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TIRANA, June 27 – Albanian President Ilir Meta decreed on Thursday noon October 13 as the new date for local elections. Meta stressed at a press conference where he also presented the decree that he hopes the October elections will be all inclusive. He made this decision after a series of meetings with political parties, concluding on Thursday morning with opposition’s Democratic Party chairman Lulzim Basha, while Socialist Party leader and Prime Minister Edi Rama did not attend Meta’s meeting. “The new date is an opportunity to conduct democratic elections at the same time as the expected EU decisions…