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Editorial: From Republic to neighborhood, a society in flight

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TIRAMA TIMES EDITORIAL  Nowadays the massive flight of Albanians abroad does not need to be presented in numbers. People are feeling it every day with family members, neighbors, colleagues and peers taking up their luggage and moving away. However, for the few skeptical remaining mostly among the political class, which is conveniently turning a blind eye to the phenomenon, the numbers were up once again this week. Just in 2018, INSTAT has counted almost 46.000 Albanians leaving the country. In total more than 350.00 have migrated in the last 8 years alone. Additionally in a study carried out by the…

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