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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The week that is wrapping up in Albania was an extreme showdown of the reasons why this country is not only far away from any sensible progress related to European integration but is backsliding at breakneck speed. First a high level prosecutor that was blamed by the prime Minister and his deputy in the Parliament for being connected to criminals was ambushed and shot in the country’s busiest highway, connecting Tirana and Durres. Ina dark twist of events it turns out he was indeed connected to crime given that he was travelling with a well-known criminal, most…

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