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Many communist-era files have disappeared, former archives director says

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Former State Archives director Nevila Nika
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TIRANA, Jan. 30 – The main institution assigned to implement the law on opening up communist-era secret police files has pledged to publish the first results by Feb. 10. The body which has the authority to check up on political party officials and holders of public office to see if they were police collaborators began work on Jan. 25. However, according to the former director of the State Archives, Nevila Nika dozens of communist files have gone missing. In a televised interview, Nika explained that the missing files cover the period between the fall of Berlin Wall and 1992, and…

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