Sources: EPO
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
Voters in Albania go to the polls to elect a new parliament. 2021-04-25
Albania receives their first shipment of 192,000 doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine. 2021-03-25
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
Balkan and European leaders agree to work together implementing a 17-point action plan that includes United Nations-aided accommodation for 100,000 places in reception centers along the route from Greece towards Germany, half in Greece and half in the countries to the north. Some of the other measures: within a week, deploy 400 police officers to Slovenia; step up efforts to return migrants not needing international protection; and, reinforce support of the bloc’s border agency, Frontex', role in securing external borders between Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, and Albania. 2015-10-25
More than 400 Albanian police supported by Army helicopters surround the village of Lazarat in southern Albania known as the "cannabis Kingdom" where an armed criminal gang has entrenched itself. 2015-06-25
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
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
Arrest warrants are issued to six members of the republican guard in Albania over the deaths of three people in unrest. 2011-01-23