Sali Ram Berisha is an Albanian cardiologist and conservative politician who served as the president of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and 32nd prime minister from 2005 to 2013. Berisha serves as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania since 2022 and has held the position previously from 1990 to 2013. He also serves as the incumbent Leader of Opposition in the Albanian parliament.
Edi Rama is an Albanian politician,painter,writer,former university lecturer,publicist,and former basketball player,who has served as the 33rd and incumbent Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was appointed Minister of Culture,Youth and Sports in 1998,an office he held until 2000. First elected mayor of Tirana in 2000,he was reelected in 2003 and 2007.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,commonly referred by to his initials RTE,is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He also co-founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau is a Canadian politician who has served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada since 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.
Ilir Rexhep Meta is an Albanian politician. He served as the president of Albania from 24 July 2017 to 24 July 2022.
International governments are divided on the issue of recognition of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia,which was declared in 2008. The Government of Serbia does not diplomatically recognise Kosovo as a sovereign state,although the two countries have enjoyed normalised economic relations since 2020 and have agreed not to try to interfere with the other's accession to the European Union.
The accession of North Macedonia to the European Union has been on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU since 2005,when it became an official candidate for accession. The Republic of Macedonia submitted its membership application in 2004,thirteen years after its independence from Yugoslavia. It is one of nine current EU candidate countries,together with Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Georgia,Moldova,Montenegro,Serbia,Turkey and Ukraine.
Kosovo unilaterally self proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008,a move which Serbia strongly rejects. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and continues to claim it as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. However,differences and disputes remain,while North Kosovo is partially under Serbian rule. Initially there were no relations between the two;but in the following years there has been increased dialogue and cooperation between the two sides.
Beqir Balluku was an Albanian politician,military leader,and Minister of Defense of Albania. Balluku assisted Enver Hoxha in carrying out the 1956 purge within the Party of Labour. However,in 1974,Balluku himself,along with a group of other government members was accused by Hoxha of an attempted coup d'état against the Albanian People's Republic. He was executed the next year.
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.
Albania and Palestine established diplomatic relations in 1990. Albania had already recognized Palestine as a state since 1988. Palestine has an embassy in Tirana,but Albania does not have an embassy in Palestine. Both are member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Gjirokastër Airfield is an airfield located near Gjirokastër,Gjirokastër,Albania.
Rishi Sunak is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2022. The first British Asian prime minister,he previously held two cabinet positions under Boris Johnson,latterly as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022. Sunak has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Indo-Pacific under Rishi Sunak since October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed since 2015. She previously served in the Cabinets of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
Koço Theodhosi was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh).
Air Albania is the flag carrier of Albania. The airline maintains its hub and company headquarters at the Tirana International Airport NënëTereza in Tirana,Albania. Founded in 2018,it operates scheduled air services for passengers to nine destinations in Europe.
Bisher Khasawneh is a Jordanian politician and diplomat who has been serving as the 43rd Prime Minister of Jordan and Minister of Defence since 12 October 2020.
Events in the year 2022 in Albania.
Events in the year 2023 in Albania.
Events in the year 2024 in Albania.
