Albania’s two biggest parties elect a retired general as the new country’s president.26 June 2002 TIRANA, Albania–Late on 24 June, Albania’s parliament chose a retired general as its president in the first presidential election that caused no bad feelings among main political forces in the country. Alfred Moisiu, a 63-year-old former military engineer who served briefly as defense minister in […]
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