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Editorial: Albania and Greece: where do we go from here

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It is almost a modern clichà© nowadays that one should never waste a crisis or that a crisis is in fact an opportunity in disguise. There is some truth to these sayings because grave situations can bring out important truths and reveal a lot about decision makers by analyzing their reactions. Starting from this background, the official reactions of the Albanian and Greek governments to the follow up of the Bularat incident, when an armed man lost his life after attacking the state police and the Special Forces, can be seen as institutional and well-constrained. The Albanian government did not…

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