In her speech, Bushka said that today begins the presentation and discussion in principle of the initiatives regarding the issue of transparency for the documents of the former State Security of the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania.

“It is about two initiatives, one presented by the Parliamentary group of the SP for an amendment to the law no. 45/2015 on the Right to Information for the documents of the Former State Security and a draft law, an initiative of the DP for an addition to law no. 8457, dated 11.02.1999 for “State Secret” Classified Information. Both initiatives belong to the same object and therefore will be discussed together”, she clarified.

Bushka also spoke about the need of verification of figures who have purity certificate from Mezini-Bezhani commission.

Following this, Bushka informed the members of the Laws Committee that, “Today, the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly will introduce a new resolution into the parliamentary procedure which is about the rights of information for historical documents with a focus on authoritarian regimes”./j.p/p.s./

Director of the National Book and Reading Centre Alda Bardhyli said in her speech that, “Today, it is the International Mother Language Day proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. On this date, almost all member states of the UN organize awareness events in protection of cultural diversity and mother tongue. This meeting brought together some of the most important names of Albanian philology. It has in focus the reflection on the need to protect the Albanian language, therefore we have called it, “Language, society, the future” to discuss the significance of the language and the cultural diversity it carries”.

Prof. Gjovalin Shkurtaj highlighted some issues that affect the Albanian language nowadays, emphasizing the influence of foreign words which should be controlled.

Prof. Xhevat Lloshi in his speech emphasized that, “After 50 years, we should see today’s language used in new circumstances. While expecting to become part of the European Union, the Albanian language will be part of all official documents; therefore the care of the Albanian language today should be rendered as care to serve Albanians at the cultural and national level”.

“Since the forms of communication have changed, we must show great care in maintaining the purity and identity of the language,” said Prof. Lloshi.

On the International Mother Language Day, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs expressed its pride that the Albanian language is one of the oldest languages ​​in the Indo-European language family.

“Different from all languages ​​and the only modern language, representative of a special branch of Indo-European languages, Albanian remains incomparable with any other language in the world,” said in a statement the Ministry of Foreign Affairs./p.s./