Editorial: Better late than never: A late night agreement to the rescue

Last night, the leaders of the two major parties in Albania, Edi Rama, Prime Minister and Head of the Socialist Party, and Lulzim Basha, Head of the Democratic Party and head of the Albanian opposition coalition, seemed to have reached a final agreement after a protracted political crises that risked the boycott of general elections by the opposition. Details of the agreement are yet to be made public. A sigh of relief on being rescued from dark potential scenarios, which this paper has outlined in previous editorials, was palpable almost all over. Many people watched on their screens, with mixed…