Albanian main opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama speaks during a protest asking for a probe of their allegations of vote rigging by Prime Minister Sali Berisha's governing Democratic Party, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Albanian main opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama speaks during a protest asking for a probe of their allegations of vote rigging by Prime Minister Sali Berisha's governing Democratic Party, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.

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  1. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele attends a joint news conference with Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha (unseen) in Tirana on March 19, 2010.
  2. European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele (L) and Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha attend a joint news conference in Tirana on March 19, 2010.
  3. Albania's President Bamir Topi (C) speaks with the leader of Albanian opposition, Socialist Party Edi Rama (R), and Sali Berisha (L), Prime Minister and Leader of ruling Democratic Party during a political roundtable in Tirana February 13, 2010. Topi organized and mediated the session, aimed at ending a parliamentary boycott the opposition Socialist Party (SP) has been staging since September. Socialist Party lawmakers are demanding an investigation into alleged manipulation that occurred during the June 2009 general elections.
  4. Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha speaks with Croatia's Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor (C) and Slovenia's Prime Minister Borut Pahor (R) during the Balcan summit in Brdo pri Kranju, March 20, 2010.
  5. (L- R) United Nations Special Representative for Kosovo Lamberto Zannier, Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Chairman of the Council of the Ministers Nikola Spiric, Croatia's Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, Slovenia's Prime Minister Borut Pahor, Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha, Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski seat during the Balcan summit in Brdo pri Kranju March 20, 2010.
  6. European union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele (L) speaks during a news conference with Albania's Prime minister Sali Berisha in Tirana March 19, 2010. The European Union warned Albania on Friday that months of political stalemate were damaging the country's prospects of joining the bloc. Albania's opposition Socialist Party, which controls nearly half the seats in parliament, has boycotted the assembly for six months, holding up the passage of laws including many that are needed to align the country with EU legislation.
  7. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) shakes hands with his Albanian counterpart Sali Berisha during their meeting in Rome's Palazzo Chigi February 12, 2010.
  8. Edi Rama, leader of the opposition Socialist Party, speaks during a news conference in Tirana February 24, 2010. Rama declared the boycott over. The Socialist Party has boycotted parliament since September to demand a recount of votes cast in the June 28 parliamentary elections last year, accusing Prime Minister Sali Berisha of rigging the contest.
  9. Opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama delivers his address during a meeting in Tirana, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. Albania's main opposition Socialists say they are ending a six-month boycott of parliament over what they said was fraud in June's general elections. Party leader Edi Rama said he will request a parliamentary investigation of the claims, and will resume street protests if the governing Democrats hinder the process.
  10. Albania's President Bamir Topi, centre, talks with governing Democratic Party's Prime Minister Sali Berisha, left, and Socialist Party leader Edi Rama, also Tirana mayor, in an effort to end a seven-month political crisis on alleged electoral fraud, in Tirana, Albania, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. The Socialists, have boycotted Parliament for months and claim the Democrats manipulated vote-counting in the June 28 national elections and are demanding a recount, which the government has ruled out.

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