Counting is underway in Albania following local elections, seen as a key test in the Balkan country's efforts to achieve EU candidate status later this year.
Brussels has made it clear that the vote must be free and fair after a series of political crises have struck the country following a national ballot in June 2009.
Sunday's (8 May) vote was marked by minor skirmishes, with the main parties disagreeing over whether EU standards had been met. A 525-strong international electio...
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