the time defined the new Balkan political map, once again in Berlin, once again on a German initiative and once again with the presence of the EU Commission President Barroso’s representative, the Balkan states are gathering to create a new agenda for development and European integration. Unlike Bismarck’s assembly, today nobody speaks anymore of “geographical expression”; unlike the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, which began precisely in the Balkans, today the talk is more about conflicts and borders; and unlike any past, today’s Berlin has two Albanians, the prime ministers of Albania and Kosovo. This historical comparison is valuable not as an end in itself, but to reassert historical truths: the fate of the peoples of the Balkans has often been predetermined outside it. continues on page 18

BANK OF ALBANIA PAGES 2-3 Governor Fullani is afraid of the media, censors the questions

The problem with Greece over emigrants’ documents is resolved ERVIN KOÇI TIRANA The government yesterday approved the decision that paves the way to solving the problem of toponyms. The government decision stipulates that civil registry offices will issue certificates intended for use abroad, which are written in the internationally recognized written language registered with the UN. This paves the way for Albanian citizens born abroad to be issued with new passports. In addition, they gain the right to be issued a residence permit in... PAGE 8

“ANTI-CANNABIS” PAGE 13 Police “invade” Temalin, drugs by the lakeside

“MY FANTASTIC ALBANIA” is a project of the National Tourism Agency, which aims to bring to the attention of Albanian readers every week tourist destinations and attractions that are worth... PAGE 11

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