In this country it is very hard to be happy, but it is easy, almost routine, to grow sad, become distressed and feel like a stranger. Alienation or withdrawal and losing oneself are signs of social depression that have many different causes. Analysis BY Ilir Yzeiri Take the Churc
BY Ilir Yzeiri Private education or public education Neither one nor the other. The latest rankings of universities in Albania and the scandalous position of the largest university in the country, the University of Tirana, reflect the state of Albanian schooling, while the respec
Analysis BY Ilir Yzeiri Peace in the war of words PS’s withdrawal from the race for the election of the Mayor and, as a result, the cancellation of the show of force from the rally announced by the PD on May 7 in Kavajë, does not erase anything intriguing from the conflict that b
Analysis BY ILIR YZEIRI Academy that should be abolished in autumn ► PAGE 11
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Opinion BY ILIR YZEIRI I have noticed that in August, or even in July, the media are taken over by debates with historical motives. Perhaps we are mistaken, but I have the impression that we Albanians from Albania, in particular, are champions of debates that are self-destructive
The MP’s reaction BY Majlinda Bregu P4
Analysis BY Ilir Yzeiri The rich people of Albania These days, especially the daily newspaper «Shqiptarja.com», has published the asset declarations of Albanian judges, prosecutors and politicians. Perhaps the first thing one feels when reading those declarations is nausea. conti
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Yesterday in Parliament, on the proposal of the PD, the notorious Article 24/1 was repealed Why did the PD decide to abolish 24/1? “To secure the votes of the people who are gradually breaking away and lining up on this side. To always protect people with higher education and qua
BY Ilir Yzeiri A day worth 500 years Today, the Head of Foreign Policy in the European Union, Federica Mogherini, declared that the Council decided to recommend opening negotiations with the European Union for Albania and Macedonia. continued on page 10
Analysis BY ILIR YZEIRI When voters are numbers In a little more than a month we will see whether Albania will elect the new President, that is, whether Ilir Meta will be able to take the oath on 24 July or whether the country will enter a warned-of crisis. continues on page 10
Culture BY Ilir Yzeiri If you want to understand what interests a given community has, what sensitivities or what topics it deals with, what it is interested in and what does not even catch its eye, in general, it is good to look at that country's media and you will understand wh
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
Analysis BY Ilir Yzeiri Albania, the country without a people Especially after the Rama-Basha agreement to resolve the political impasse, all the debate and all the comments revolve around the political game. Everyone has rushed to show who won, who lost, who was eliminated and w
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BY Ilir Yzeiri After the 25 June elections, we should especially analyze a phenomenon that no one can oppose – the Edi Rama phenomenon. In the latest elections, by personalizing the PS campaign to the extreme with his image, by walking around like a mobile postman with the white
Analysis BY Ilir Yzeiri The crisis is discursive Personally, I have never had any doubt that the political crisis in which Albania is involved is a banal spectacle, with no content at all; it is a crisis found in Sali Berisha’s repressed political consciousness and then imitated