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- ↑ "Olsi Rama - der Mann, der plötzlich zum Politikum wurde" (in German).
- ↑ "Olsi Rama: Ja çfarë më bashkon mua me Edi Ramën" (in Albanian).
- ↑ "Bruder des albanischen Premiers verdächtigt" (in German).
- ↑ "Olsi Rama - der Mann, der plötzlich zum Politikum wurde" (in German).
- ↑ "Drohnenpilot ist enttarnt: Diesen Mann hat halb Europa gesucht" (in German).
- ↑ "Enttarnter Drohnenpilot: Es war wohl ein albanischer Nationalist" (in German).
- ↑ "Bruder des albanischen Regierungschefs verhaftet" (in German).