Albanians vote in election after bitter political fight

An Albanian woman casts her vote during parliamentary elections in the capital, Tirana (Visar Kryeziu/AP)

Albanians were voting in parliamentary elections on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic and a bitter rivalry between the two largest political parties.

Some 3.6 million eligible voters, including Albanians overseas, will elect 140 members of parliament out of some 1,800 candidates from 12 political parties or coalitions and those running independently.