{"id":82245,"date":"2026-01-12T17:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=82245"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:38:33","slug":"aki-wins-two-municipalities-in-repeat-local-elections-in-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/aki-wins-two-municipalities-in-repeat-local-elections-in-north-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"AKI wins two municipalities in repeat local elections in North Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian coalition Alliance for National Integration (AKI) has won two municipalities in repeat local elections held on Sunday in several municipalities across North Macedonia, according to preliminary results.<\/p>\n<p>AKI candidate Valbon Limani \u2013 from the coalition led by the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) \u2013 defeated the candidate of the other Albanian coalition, VLEN, Nevzat Bejta, to win the municipality of Gostivar.<\/p>\n<p>AKI also won the municipality of Vrap\u010di\u0161te with candidate Isen Shabani.<\/p>\n<p>Shabani\u2019s opponent in these elections was Zulhajrat Demiri, who was supported by the Group of Voters, according to preliminary results.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these two municipalities, local elections were also repeated in Mavrovo-Rostu\u0161a and Centar \u017dupa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian coalition Alliance for National Integration (AKI) has won two municipalities in repeat local elections held on Sunday in several municipalities across North Macedonia, according to preliminary results. AKI candidate Valbon Limani \u2013 from the coalition led by the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) \u2013 defeated the candidate of the other Albanian coalition, VLEN, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":82246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1803,164],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AKI wins two municipalities in repeat local elections in North Macedonia - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/aki-wins-two-municipalities-in-repeat-local-elections-in-north-macedonia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AKI wins two municipalities in repeat local elections in North Macedonia - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Albanian coalition Alliance for National Integration (AKI) has won two municipalities in repeat local elections held on Sunday in several municipalities across North Macedonia, according to preliminary results. 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