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Avdullah Hoti, chief of parliamentary group of the biggest opposition party of Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, in a Facebook post said Kosovo is backsliding on fighting corruption, has deteriorated relations with the US, and warned of social turmoil after the strike of civil servants asking increase of salaries.

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