Draft laws approved at the meeting of the Council of Ministers, dated 1 December 2017: DECISION ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE DRAFT LAW “ON SOCIAL HOUSING” GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE THIS IS HOW FLOOD VICTIMS CAN GET HOUSING FROM THE STATE The Council of Ministers submits the draft law “On Social Housing” to Parliament. All the social categories that may benefit from one of the housing programmes are revealed; victims of natural disasters are included too. The criteria and conditions required PAGE 7

INTERVIEW IMZOT BELUSHI: WE MUST KEEP OUR ARBËRESH ROOTS ALIVE Conversation with the Arbëresh priest Imzot Ndon Bullucci from Frascineto / Frasnita, Cosenza. “How my Arbëror-Arvanite brothers received me in Greece” BRIZIDA GJIKONDI PAGES 10-11

BY Ilir Yzeiri A year without Andrea On 3 December 2016, it will be a year since Andrea Stefani, the journalist, well-known polemicist and my close friend, is no longer alive. continues on page 12

Damage report: 3,193 homes, 40 businesses and 7,874 hectares flooded; 1,594 people evacuated. More storms and rain are forecast today as well FLOODS PRIME MINISTER EDI RAMA ORDERS THE CALCULATION OF DAMAGES, PRIORITY FOR HOMES AND ROADS PAGES 4-6

Unusual complaint: prosecutor sues her boss Dritan Gina He removed 3 case files, Amanda Xhaferi files a criminal complaint against the head of the Elbasan prosecutor’s office ELTON QYNO PAGE 8

THE VLORA GOVERNMENT, THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DE-OTTOMANIZATION PROCESS IN ALBANIA BY LEDIA DUSHKU Skënderbeu and Biçikemi, the double anniversary at the foundations of the Albanian nation BY ILIA STAVRI KARANXHA PAGES 15-22

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