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Tirana–Elbasan Highway

The highway was inaugurated by the Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Sunday June 16, 2013.


Agustin Kola

After spending some of his teen years at the Tirana Circus, as an acrobat, and also excelling in swimming, Kola was seen playing football by then middle school teacher Aurel Verria, who referred him to Kola's first coach at KF Tirana's youth, Enver Rada.

Aleksandër Peçi

He graduated from the State Conservatory in Tirana (1974), then worked as the director of Palace of Culture in Përmet; from 1979 he was the artistic director of the National Ensemble of Popular Songs and Dances.

Arben Minga

Along with Agustin Kola, Mirel Josa, Sulejman Mema, Shkelqim Muca, Bedri Omuri and Millan Baçi, Minga was a member of the Tirana side of the 1980s that won four national championships and three national cups.

Bektashi Order

Consequently, the Bektashi leadership moved to Albania and established their headquarters in the city of Tirana.

Cihangir Akşit

There he initiated the CO-War Academies for Tirana, Albania and Kabul, Afghanistan and managed training and education for nations that were eligible under NATO, PfP and the Mediterranean Dialogue (as well as other nations).

Elita 5

In a 2001 concert the band opened in Tirana, Albania for the German heavy metal band Scorpions, the vocalist Arif Ziberi in an interview noted that this was one of the most exciting moments in his life.

Elsa Lila

In December 2008 she was the host of 47th Festivali I Këngës in Tirana and she sang a song with the famous Italian singer Enrico Ruggeri, and it's the soundtrack of the upcoming movie of director Gjergj Xhuvani.

Erald Turdiu

Erald 'Tushe' Turdiu (born July 15, 1984 in Tirana) is an Albanian footballer playing for Kastrioti Krujë in the Albanian Superliga for the third time in his career.

It is claimed that Turdiu had insulted the on-duty police officer and they reacted violently, beating Turdiu in the centre of the capital, Tirana.

Ergys Sorra

Sorra made his debut for KF Tirana in round 31 of the Kategoria superiore 2007-08 on 10 May 2008 in a 1-0 away loss to KS Besëlidhja Lezhë.

Ermonela Jaho

studies at the Liceu Artistik "Jordan Misja" in Tirana in 1992 for singing she was accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana where she studied for one year.

Family 13

Codex 1709 is held in the national archive at Tirana, Albania; which also holds some 46 other medieval Greek New Testament manuscripts, most of which remained uncollated and unpublished until 2008 - when they were photographed by a team from the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (Dallas, Texas).

FC Chernomorets Burgas

But the second game in Tirana finished with a shameless 0-4 loss and Chernomorets were out of the European club tournament.

FK Kukësi

In 1 August 2013, FK Kukësi won in Tirana with the result 2-0 and in 8 August 2013 FK Kukësi lost in Donetsk with the result 1-0.

Helidon Gjergji

Among many other exhibitions he has participated at the Venice Biennale 52 (curated by Bonnie Clearwater, Manifesta 8; Present Future, Artissima 10 (Turin), curated by Emma Dexter, the Tirana Biennale 1 (curated by Francesco Bonami); Venice Biennale of Architecture 12 (curated by Gjergj Bakallbashi), Madre, (MCA, Naples); Apexart (NYC); National Gallery (Tirana); Villa Arson; Centre d'Art Contemporain (Nice); Lothringer Dreizehn Kunsthalle (Munich); The Kosova Art Gallery.

History of post-Communist Albania

In November protests begun in Tirana, led by opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama, against the allegedly rigged vote counting in the 2009 elections.

Ismail Kadare

Shefki Hysa, "The Diplomacy of self-denial" (Diplomacia e vetëmohimit), publicistic, Tirana, 2008, ISBN 978-99956-650-3-6

Ismail Ndroqi

A supporter of Ismail Qemali, he was one of the local leaders of Tirana during the Declaration of Independence of Albania.

Jack L. Davis

In 1996, plans to begin an intensive archaeological survey in the hinterland of the Greek colony of Apollonia, co-directed with Muzafer Korkuti, director of the Institute of Archaeology in Tirana, were interrupted by the collapse of pyramid banking schemes and the ensuing chaos.

