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TIRANA, April 25 – German lawmaker Gunther Krichbaum illustrated on Monday some EU member states’ hesitation to open accession negotiations with Albania in July by posting an article featuring a picture from the Albanian parliament, in which opposition MPs threw flour on Prime Minister Edi Rama. The article, titled Final Exam for the Balkans, was featured in the online version of the Der Tagesspiegel newspaper and, while it discussed both Albania and Macedonia in the context of EU enlargement, focused on Albania’s widespread corruption. In particular, the picture accompanying the article was taken from the April 12 parliamentary session, during…
