Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country,enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe,with 2,544 hours of sun per year.
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.
MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens,New York City,United States. In addition to its exhibitions,the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series,the Warm Up summer music series,and the Young Architects Program with the Museum of Modern Art. MoMA PS1 has been affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art since January 2000 and,as of 2013,attracts about 200,000 visitors a year.
The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment,also known as The Bartlett,is the academic centre for the study of the built environment at University College London (UCL),United Kingdom. It is home to thirteen departments that have expertise in individual subfields,including the Bartlett School of Architecture,Bartlett School of Planning,Bartlett Development Planning Unit,and the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. The Bartlett is consistently ranked the highest in Europe and the UK and among the highest in the world for the "Architecture and the Built Environment" category in major rankings. It is currently ranked the first in the world for the year 2023.
The MIT School of Architecture and Planning is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge,Massachusetts. Founded in 1865 by William Robert Ware,the school offered the first architecture curriculum in the United States and was the first architecture program established within a university. MIT's Department of Architecture has consistently ranked among the top architecture/built environment schools in the world.
Giovanna Melandri is an Italian-American politician. She was an MP in the Italian Parliament for 18 years (1994–2012),holding the positions of Minister of Culture (1998–2001) and Minister of Youth and Sport (2006–2008). She was the president of MAXXI,the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts of Rome,until November 1st 2022. Currently chairwoman of the Human Foundation.
Erion Veliaj is an Albanian,politician,who is currently serving as the Mayor of Tirana. Stemming from a civil society activism organization as the leader of MJAFT!,Veliaj joined the ranks of the Socialist Party of Albania in 2011,when he was appointed Secretary for Youth and Immigration.
Olta Xhaçka is an Albanian politician and Socialist Party member of Parliament. She served as the minister of Europe and foreign affairs from January 2021 to September 2023. She served as Albanian minister of social welfare and youth between March 2017 to August 2017 and as minister of defense from September 2017 to December 2020.
The second Government of Prime Minister Edi Rama was the 66th ruling Government of the Republic of Albania which was officially mandated by the President on 13 September 2017. Following the 2017 election,the Socialist Party won a majority of seats to Parliament and had the right to form the government without the need of a coalition.
Senida Mesi is an Albanian politician and professor. She served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Albania from 13 September 2017 to 17 January 2019. She also has been a member of parliament representing Shkodër from 2017 to 2021.
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 serves eleven destinations in Europe and Asia Minor.
Gent Cakaj is a Kosovo-born Albanian politician,who served as the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania from 2019–2020.
For two years,artists and activists in Tirana,Albania,demonstrated to protect the historic National Theatre building from being demolished.
Events from the year 2020 in Albania.
Anila Denaj is an Albanian politician who served as the country's Minister of Finance and Economy from January 2019 until her suspension in September 2021.
Belinda Balluku is an Albanian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Albania since 2022 and as Minister of Infrastructure and Energy under Prime Minister Edi Rama since 2019.
Bledar "Bledi" Çuçi is an Albanian politician. From January 2019 until December 2020 he served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the second cabinet of Edi Rama. On 16 December 2020,he was chosen by Prime Minister Edi Rama to serve as Interior Minister following the resignation of Sandër Lleshaj after mass protests hit the country following the police shooting of a 25 year old man who broke quarantine curfew.
Përparim Rama is a Kosovo Albanian architect and urban planner serving as the current Mayor of Pristina since 7 December 2021. His work has been published in London Building Design Magazine and several other international design magazines.
The third Government of Prime Minister Edi Rama is the 67th ruling Government of the Republic of Albania which was officially mandated by President Ilir Meta on 18 September 2021. Following the 2021 election,the Socialist Party won for the third consecutive time a majority of seats to Parliament and also for the second time in a row the right to form a government without the help of coalitions.
Ersela Kripa is an Albanian-born,American architect,artist,and teacher. Her work has won numerous awards and honors,including the Rome Prize,the Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,and the MacDowell Fellowship. She currently directs the architecture program at Texas Tech University,El Paso.
