Hiring Donald Trump’s campaign strategist and thinking you can become Trump “is like hiring a Hollywood hairdresser and thinking you’ll become Brad Pitt,” Rama told POLITICO.

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama was on course for an unprecedented fourth term in office on Monday as partial results showed his Socialist Party with a commanding lead in Sunday's parliamentary election.

The EU saw the vote as a test of the democratic maturity of the Balkan nation, by far the most Europe-oriented in the region.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama clinched a historic fourth term, as his Socialist Party secured 52% of the vote. Despite the clear victory, the opposition alleges electoral malpractice, and international observers question the vote's fairness.

Albanian Prime minister Edi Rama has secured an unprecedented fourth term in power after his Socialist Party sailed to victory in Sunday's election, official results showed on Tuesday, although the opposition claims the vote was stolen.

Prime Minister Edi Rama’s victory will consolidate Albania’s pro-EU trajectory, but rule of law deficits still pose hurdles to accession.