HEADLINES
POLITICS
? Durres Port in January ? March, 12 percent more goods than last year
? Parliament to vote on President?s nominations to Supreme Court
? Na?o: Reform of Constitutional Court, of importance
? Elections- Today deadline for members of CEAZs
? The Regulation on the organization and functioning of the CEC approved
? Basha appeals for full decriminalization of parliament and state administration
? ?Perceptions & Realities?, national survey on the European perspective of Albania
? Basha meets Thaci: DP sustains Macedonia Albanians cause
? Parliament discusses economic draft laws
? Local elections: DP RP agreement toward finalization
? Opposition proposes reduction of VAT on electricity
ECONOMY
? February ?BoA- Loan portfolio estimated at 556.7 bn ALL
? All the details of the report/ EBRD/World Bank survey of business environment in ?transition region shows improvements in courts, licensing and skills
? Albpetrol: Oil concessionaires fraud in investment
? Parliament ? Beqaj: Power price rose 40 % under leftist govt
? Gov’t to use 250 ml euro loan to pay domestic debt
? EDO: Energy losses progressively reduced
? Cani: Credit provided by Deutsche Telekom, only 2.6% interest
? Central Bank: NPL stood at 22.5%
? BoA licenses M-PESA service
? Port of Durres, 12% more goods in the first quarter of 2015
? Institute of Statistics: Inflation estimated at 2.2 % in March
? Obstacles of doing business in Albania: electricity, informality, corruption
? Bankers can go to arbitration
? Currency values today
CHRONICLE
? Release of police officer, DP: Gov’t parying favors to criminal gangs
SOCIETY
? Improvements seen in court procedures and bureaucracy and skilled labor
? Labor Code, Veliaj: Modern document, the product of a two-year work
CULTURE
? Director Rijani stages ‘Dr. Shuster’ at the National Theater
WEATHER
? Weather forecast tomorrow
