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Albania begins its vaccination programme against COVID-19 with doses received from an undisclosed European Union country. Prime Minister Edi Rama is among the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-01-11

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

Sali Berisha, former President of Albania, calls for the international community to engage the conflict with greater seriousness.
2020-09-30

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

Thousands of students at the University of Tirana in Albania demonstrate against tuition fees. The government appeals for calm.
2018-12-11

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

Edi Rama is elected by Parliament as Prime Minister of Albania.
2013-09-15

The Parliament of Albania fails without a vote in the first round to elect the President of the republic.
2012-05-30

Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released from Rikers Island to electronically-monitored house arrest in the US state of New York, having been held on rape charges.
2011-05-20

Albania's prime minister Sali Berisha vows there will be no Tunisia-style uprising in his country after three people are killed for protesting against the government's rule.
2011-01-22