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
fmt group
energy power
www.fmtgroup.al
Blue Medical Center
BMC Blue Medical Center Prevention is better than cure! Visits, tests & diagnostics guaranteed by the protocols of modern medicine from Blue Medical Center Address: Rruga “Bardhyl” No.101, Tiranë Cell: +355 66 20 90 008 Tel: +355 4 2370 668 Email: info@bmc.al, www.bmc.al
Cyan magenta yellow black