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Editorial: Albania decides: The future is not what it used to be

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By Alba à‡ela On Sunday, June 25, Albanians will cast their ballots to decide the make-up and course of Albanian political landscape but also the fate of many ongoing key reform processes that the country is undergoing. This is the first electoral campaign without posters and flags that used to litter every street, road, town and village. The first time neighbors of different political convictions don’t have to fight over whose flag shadow projects on their balcony. That is not the only novelty. For the first time in the relatively brief history of Albanian political pluralism, the two main opponents,…

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