• The following lists events that happened during 2016 in the Republic of Albania. President: Bujar Nishani Prime Minister: Edi Rama Deputy Prime Minister:...
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    Albania (/ælˈbeɪniə, ɔːl-/ a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is...
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    The Albania national football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football, and is governed...
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    arrived in Albania mainly during the Ottoman period when the majority of Albanians over time converted to Islam under Ottoman rule. Following the Albanian National...
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    of Albania went through a process of transition from a centralized economy to a market-based economy on the principles of the free market. Albania's economy...
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  • Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "Fairytale" performed by Eneda Tarifa. The nation's entry...
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    The latest census in Albania was performed in April 2011, and has been deemed as unreliable both within and outside Albania. Albania is a fairly linguistically...
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    accession. The Council of the European Union decided in March 2020 to open accession negotiations with Albania. However, the country did not start accession...
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  • Albania is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, in which the president of Albania is the head of state and the prime minister of Albania is...
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    October 2016 in Tirana. In January 2024, they revealed they were getting a divorce. Leka is the son of the pretender to the defunct throne of Albania, Crown...
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  • Sport in Albania revolves mostly around team sports, such as football, basketball, volleyball and handball. Other sports includes boxing, weightlifting...
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    Albania (née Zaharia; born 8 February 1983) is an Albanian actress, former singer and wife of Leka, Prince of Albania. They married on 8 October 2016...
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    association in Albania was founded in 1909. Albanian women from the northern Gheg region resided within a conservative and patriarchal society. In such a traditional...
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    the Republic of Albania, was the one-party communist state in Albania from 1946 to 1991. It succeeded the Democratic Government of Albania (1944–1946). During...
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    in Albania consists of transport by land, water and air, which are predominantly under the supervision of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Albania....
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  • Air Albania is the flag carrier of Albania. The airline maintains its hub and company headquarters at the Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza in Tirana...
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    common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as in Croatia...
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  • common religion in Albania is Islam, with the second most common religion being Christianity. There are also a number of irreligious Albanians. There are no...
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  • Billard Albanian Open 2016 was a 9-Ball pool tournament, and the fourth Euro Tour event of 2016. The event was held between 5–7 August 2016, at the Tirana...
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    The Italian protectorate of Albania, also known as the Kingdom of Albania or Greater Albania, existed as a puppet state and protectorate of Fascist Italy...
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    2016 qualifying match involving the national association football teams of Serbia and Albania took place on 14 October 2014 at Partizan Stadium, in Belgrade...
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    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Albania face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents, although LGBT people are...
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    The Albanians of Kosovo (Albanian: Shqiptarët e Kosovës, pronounced [ʃcipˈtaɾət ɛ kɔˈsɔvəs]), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or...
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  • The Albanian diaspora (Albanian: Mërgata Shqiptare or Diaspora Shqiptare) are the ethnic Albanians and their descendants living outside of Albania, Kosovo...
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    Albania competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Olympics...
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  • Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime (Albanian: Mafia Shqiptare) are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed...
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  • present among Albanians (see religion in Albania), along with the predominant faiths of Islam and Christianity. The majority of Albanians lead a secular...
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  • The Greeks in Albania are ethnic Greeks who live in or originate from areas within modern Albania. After ethnic Albanians, they form the second largest...
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    popular sport in Albania, both at a participatory and spectator level. The sport is governed by the Football Association of Albania (FSHF) (Albanian: Federata...
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    The Anglo-American intervention in Communist Albania, codenamed Operation Valuable, was a significant Cold War military conflict conducted by the United...
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