Long Reads: Lea Ypi on the Enigmas of Modern Albania
Jacobin Radio
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Albania - A Land That Time Forgot
Albania is one of the most beautiful countries in europe, yet unquestionably the poorest. President ramiz alia has pledged to relinquish the leading constitutional role of the communist party and transform the country into a market economy. In the foothills of the digte mountains, these peasants earn a meagre ten counds a week an age. Uriforms mean they can now keep one animal for their own profit.
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