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Albania: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Sept. 15, 2005
Report Number RS22267
Report Type Report
Authors Julie Kim, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Some two months after Albania held parliamentary elections, a new government was sworn in on September 11, 2005. Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, whose controversial term as President of Albania ended in 1997 amidst violent civil unrest, returned to power as the new Prime Minister and leads a center-right coalition government. Along with other states in the western Balkan region, Albania seeks membership in NATO and the European Union, but its accession prospects are not certain. This report may be updated as events warrant. A related CRS report is RL33012, Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans .