Albanians vote for new government with graft on their mind


A voter checks a name list during the parliamentary elections in Tirana, Albania April 25, 2021. REUTERS/Florion Goga

TIRANA (Reuters) -Albania held a parliamentary election on Sunday likely to be a neck-and-neck contest between the ruling Socialists and the opposition as corruption weighs heavily on voters in one of Europe's poorest nations.

The Socialist Party (PS) of Prime Minister Edi Rama is seeking a third term, while Lulzim Basha's Democratic Party (PD) wants a return to power eight years after losing an election.

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