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The news
The organization of festive events within the framework of the 100th anniversary of Albania’s Independence by the Ministry of Culture (MTKRS) has been carried out on the basis of blatant abuses of State Funds. Dj and MTKRS have stated to the newspaper only half of the activities carried out and the amounts spent on them.
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