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Article: In the shadows. (Albania)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- July 14, 1989
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TRANA-In 1982, Albania's Party of Labor suffered a serious electoral reverse. According to the Directory of Statistics of the State Planning Commission, its share of the vote plummeted from 100 per cent in the elections of 1979 to a mere 99.9 per cent in 1982.
Needless to say, it is not easy to gauge the precise state of public opinion in a country where a vote of 99.9 per cent represents a decline. Aside from language difficulties (Albanian is the unique descendant of the ancient 11lyrian language), the authorities do not exactly encourage spontaneous conversations with foreigners. To speak of political matters in any but the officially sanctioned way, one ...
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