Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni made a surprise visit to Albania this week, joining thousands of summer holidaymakers who have chosen the Balkan country over Italy’s soaring prices and extreme weather.
Meloni opted for a low-cost route, taking a ferry from the southern Italian region of Puglia where she was on holiday with her family to the Albanian port of Vlorë.
One of Europe’s poorest countries, Albania has struggled for decades to shake off a reputation for corruption and organised crime that drove hundreds of thousands of Albanians to emigrate. But it is now enjoying an economic revival in part due to a tourism boom.
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