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Opposition says Albania not a low- tax country

TIRANA, June 30 – Albania’s main opposition Socialist Party, led by Tirana Mayor Edi Rama, last week refuted the government’s claim that the country has the lowest taxes in Europe. At the
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Fighting politics back in reconciliatory tones

TIRANA, June 30 – Just when it seemed the country would again be engulfed in its ever-squabbling political clashes, there came a reconciliatory gesture this week from Prime Minister Sali Berisha of
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Opposition says US-Turkish consortium earning too much

TIRANA, July 1 – Albania’s opposition Socialist Party accused the governing Democratic Party of paying immense profits to the U.S.-Turkish consortium building the Rreshen-Kalimash road segment. Erjon Brace, a Socialist lawmaker, said,
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Albania, Israel abolish visas for each other

TIRANA, June 30 – The Israeli parliament’s Interior and Environmental Committee unanimously approved, on Sunday, a mutual abolition of the need to issue a visa for Israelis traveling to Russia and for
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Albania against parallel Serb institutions in Kosova

TIRANA, June 30 – Albania criticized Kosova Serbs and Belgrade for creating their own parliament and ignoring Kosova’s declaration of independence in defiance of the United Nations. On Saturday, a 45-member assembly,
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Customs hiding weapons sale

TIRANA, July 2 – A local newspaper reported Wednesday that the main customs department had hidden the sale of weapons last year. Gazeta Shqiptare newspaper reported that the customs department reported zero
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