Former Trump strategists back Albanian conservative Sali Berisha in election battle against Socialist PM Edi Rama, highlighting international political alignments in Balkan politics.

Ahead of elections in May, Albania’s PM Edi Rama has been accused of targeting opposition candidates, as critics accuse his government of deep corruption and control over the courts.

Rama’s main challenger Berisha, a hoarse-voiced and energetic 80-year-old survivor of Albania’s tumultuous politics, has led the conservative Democratic Party since its founding in 1990, when ...

Sali Berisha, former prime minister of Albania and head of the Albanian opposition party in an election Sunday, accused Soros and current Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama of conspiring with ...

Berisha wore a blue baseball cap marked with a No. 1, the party’s position on the ballot. Rama sported a black cap emblazoned with the Socialist Party’s No. 5.

A victory for Berisha would bring an end to 12 years of rule by Rama’s Socialists, which international observers have described as a period marked by increased state capture by a single party. But it ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sali Berisha—the allegedly corrupt leader of Albania’s opposition party ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi ...

The political contest is, in many ways, a rematch of old rivals. Rama and Berisha have dominated public life since the fall of communism in 1990. Many younger voters have grown disillusioned with ...

Former Trump campaign strategist Chris LaCivita wants to replicate his 2024 success for Sali Berisha in Albania's May 11 parliamentary ... is running to regain power from Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Sali Berisha, leader of Democratic Party of Albania, casts his ballot during a general election where rival Socialist Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania's prime minister in Tirana ...