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Editorial: Albania’s crisis: End this battle now to win all future ones

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The wise and often misunderstood Albanian diplomat and politician, Mit’hat Frasheri, wrote confidently almost a hundred years ago that “Albanians will win all the battles that the future holds for them once they are done fighting the battle within themselves.” ’ This rings painfully true a century later, as the fragile and toddler-like Albanian democracy is still miserably faltering in its steps. In the last week, the political crisis that has engulfed the country has escalated furiously and the lookout for it seems bleak. The President of the Republic, Ilir Meta, in a self-declared attempt to diffuse…

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