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Events in the year 2018 in Albania .
Bashkim Fino was an Albanian socialist politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of Albania from March to July 1997.
Pirro Çako is an Albanian singer and composer. In 1988, he won the Festivali i Këngës as a composer with the song E duam lumturinë. The song was interpreted by Parashqevi Simaku. He has issued two albums: Herët a vonë in June 2004 and including 15 songs, and more recently, a second album, Mos më krahaso, a set of 12 songs. In a collaboration with composer Ardit Gjebrea, Çako wrote the song It's All About You, interpreted by Juliana Pasha for the Albanian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.
Kristaq Mitro was an Albanian film director. He was professor at University of Arts, Tirana. He directed Apasionata in 1983 with Ibrahim Muçaj. Mitro died in Vienna on 3 April 2023, at the age of 77.
Festivali i Këngës në RTSH, commonly known as Festivali i Këngës and also referred to as simply FiK or Fest, is an annual music competition in Albania organised by the national broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). Broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1962, the festival has determined the country's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest since 2004.
Fatos Arapi was an Albanian poet, short story writer, translator and journalist. Arapi's publications have been highly praised by his readers and his peers and have been awarded various national and international poetry prizes. In 2008 Arapi became the first Albanian poet to win the Golden Wreath Award.
Rosela Gjylbegu is an Albanian singer who won Kënga Magjike in 2009.
Fatos is an Albanian masculine given name, which means "daring", "brave" or "valiant". The name may refer to:
Ben Blushi is an Albanian politician, writer and journalist.
Liri Belishova was an Albanian politician. She was a member of the Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania and an important political figure in Albania between 1944 and 1960.
Fiqrete Shehu was an Albanian politician during the Communist Era. She was the wife of former Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu.
The crossed hands gesture is a hand signal that denotes Albania in International Sign. Known as shenja e flamurit in Albanian, it is sometimes referred to as the "eagle gesture" and is a symbol used by ethnic Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and other regions of the world where Albanians live. It is meant to visually demonstrate the double-headed eagle, the main image on the Albanian flag. The symbolism of the double-headed eagle among Albanians encapsulates their ethnicity and flag, viewing it as a symbol that represents ethnic-Albanian people across the globe. Albanians call themselves as "Shqiptar" and their country "Shqipëri".
Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Mall" performed by Eugent Bushpepa. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2017. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and live performances in the Netherlands and Spain.
Albania was scheduled to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with the song "Fall from the Sky" performed by Arilena Ara. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2019. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 2004. In March 2020, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the contest's cancellation due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its rapid spread across Europe.
"Stay With Me Tonight" is a song recorded by Albanian singer and songwriter Eugent Bushpepa. Lasting three minutes and fifty four seconds, the song was written and produced by the singer himself. The official music video for the song was shot in Italy directed by Renuar Locaj (video/photographer) and was uploaded on 12 February 2020 onto YouTube in order to accompany the single's release. It features scenes with the singer and Albanian model Adrola Dushi focusing on the singer's relationship with his girlfriend.
Events from the year 2020 in Albania.
Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with the song "Karma" performed by Anxhela Peristeri. Its entry was selected through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2020. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and various television and radio appearances in Albania, Greece, Kosovo and San Marino.
Besim Jazexhiu was an Albanian dancer and choreographer. He began to work as a dancer in 1961 at the Opera Theatre. During this early period, in addition to dancing in the ballet troupe, he performed characters in various ballets including "Halili and Hajria" composed by Tish Daija and said to be the first Albanian ballet, "Delina", "Laurenca", "Fadeta", "Sherazadja", and "Peter and the Wolf". In 1965 he started working as a soloist in the Army Ensemble and then from 1968 as a soloist in the People's Ensemble. In this period, he developed folk dances in the Folk Ensemble and for many amateur artistic troupes. After the 1990s, he also worked in Kosovo and North Macedonia.
Events in the year 2022 in Albania.
