The Albanian prime minister took his country, and most delegates at a UN General Assembly by surprise in September when he announced plans for a brand new state. The state would be similar to the Vatican but would be dedicated to an Islamic sect known as the Bektashi order. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports from the capital, Tirana.
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