electoral reform Albania

As Albania’s new parliament convenes this September, work is expected to begin immediately on long-awaited electoral reform. Veteran Socialist lawmaker Damian Gjiknuri, who has co-authored every set of electoral code...

Albania’s parliamentary commissions resumed work for the first time since the May 11 elections, immediately reigniting partisan clashes between the ruling Socialists and the Democratic Party opposition. Why this is...

In its preliminary report on Albania’s May 11 parliamentary elections, the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission described the process as competitive and generally well-managed, but held in a deeply polarized environment...