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Albania - Search View - ninemsn Encarta (5445 words) |
 | Albania responded to the wave of democratization that swept across Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s by cautiously easing restrictions on religion and foreign travel, legalizing opposition political parties, and broadening contacts with the West; diplomatic relations with the United States were resumed in March 1991 after a 51-year break. |
| Albania was approved as a member of the World Trade Organization in July 2000 after five years of negotiation, and in the local elections that autumn, the Socialist Party of Albania (PSS) won most seats, ending the domination of local councils by the opposition Democratic Party. |
| Albania’s political goal is to sign an association accord with the EU; however, in early 2004 the EU insisted that further progress with economic and political reform was required to move the process further forward. |
| Democratic Party of Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (207 words) |
| The Democratic Party of Albania (Albanian: Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë) is a center-right political party in Albania. |
| It was instrumental in the ending of communist rule in Albania and was in power from 1992 until 1997, under the leadership of Sali Berisha and Aleksander Meksi. |
| In the July 2005 parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party won 55 of the 140 seats and its allies won 18. |
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