WOMEN’S PENSIONS, HERE’S WHO IS AFFECTED BY THE AGE INCREASE

NEW SCHEME Starting from 1 January, the implementation of the new law on retirement has begun. Braho: Higher pensions for those who have paid more contributions PAGE 9

Two organizers of the attack on Pajtim Serjani are arrested

BREAKING NEWS PAGE 11 Two organizers of the attack on Pajtim Serjani are arrested

Basha: Shullazi threatened me, the Prime Minister: PD is lying

THE DEBATE PAGES 2-3 Basha: Shullazi threatened me, the Prime Minister: PD is lying

January 21, Llalla gathers the police chiefs

INVESTIGATIONS PAGE 4 January 21, Llalla gathers the police chiefs

Albania presents its religious harmony in Paris

EVENT PAGE 7 Albania presents its religious harmony in Paris

From Parliament to the Army, they did not pay social insurance for 8 years

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS Minister Veliaj has denounced the abuses of 1,400 state institutions Around 250,000 employees in the private sector, but also in the state sector, seriously risk their pension because for 8 years the institutions where they worked did not pay social security contributions. Minister of Social Welfare, Erion Veliaj, said that the situation he found was chaotic, which he compared to a new pyramid,... PAGE 9

Eat and drink, pigs!

POLITICAL SATIRE BY Arben Duka Eat and drink, pigs! (A hundred-year-old story) It is a beautiful verse, that lines up like wine, pleasing to the ear: “Eat and drink, pigs!” continues on page 20

Voltaire’s gift, the roots of the struggle for free speech

COMMENTARY BY Tom Holland*) Voltaire’s gift, the roots of the struggle for free speech Religions do not exist only to have martyrs. On 1 July 1766, in Abbeville, in northern France, a nobleman named Lefebvre de la Barre was found guilty of blasphemy. The accusations against him were, among other things, that he had relieved himself on a cross, had spat at... continues on page 13

The new Ministry of Culture between modernity and antiques

INAUGURATION PAGE 23 The new Ministry of Culture between modernity and antiques

“RILINDASI”

RILINDASI THE CONFRONTATION OF TWO FORCES Fronti and Balli, an analysis of a complicated relationship How did the Arbëresh poet Zef Skiro preserve the national language and traditions? Pages 15-22

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