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TIRANA, Nov. 16 – Albania’s parliament is set to approve the country’s 2018 state budget with only the votes of the ruling Socialist Party, following a bitter political fight in parliament that saw the apposition accuse the government of using the state to launder drug money. Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha said Albania’s international partners should investigate the budget to make sure the funds are not used as part of the government’s “ties to crime.” “Albania is a drugs factory managed by [Prime Minister] Edi Rama,” Basha told parliament, adding the government was aiming “to launder the drug money collected…
