PENSIONS

Rural and urban: how much do 590,000 pensioners receive THE NEW CALCULATION FORMULA The amount received for salaries of 30,000, 40,000 and 50,000 lek. Specialists from the Social Insurance Institute explain to the newspaper how much money new pensioners receive today ► PAGES 8-9

Ndoka leaves the opposition, signs coalition with PS

MAJORITY Ndoka leaves the opposition, signs coalition with PS After PDK, Zef Bushati with ADK also moves to the majority. Vangjel Dule and Paskal Milo decide today ► PAGES 2-3

An information agency for PD opponents

OPPOSITION An information agency for PD opponents Mediu criticizes PD: Opposition candidates should have been chosen by the grassroots, not by Tirana ► PAGE 5

Partnership agreement with the US signed

Kerry: We support you for the EU. Bushati: Increased cooperation PARTNERSHIP ► PAGE 6

Handcuffs for the 73-year-old, he was harassing girls in the Student City

ARREST 14

There is something wrong in our lives

OPINION BY Ilir Dhima Yes, indeed, there is something wrong in our lives. This is made even more evident in recent weeks, when the consequences of oil drilling in the sole interest of a foreign private company, such as “Bankers Petroleum”, have brought to the surface the pain of an entire community of ordinary people in Marinzë. For years, since 2004 and afterward, they have lived in fear of explosions beneath their feet, with the nightmare that one night their houses would fall on their heads in their restless sleep. ► continued on page 18

Fier Municipality announces a 7-year concession two months before the elections

► PAGE 8 Fier Municipality announces a 7-year concession two months before the elections After the canceled tenders in Vlorë and Tirana for parking, now the competition in Fier on June 1

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