Una Hajdari

2 days ago | politico.eu | Una Hajdari

Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama secured a comfortable majority in Albania’s election, riding a wave of pro-EU sentiment to become the country’s longest-serving democratic leader. “It is the most humbling experience of my life — and it comes at a historic moment for Albania … as a future member state of the European Union,” Rama, who made the promise of delivering EU membership by 2030 a key feature of his campaign, told POLITICO.

3 days ago | politico.eu | Una Hajdari

Hours after polls closed in Albania, it remains unclear whether the ruling Socialist Party clinched a historic fourth term or if the opposition Democratic Party edged ahead after a fiercely fought election campaign. Not a single Albanian news channel released exit polls, leaving voters and observers in the dark about the outcome of an election seen as critical to Albania’s path toward European Union membership. Election officials expect the result to be known by Tuesday.

6 days ago | politico.eu | Una Hajdari

The Republican strategist who guided Donald Trump’s 2024 political resurrection is helping Albania’s main opposition party stage an unlikely revival. Trump’s campaign adviser and Republican election guru Chris LaCivita is now backing the conservative Democratic Party of Albania, whose leader Sali Berisha is hoping for his own political comeback from corruption allegations in Sunday’s high-stakes national election.

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin |Una Hajdari |Nicholas Vinocur

Meanwhile, the conservative Democratic Party of Albania, the largest opposition group standing against Rama's government, has hired former Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita in February to lead its political strategy. The party has led protests claiming that the vote would be neither free nor fair because of Rama's influence on the country's institutions, while video platform TikTok has been banned by the government ahead of the poll.

1 month ago | msn.com | Una Hajdari

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