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'Our land, our Albania': young lawmaker demands new future as protests rage

Straits Times17 October 2026, 07:45 UTCAlbania

TIRANA, Oct 17 - Marjana Koceku's life changed last year when Prime Minister Edi Rama hand-picked her to run for Albania's parliament, one of a legion of young lawmakers he hoped would become the face of his Socialist Party.

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