The Prosecutor’s Office is forced to dismiss the case against the member of the KLD. How he hid 8.5 million lek when buying a “Benz” car. The question-and-answer section of the expert report showing the companies’ figures THE JUDGE ESCAPES THROUGH PROCEDURE LIKE LULZIM BASHA IN PHOTO: Gjin Gjoni with his wife Elona Çaushi PAGES 2-3 IN PHOTO: Gjin Gjoni with his wife Elona Çaushi

COMMENT BY Ilir Dhima Barely a few months after the successful operation by the State Police to destroy the cannabis sativa plantations in Lazarat, which was also praised by Brussels as a sign of the Tirana government’s will to achieve concrete results for deep reforms, circles within domestic politics began to create the illusion that Albania might soon have the possibility of cultivating this narcotic plant, mainly for export and for medical purposes. At first this possibility was expressed through silent murmurs, and very quickly it was... continues on page 18

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Calculated for senior state officials. What the supplementary pension will be THE NEW LAW TAKES EFFECT If former Prime Minister Sali Berisha decides to retire, he will receive around 1 million and 200 thousand old lek from the Social Insurance Institute. The same can be said of... PAGE 9

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