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Events from the year 2020 in Albania.

Incumbents

• President: Ilir Meta
• Prime Minister: Edi Rama
• Deputy Prime Minister: Erion Braçe

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Albania

March

• March 8 – The first two cases of COVID-19 in the country were confirmed, one of whom had traveled to Florence.
• March 10
  • President Ilir Meta calls for retired Albanian doctors to re-enter the work force.
  • It was discovered that a woman from Maryland contracted COVID-19 after visiting Albania and spending time in a Turkish airport.
• March 11 – The first COVID-19 death in the country was reported: an elderly woman in Durrës.

May

• 17 May – The National Theatre in Tirana was demolished after a two-year debate to conserve and protect it.

December

• December 8 – The Albanian police's killing of 25-year-old Klodjan Rasha, who had violated the country's COVID-19 nightly curfew, resulted in several nights of violent rioting in Tirana.
• December 29 – Albania's prime minister Edi Rama replaces foreign minister Gent Cakaj, who had resigned, with former defense minister Olta Xhaçka. Xhaçka's defense ministry seat is filled by Niko Peleshi. The prime minister gave no reason for the government reshuffle.

Deaths

February

• February 7 – Nexhmije Pagarusha, singer and actress (b. 1933).
• February 26 – Nexhmije Hoxha, politician (b. 1921).
• February 29 – Vito Kapo, politician (b. 1922).

See also

• List of years in Albania
• 2020 in Albania

References

1. "Ministria e Shëndetësisë dhe Mbrojtjes Sociale". www.facebook.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-03-09.
2. "Rama: Mbyllim të gjitha lokalet, palestrat dhe çdo ambient publik që mbledh shumë njerëz. Është luftë". TemA (in Albanian). 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. "Maryland woman who contracted novel coronavirus visited Albania, not Turkey, embassy says". Baltimore Sun. March 10, 2020.
4. "Informacion i përditësuar për Koronavirusin COVID_19". www.shendetesia.gov.al (in Albanian). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
5. Panić, Katriana (May 23, 2020). "ALBANIA'S NATIONAL THEATRE'S DEMOLITION: NO DEMOCRACY HERE". Fair Planet. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
6. Fejdini, Fatjona (May 27, 2020). "How the battle to save Tirana's National Theatre ignited Albanians' thirst for conservation". The Calvert Journal. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
7. Erebara, Gjergj (10 December 2020). "Albania Police Injured as Protests Over Shooting Turn Violent". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
8. "Albania prime minister reshuffles cabinet ahead of elections". Associated Press. 2020-12-29. Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
9. Albanian music icon Nexhmije Pagarusha dies at the age of 86
10. Albanian dictator Hoxha's widow, his staunchest defender, dies at 99
11. "Ndahet nga jeta në moshën 97-vjeçare Vito Kapo, postet që mbajti" [Separated from life at the age of 97 Vito Kapo, the posts he held] (in Albanian). February 29, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

External links

• Media related to 2020 in Albania at Wikimedia Commons

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