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Editorial: Albanian parties should stop int’l lobbying

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Efforts by Albanian political parties to lobby in the United States and elsewhere in the world have again made international and local headlines this week — for all the wrong reasons. Funds used by Albania’s Democratic Party to lobby for support in the United States ahead of the general elections in Albania last year have become a source of debate after an American magazine’s investigative article noted that it appears there are links to Russia. Albania’s main opposition party says the article is part of a smear campaign backed by supporters of Albania’s ruling Socialist Party. In fact, the magazine…

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