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The Economist on Albanian power crisis

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TIRANA, Feb.10 – The prestigious British magazine dedicated an article to the power crisis whose grip in Albania has been alleviated only from the two major cities, the capital Tirana and the largest port city on the Adriatic, Durres. The rest of Albania is still at grips with power cuts tat reach up to 12 hours and reportedly even worse in villages. The absurdity of the fact has not escaped The Economist who has given a rather gloomy picture of the situation of small businesses trying to come at terms with their economic losses. The magazine analyzed the reasons for the crisis and reflected that the situation is going to backfire at the government upon the election time.

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