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HARDtalk: Edi Rama - Prime Minister-Designate, Albania

Prime Minister-designate of Albania, Edi Rama

18/07/2013

Edi Rama - Prime Minister-Designate, Albania

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Edi Rama - Prime Minister-Designate, Albania

Sarah Montague talks to incoming Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Sarah Montague talks to incoming Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama about his planned renaissance for what Transparency International calls the single most corrupt country in Europe.

Albania is the single most corrupt country in Europe according to Transparency International. HARDtalk speaks to Edi Rama, who will become Albania's Prime Minister in September. A modern artist, he won international plaudits for transforming the capital Tirana when he was its mayor - not least by painting its grey buildings in bright colours. He's now promised a renaissance for the whole country. So can he succeed where previous politicians have failed?

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