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Albania turns to face West amid Greek crisis

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By Erisa Dautaj Senerdem

TIRANA, August 7 – The Albanian economy has been hurt by the Greek crisis, but not as much as had been thought. Despite hardships endured by businesses established in the regions near the Greek border, experts say the crisis has caused some Albanian businesses to expand relations with other western European countries
As the Greek economy strives to recover from its debt crisis, neighboring Albania has been performing well economically.
Experts say that although remaining unaffected by the Greek crisis would be impossible, its impact has not been severe.
“The Albanian economy is inter-connected to the Greek economy in different ways,” Erald Themeli, the director of the Department for Monetary Policies of the Bank of Albania, told the H

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