Arjan Korpa, General Director of the Directorate of Standards and Monitoring, says: The new rules are stricter for vehicle exhaust gas checks TECHNICAL VEHICLE INSPECTION INSPECTION: HERE ARE THE CARS THAT WILL NOT PASS Arjan Korpa, General Director of the Directorate of Standards and Monitoring, says: The new rules are stricter for vehicle exhaust gas checks PAGES 14-15

PROPOSAL Study fees will rise by 10 percent Under the new law, the study fee is set by the universities PAGE 16

ONLINE APPLICATION How the pension is calculated and how the scheme will change Minister Erion Veliaj: The reform increases pensions by up to 40 percent Through an online application, anyone can calculate their pension. The application, published by Prime Minister Edi Rama and Minister of Social Welfare Erion Veliaj, gives you the opportunity to calculate your pension by entering the salary you had during... PAGE 13

EDITORIAL BY Genc Kondi The digitization of RTSH, a successful failure After a series of postponements, yesterday the Minister of Innovation signed the contract for the digitization of RTVSH with the German company Rohde&Schwartz. The price is the one fixed in the second tender in June 2013 by minister Genc Pollo of the Democratic Party, namely 21.56 million euros. The question any honest citizen asks is what was the point of the two-year delay when not a single penny was saved for the government or the country, and when from this fictitious success no other concession of any kind could be obtained. continued on page 11

COMMENTARY BY Anatole Kaletsky LONDON How much will the euro fall further? The US dollar has recently reached its highest level in 12 years, while the euro seems to be heading inexorably toward parity with the dollar. But there are many reasons to believe the current change in the exchange rate has been greater than is reasonable. The US dollar has set a new 12-year high and has been posting records almost every day... continued on page 17

VLORE Police officer injured during anti-drug operation PAGE 10

DOSSIER Hoxha and Deva, the two high school students in the Shkodra unrest PAGES 18-19

“PERIPHERY” BY Alba Malltezi The theatre, hidden, hides a surprise The National Theatre has remained as it is: old, dusty, like the belly of an elderly woman moaning. The photographs on the walls and a carpet on the floor look like trinkets of disorder on wrinkled skin, and this atmosphere is not encouraging. continued on page 17

SP TIRANA The base complains about hiring, Rama: I’m not like Saliu PAGE 9

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