Sources: EPO
Negotiations on the accession of North Macedonia and Albania to the European Union begin in Brussels. 2022-07-19
Albania reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, which was originally detected in India, 2021-07-25
Albania surpasses 10,000 seniors who have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-04-28
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits coastal Albania, bringing down many buildings and leaving people trapped under rubble. The Defense Ministry confirms 30 people killed and 650 others injured, mostly in Durrës County. 2019-11-26
Police in Albania say they have identified a terrorist cell in the country operated by the Revolutionary Guards of Iran and seeking to attack members of exiled Iranian anti-government group Mujahedin-e Khalq. 2019-10-23
Thousands of students at the University of Tirana in Albania demonstrate against tuition fees. The government appeals for calm. 2018-12-11
Montenegro, Norway, Iceland and Albania join the list of countries supporting sanctions including asset freezings and travel bans directed at Russian individuals. 2014-04-11
Voters in Albania go to the polls for a parliamentary election. Activist Gjon Pjeter Gjoni is shot dead and three other people are wounded in a shoot out near a polling station in the town of Laç. 2013-06-23
At least 13 people – most of them students – are killed and 22 others are injured after a bus plunges 80 m off a cliff in Albania. 2012-05-21
Around 100,000 supporters of Albania's opposition Socialist Party pay silent tribute to three men shot dead at an anti-government protest a week ago. The Socialist supporters disperse calmly after a two-hour procession. 2011-01-28