7 January: Two days of heavy rain caused flash floods, river overflow and landslides in several parts of the country, including the counties ofTirana,Durrës,Lezhë,Shkodër andDibër. More than 100 people were evacuated.[1]
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14 February:U.S Secretary of StateJohn Kerry visited Albania on the 25th anniversary of the bilateral relations between the two countries to encourage anti-corruption measures[2]
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11 March: The manager of Regency Casino, Jim Backlund, fromSweden, committed suicide after jumping from his third-floor hotel balcony
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20 April: An Australian female tourist was hiking on a cliff edge inTropojë and fell to her death, A.V.Sh, age 56, who was hiking with her husband when she lost control, slipped and died.
19 June: Albania wins its first ever football match againstRomania after qualifying for its first ever major football event, they won the match 1-0 afterArmando Sadiku's goal in the 43rd minute, they did not advance to the knockout stage, but did not come last in Group A.
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21 July:The Parliament passes judiciary reform key to EU accession with 140 votes from 140 MP's.
25 July: Two people were shot to death inVlorë, Ilir Deromemraj, 45 and Dhimiter Cani, 60, were shot in a betting cafeteria in the late-early hours of Sunday. A man poured gasoline onto Dashamir Saraçi, in the "Amerikan Spital" (American Hospital) inTirana, the perpetrator, Lefter Çanaj, argued with the man before the incident after waiting to use the kidney dialysis machine, the perpetrator and two other women, Sanije Sulaj and Anife Mal, both died after being treated in the ward, a male nurse and an older male were treated with burns.
6 August: A Russian tourist, Denis Kaiumov, 43, who was visitingVlorë, died after Fatmir Kuci accidentally hit Denis with his sailboat when the Russian tourist was on a speed-boat, Fatmir was jailed for 20 days.
7 August: A Norwegian tourist, Brigitte Fratske, 57, who was visiting her family inSarandë unexpectedly died in her hotel, Police are investigating.
8 August: Two robbers steal 210 million lek from a bank in Tirana
12 August: A 12-year-old boy was decapitated by his mentally-ill uncle, Jorgo Zani, 31, of the Palasa village in Vlorë, the motives of the murder are unknown
17 August: A driver carrying 20 tourists from theCaribbean crashes while accidentally falling asleep on the Tepelena road inGjirokastër.
25 August: A wildfire engulfs the forest area near the beach ofShëngjin, the flames were extended due to winds in the area, Shëngjin State Police have suspected it may be arson. 18,200 cannabis plants were destroyed in the town of Kalivaç, inMemaliaj but the owners were able to avoid capture.
9 September: The remaining members of the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an exiledIranian opposition group based in Iraq for decades arrived in Tirana for resettlement in Albania.[3]
5 November: 38 Martyrs of the Catholic Church executed by the communist regime in Albania, were beatified by the Vatican in a mass organized at St. Stefan Church in Shkodra.[9]
8 November: Heavy rainfall caused heavy flooding in major Albanian cities, leaving 3 people dead. Schools were closed for two days and the army and emergency services began to evacuate people from emergency areas.[10][11]
