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Editorial: Tirana’s populist and nationalist exercises

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By Albert Rakipi It is everywhere — in the news portals and television. It is also on the Prime Minister’s own personal digital television station on Facebook — ERTV. Let’s call it the “the special show.” It involves government members, parliament members, local authorities, the mayor and the staff too. There some young people too for good measure and in the full style of the Chinese cultural revolution. This week it happened in Lushnja, cleaning up a park, but it could really be in other places too. The Minister of Economy and Finances appeared with a grass mower, while the…

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