Albania to slash hundreds of public sector jobs following drastic cut in ministries, gov’t agencies

TIRANA, Aug. 30 – Hundreds of public administration employees will apparently lose their jobs following the drastic cut the new Socialist Party government out of the June 25 general elections has made to several ministries and government agencies. Newly re-elected Prime Minister Edi Rama has cut the number of ministries to 11, down from a previous 16, merging several ministries, while the number of government agencies is expected to be cut by a quarter to 104, from a current 141. The cuts will apparently be more drastic in the newly created ministry of finance, economy and labor from the merge…