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New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
The opposition Socialist Party said the prime minister and the Democratic Party were acting prematurely in building a government during an election recount.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday
FOCUS Information Agency - The drama over Albania's long drawn-out elections of last weekend seemed to come to an end on Saturday as a small opposition party agreed to enter coalition government, Xinhua News Agency informs."I have accepted Berisha's invitation to form a coalition government with him," said Ilir Meta, head of the Socialist Integration Movement, a breakaway from the Socialists.Meta...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Tirana - Despite the confusion over the outcome of Albania's parliamentary election, a majority was likely to be established Saturday as the small opposition LSI party agreed to enter the coalition led by conservative Albanian Prime Minister Sali Ber...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Tirana - The confusion over the outcome of Albania's parliamentary election continued Saturday, six days after the polls closed, with reports of a victory for the ruling coalition, even though some ballots remained uncounted. The spokesman of the Sta...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
A draw in Albania means horse-trading and perhaps a new election FOR months the opinion polls suggested that Albania’s election would be close. Most pundits said they were wrong, because respondents were giving unreliable answers. Now Albanian opinion polling has come of age. So close was the June 28th election that, four days later, the result was still unclear. Albania faces weeks of election...
Vino's Political Blog (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Wikipedia has the results of the recent Albanian parliamentary elections . The elections were held under a proportional representation system. Formerly Albania did have a single-member constituency aspect to its elections. There were 2 main blocs in the election - the Alliance for Changes bloc and the Unification for Changes bloc. The Alliance for Changes bloc is led by the Democratic Party of Albania....
People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
The long drawn-out ballot counting process after Albania's weekend parliamentary election went into its fourth day on Wednesday, with results remaining unknown. With 98 percent of the votes counted, the Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha had gained 48.01 percent, against 44. 25 percent for the Socialists led by Tirana Mayor Edi Rama. And the leftist LSI, a breakaway from the Socialists,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
The governing centre-right party of Albania's Prime Minister claimed victory in elections, but the opposition Socialists allege fraud.
Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Albania breaks the boundaries of mobile services and brings a real innovation to the home based communication through the introduction of “Vodafone Home” service. Starting from June the 19th the Albanian customers will have the opportunity to take advantage of a service which will significantly lower the cost of calls made from home [...]
The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Albania – Albania's governing Democrats claimed Wednesday they won weekend parliamentary elections, but the opposition Socialists accused Prime Minister Sali Berisha's party of attempting to snatch victory. Near complete results showed the Democrats were ahead by just over one percentage point, but it was unclear whether Berisha had secured enough seats in parliament needed to govern alone.
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Albania's general election appeared headed for deadlock , with both the governing right-of-centre Democratic party and the opposition Socialists unable to win an outright majority in the 140-seat parliament
Albania Economy (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
With only a hundred ballot boxes still left to be counted, the right-of-centre coalition led by the Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha was running neck-and-neck with the opposition Socialists led by Tirana Mayor Edi Rama on Wednesday in... You can read the rest online...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
The vote count of Albania's parliamentary polls is still underway on Tuesday two days after the election, and the final results are not expected to come out in another two days. The electoral commission is short of scanners to read the ballots, while election officials are still not very familiar with a new electoral system based on regional representation and electronic tallying, election officials...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
This moment in Albania brings so much possibility for hope yet also so much possibility to lose that hope.
Liberal Oasis (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
Taking a moment out of the congressional mishmash of healthcare, climate bills and political sexual intrigue, let us take a look at Albania. The G99 party is modeling Obama pioneered grass roots organizing with American consultants and volunteers, recently...
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kellya | 12/02/2009
Every sector in Albania is open for business. On the other side, even if a new business may be registered in eight days, closing it is quite costly. The sectors that benefit more from foreign investment and achieve high growth rates are: agriculture, construction and industry. The best prospects for export for the next years are offered in the following market sectors: transportation, energy, telecommunications,
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