PENSION REFORM HERE'S HOW MUCH THEY WILL INCREASE AFTER JANUARY 1

The new scheme, the benefits it brings for those who retire next year. How the rural pensions will be calculated. Farmers can “buy” contribution years until December 31 PAGE 9

VISUAL ARTS Enkelejd Zonja selected for the Venice Biennale Collateral, but funds are needed

After Armando Lulaj, another artist in the Temple of World Art BY ALBA MALLTEZI This is a good era for true Albanian art. The beautiful one, the one that lifts you to a higher level of existence, that takes you to a lofty transformation. We are a small country, and the emergence of a genius artist is a blessing, more for the country than for the artist, for its good name and the admiration it inspires! When at La Scala in Milan, after coincidences, a year ago,... PAGE 16

POLITICAL SATIRE Rama is doing everything and at once!..

POLITICAL SATIRE BY Arben Duka Rama is doing everything and at once!.. On page 25

COMMENT Who's the ball in, anyway?

COMMENT BY Ilir Dhima Who's the ball in, anyway? It is a well-known fact that developing countries spend their lives amid many contradictions and misunderstandings, until they begin to submit to certain criteria of values in the political process, which are deeply different from the customs or concepts of... continues on page 13

The mysterious portrait of Moses, the author of the painting is revealed

Ylli Polovina: Albania is or is not made • “The Song of Songs” and De Rada’s “Milosao” RILINDASI The mysterious portrait of Moses, the author of the painting is revealed Ylli Polovina: Albania is or is not made “The Song of Songs” and De Rada’s “Milosao” PAGES 17-24

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Italian Prime Minister Renzi will visit Albania on December 30 On page 3 Mysterious visit by Bujar Nishani to the German embassy On page 5 The head of Lazarat, Aliko, owes 147 thousand dollars to OSHEE On page 7

IN PHOTO: (left) The painting “Visit to a Wound” by Enkelejd Zonja (top) Enkelejd Zonja, receiving first prize in the LiveArt painting competition, a year ago, awarded to him by Prime Minister Edi Rama

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