Albania's artist-turned-prime minister Edi Rama, who has secured his fourth term in office in parliamentary elections at the weekend, has vowed to integrate the Balkan nation into the European Union.His leftist Socialist Party won more than 52 percent of the vote on Sunday,

By bne IntelliNews Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is set to secure a record fourth term in office after his Socialist Party won a clear majority in the May 11 general election, according to near-final results published on May 13.

Preliminary results in Albania’s parliamentary elections give a clear victory to the ruling Socialist Party which attracted voters supporting the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term.