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Editorial: Nostalgia for communism a sign of dangerous times

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In the dying days of Albania’s brutal communist regime, the first Western television series made it to Albanian public television. “If one day you will knock on my door” was an Italian drama focusing on Claudia, a drug addict that had thrown her formerly model family into turmoil due to her heroine habit. The message of the communist censors in allowing the show was subtle but clear: This is what Western Europe and democracy bring. It targeted Albania’s young who at the time were starting the chant: “We want Albania like the rest of Europe.” At the same time, a…

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