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Prime minister Edi Rama on the campaign trail - he is now seeking an unprecedented in post-communist times third term (Photo: Wikimedia)

Albania's election: what is at stake?

Albanians will cast their vote in a general election on Sunday (25 April). Will it be a third mandate for the current government of prime minister Edi Rama, or he will be replaced by opposition nominee Lulzim Basha?

This election is widely-seen as the most important since the end of communism in 1990. And Brussels will look carefully at this poll as a measure for opening the negotiation process on EU accession.

It is widely regarded that a failure of Albania to move forward, in t...

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Prime minister Edi Rama on the campaign trail - he is now seeking an unprecedented in post-communist times third term (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Rigels Lenja is a freelance journalist from Albania, now studying for a PhD at the School of Eastern and South East European Studies at the University of Munich.

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