Suspicious draw

GJIN GJONI ESCAPES VETTING, 4 YEARS WITH IMMUNITY GJIN GJONI ESCAPES VETTING, 4 YEARS WITH IMMUNITY Luck smiles on the KLD member. He is one of the 8 selected from 90 candidates for the Electoral College. Now he cannot be prosecuted or declared unfit. Among the other winners are judges from 21 January, Gërdec and Fullani ▶ PAGE 9

LIST OF MPs

Basha’s two schemes for purging the old guard in the Democratic Party The young and the “old jackets” tested in the National Council ADRIATIK DOÇI ▶ P.7

ILIR META:

“Vetting will be carried out according to the Venice Commission” The Speaker of Parliament: Electoral reform should have been completed on time ▶ P. 3

ASSESSMENT

MOODY’S: NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU WILL BEGIN AT THE END OF 2017 MOODY’S: NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU WILL BEGIN AT THE END OF 2017 “Albania has made progress in public finances; everything else depends on the reforms in justice” ▶ P. 15

BUNK ’ART2

Beqo reveals 700 records with the banned songs on RTSH ▶ P. 20

NEW LAW

HERE ARE WHICH IMPRISONED WOMEN BENEFIT FROM THE AMNESTY Minister of Social Welfare Blendi Klosi: Employment and housing for those who are released ▶ P. 11

SPECIAL

Honors for the Castro regime, an insult to democracy Honors for the Castro regime, an insult to democracy BY ANGELO PANEBIANCO ▶ P. 18-19

AMBASSADOR

Donald Lu: The release of Lul Berisha is an unacceptable decision Donald Lu: The release of Lul Berisha is an unacceptable decision ▶ P. 15

PROJECT IN PERMET

Lessons against violence against women from the city of tolerance BY BLEDAR MANE ▶ P. 15

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