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English Situation Report on Albania about Disaster Management, Food and Nutrition, Earthquake, Epidemic and more; published on 31 May 2021 by IFRC

From arms dump to Fish City A surreal repurposing of Albania’s Cold War past AFP, LABINOT-FUSHE, ALBANIA In darkened tunnels once stuffed with weapons, there are now hundreds of blue barrels filled with anchovies resting in liters of brine, a surreal repurposing of Albania’s Cold War past. Murals, statues, architectural oddities and historical relics greet visitors to Fish City, a complex snuggled into gentle hills in Labinot-Fushe, 60km south of the capital Tirana. Jim Morrison and Winston Churchill rub shoulders, the stretched face of a Salvador Dali masterpiece is lovingly recreated al...

, KU Leuven The Albanian parliamentary elections of 25 April raised high hopes for the country’s progress towards democratisation and EU accession. They were the first elections held under the new electoral law, agreed upon by the ruling party and the opposition on 5 June. The elections were also severely scrutinised by the EU, which has listed the adoption and implementation of the electoral reform in its 15 points conditions for the opening of Albania’s accession talks. After two years of the opposition boycotting the parliament and refusing to participate in the 2019 local elections, t...

Preliminary results from Sunday's parliamentary election in Albania suggest the ruling Socialist Party (PS) will retain its parliamentary majority. The PS was credited with 48.6 per cent of the vote at 11.45 am CET on Tuesday morning, with fewer than 400 of the country's 5,199 polling stations yet to report. The opposition Democratic Party (PD) had meanwhile secured 39.4 per cent of ballots. If confirmed, the results would give the PS 73 of parliament's 140 seats, according to Europe Elects. Incumbent Prime Minister Edi Rama has invited supporters to join him and his PS lawmakers "to embrace ...

Albania’s Socialists win election and third straight mandate Al Jazeera English © Leader of the Socialist Party Edi Rama delivers a speech during an election rally in Elbasan, Albani... Leader of the Socialist Party Edi Rama delivers a speech during an election rally in Elbasan, Albania [File: Florion Goga/Reuters] Albania’s left-wing Socialist Party has secured its third consecutive mandate in a parliamentary election, winning nearly half of votes and enough seats in parliament to govern alone, electoral authorities said. The Central Election Commission said on Tuesday...