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Albania Transnational Issues 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/albania/albania_issues.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Disputes - international the Albanian Government supports protection of the rights of ethnic Albanians outside of its borders but has downplayed them to further its primary foreign policy goal of regional cooperation; Albanian majority in Kosovo seeks independence from Serbian Republic; Albanians in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia claim discrimination in education, access to public-sector jobs and representation in government Illicit drugs
increasingly active transshipment point for Southwest Asian opiates,
hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and cocaine from South America
destined for Western Europe; limited opium and cannabis production; ethnic
Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active in Central and Eastern Europe
NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania Transnational Issues 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania Transnational Issues 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |