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Chermen Valiev wins a bronze medal in Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling, earning Albania its first ever Olympic medal. 2024-08-10
The Albanian consulate in Kharkiv is destroyed during Russian shelling. No casualties are reported. 2022-03-8
Voters in Albania go to the polls to elect a new parliament. 2021-04-25
Albania's government deploys troops to enforce a 40-hour nationwide curfew. Prime Minister Edi Rama says Albanians "will stay inside after 13:00", and that police and the armed forces "will use force against whoever breaks the law, including pensioners, and will use water canons and tear gas if need be." 2020-03-21
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
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
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
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi wins three awards, including the Golden Bear, for his film "Nader and Simin, A Separation" as the 61st Berlin International Film Festival ends. There are other winners from Argentina, Albania, Germany and Hungary. 2011-02-19
Albania's main opposition leader Edi Rama calls for more protests and calls on the international community to mediate in the country's political crisis. 2011-01-25