Sources: EPO
Negotiations on the accession of North Macedonia and Albania to the European Union begin in Brussels. 2022-07-19
In association football, Roma defeats Feyenoord 1–0 in the final at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, to win the inaugural edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League, the third tier of active European club football competitions. 2022-05-25
Albania reports 501 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record and becomes the first time the country reports more than 500 cases in a single day. 2020-11-8
Twenty more bodies are found under destroyed buildings after the earthquake in Albania two days ago, bringing the death toll to 50 people. 2019-11-28
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama dismisses four cabinet ministers, including Minister of Internal Affairs Saimir Tahiri and Minister of Health Ilir Beqaj, in a bid to make the government more technocratic following opposition Democratic Party protests. 2017-03-12
Albania says it will not allow the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on its soil after days of protests. 2013-11-15
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