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Ruling Socialists Take Lead in Albania Elections
According to Albania's Central Electoral Commission, CEC, preliminary results show that the Socialist Party, PS, in power since 2013, won 51.65 per cent, after 40 per cent of votes have been counted.
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Albanians Head To Polls To Elect New Rulers
Albanians head to the polls on Sunday to choose between 18 parties and decide which one - or ones - should run the country for the next four years.
The number of parties on the ballot has shrunk compared with the last general election in 2013, when voters had a choice between no less than 66 parties.
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Small Parties Face Big Squeeze in Albanian Election
Albanian parties are heading into the coming elections alone, without the usual big pre-election coalitions, potentially making the process of forming a government after June 25 more difficult to predict.
Albania MPs Elect Speaker Meta as President
Ilir Meta, leader of Albania's junior ruling party, the Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, was voted in as President of Albania on Friday amid an opposition boycott.
Meta received 87 votes in favour and two against in the 140-seat assembly, becoming the seventh President of Albania since the Stalinist Communist regime collapsed in 1990.
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Albania Faces Election Without Opposition Parties
Albania's Central Election Commission on Thursday refused to postpone a deadline for parties and coalitions to register for upcoming general election in June, leaving the ruling parties heading into the polls alone.
The general elections are therefore set to go ahead without the presence of opposition parties, which refused to register for the vote.
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Albania Opposition Set to Ignore Presidential Election
Albania's parliament will complete the first round of electing a new President on Wednesday afternoon, even though no candidate will be up for a vote.
Albania PM Removes Ministers 'To Focus On Election'
Three months ahead of parliamentary elections on June 18, Albania's Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the departure of four ministers, allegedly to focus on the upcoming election campaign.
Rama named the four as Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri, Health Minister Ilir Beqaj, Youth and Social Welfare Minister Blendi Klosi and Local Issues Minister Bledi Cuci.
Albanian Minister Says Attacking Corruption Got Him Fired
Albania's Minister of Justice, Ylli Manjani - from the junior coalition party, the Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI - has accused Prime Minister Edi Rama of sacking him for speaking out against corruption.
Albania Party Splashes Cash to Get Trump Invite
The Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, - a partner party in Albania's coalition government - has signed an agreement with McKeon Group, which BIRN has seen, showing that the party will pay the company 15,0oo US dollars per month for six months, specifically to obain invitations for LSI leaders to attend the inauguration of new US President Donald Trump, on January 20, and organize meeting
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Albania Sacks MPs and Mayor for Hiding Convictions
Albania's Central Electoral Commission, CEC, voted on Thursday to dismiss from office two MPs and a mayor who had hid their criminal convictions after submitting forms about their past.
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