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Besar Likmeta

Washington Asks Albania To Help Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons

But critics say the tiny Balkan country is having trouble disposing of waste from its own stockpiles.

November 12th, 2013
Besar Likmeta
November 12th, 2013
By Besar Likmeta

TIRANA, Albania — International chemical weapons inspectors say Syria has destroyed all of its chemical weapons production facilities under a US-Russian deal. But how it will get rid of its massive existing stockpiles remains unknown. Among the options, the United States has asked this small Balkan country of 2.8 million people to help. A

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Europe’s Real Pot Capital Is In Albania, Not Amsterdam

An outlaw village has built a fortune from the cultivation of pot, equal to half the country’s GDP.

August 17th, 2013
Besar Likmeta
August 17th, 2013
By Besar Likmeta
Mexico Marijuana Feature photo

GJIROKASTRA, Albania — The last time police tried to enter the mountainside village of Lazarat near this historic southern city last summer, they prompted a ferocious firefight a local police commissioner describes as “very much like a real war.” Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being ostracized, he said he was part of a special

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