Sources: EPO
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announces plans to create a 27-acre sovereign enclave for the Bektashi Order in Tirana modeled after the Vatican City, which would be called the "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order". 2024-09-21
An All Afghan Women's Summit is held in Tirana, Albania, where more than 130 Afghan women gathered to protest the crackdown on women's rights by the Taliban. 2024-09-11
Iran announces that it will try 104 members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran in absentia, including its leader Maryam Rajavi, who is in exile in Albania. 2023-07-29
Negotiations on the accession of North Macedonia and Albania to the European Union begin in Brussels. 2022-07-19
One person is killed and one other is injured after heavy flooding in Tirana, Albania. 2022-06-9
Albania announces that it will impose a second nationwide lockdown on November 11 in an attempt to curb the worsening spread of COVID-19. 2020-11-9
Thirteen sick people are taken off the stranded "Diciotti" vessel in Catania, Italy. Albania offers to take in 20 migrants. 2018-08-25
Three people are shot dead and dozens are injured by riot police clashing with at least 20,000 protesters gathered outside the prime minister's office in Tirana, Albania. Deputy prime minister Ilir Meta has resigned after becoming embroiled in a fraud scandal and protesters have called for the rest of the government to resign. 2011-01-21