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Opposition: “Gov’t is lying over cancelled PPP funds’ allocation to public universities”

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TIRANA, Jan. 22 – After the country’s Socialist government announced it will be cancelling a highway PPP awarded to one of the country’s business  oligarchs to channel more money to public universities in the wake of massive student protests, the opposition raised doubts over the veracity of these claims. “Today, the government claimed the money fund it would use from the state budget for Thumane-Kashar highway would go to the University fund . The question is, which funds from the state budget were destined for this highway? According to the draft budget, the fund for the construction of the highway…

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