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Albania: Women triumphs in Conservative Albanian Backwater

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Albania: Women triumphs in Conservative Albanian Backwater

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Adelina Farrici, a teacher from Burrelwas, was one of only two women to be elected mayors in local elections held on 8 May in Albania. She received 3,658 votes against 3,119 cast for the incumbent mayor Skender Lleshi. 

Her feat was yet more impressive considering she unseated a two-term mayor, in a town seen as a stronghold of the ruling centre-right Democratic Party 

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Adelina Farrici, a teacher from Burrelwas, was one of only two women to be elected mayors in local elections held on 8 May in Albania. She received 3,658 votes against 3,119 cast for the incumbent mayor Skender Lleshi. 

Her feat was yet more impressive considering she unseated a two-term mayor, in a town seen as a stronghold of the ruling centre-right Democratic Party 

To read the complete article please visit www.balkaninsight.com

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