Jérôme Bel

Films of his shows have been presented at biennials of contemporary art in Lyon, Porto Alegre, Tirana and at the Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris and in Metz, at the Hayward Gallery and the Tate Modern in London, and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York).

Komuna e Parisit

Set in "Komuna e Parisit", a street in Tirana, the series shows the life of a group of students who live in this street.

Lulzim Basha

In 2011, Basha ran for the post of mayor of Tirana for the Democratic Party and the Coalition of the Citizen, challenging Edi Rama, mayor and leader of the Socialist Party of Albania.

Mazrek

Mazrek, Tirana, a village in the municipality Kashar, Tirana District

Medar Shtylla

Medar Shtylla (February 28, 1907 in Korça – December 20, 1963 in Tirana) was an Albanian politician and one of the main organizators of the Albania Liberation Movement during World War II.

Mërgim Mavraj

FSHF gave Mavraj a chance to play international football at a senior level by permitting the Albanian manager at the time Josip Kuže to call him up for a friendly in Tirana against Northern Ireland on 3 March 2010.

Mimoza Ahmeti

Ahmeti was a candidate for the Democratic Party of Albania in the 2001 local Tirana elections, in which she was defeated.

Moses Arita

After a rather unsuccessful season at KF Tirana, Arita returned to Thika United for the 2012 Kenyan Premier League.

Onufri Publishing House

Onufri Publishing House is an independent Albanian publishing house with its center in Tirana, Albania and a branch office in Pristina.

Operation Silver Wake

Operation Silver Wake was a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) led by the United States to evacuate American citizens, noncombatants and designated third country nationals from Albania in March 1997.

Posta Shqiptare

In 1946 a new telephone line was run between Tirana and Peshkopi which would also serve as a connector between Tirana, Belgrade and Skopje.

Qeleshe

The Qeleshe is used in during the typical weddings of the Tirana region by men.

Radio Televizioni Shqiptar

RTSH owns and operates a vast number of transmitter sites throughout the country such as the Fushe Dajt and Dajt 1613m stations at Mount Dajt in the periphery of Tirana.

Rail transport in Albania

Although the official maximum speed limit is 80 km/h, the April 2007 edition of the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable shows that a journey from Shkodër to Tirana (98 kilometres) takes 3½ hours.

Refik Halili

When Halili started his new job as Tirana's Chairman, his first step in his job was to hire Bosnian coach Blaž Slišković for the 2008-2009 season.

Reshat Bardhi

On the occasion of the 7th World Bektashi Congress that was held in October 2005 in Tirana, Dede Reshat hosted the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Atilla Koç, as well as the mayors of the Turkish towns of Nevşehir andHacıbektaş.

Shenyang J-6

Once the F-7A became available, the J-6 was redeployed to guard Tirana.

Shkëlqim Muça

He created the attacking trio Muça-Minga-Kola at Tirana that was probably the best and most prolific attacking trio in the Albanian football at all times.

Skënder Hyka

Skender Hyka (born 6 September 1944 in Tirana) is a former Albanian who spent his entire career at his hometown club 17 Nëntori Tirana (present day KF Tirana) as a forward.

Hyka was born and raised in Tirana, where he went attended high school as well as university.

Summer Festival, Albania

Although the epicentre of this festival is in Shkumbin (Elbasan), the festival is widely celebrated in Tirana and as far afield as the Arbëresh colonies in Italy.

Telecommunications in Albania

Tirana accounted for about 13,000 of the country's 42,000 direct lines; Durrës, the main port city, ranked second with 2,000 lines; the rest were concentrated in Shkodër, Elbasan, Vlorë, Gjirokastër, and other towns.

Thomas P. Meek

For a six-month period in 1999 during the height of the Kosovo crisis, Meek was dispatched by DIA to serve as Defense Attaché in Tirana, Albania.

Tirana historical places

Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity.

Tirana logistic park

Tirana Logistic Park is a project designed from Mr. Samir Mane many year ago but only in 2012 started the construction of this big park offering services in logistics.

Vasil Laçi

In 1939 he moved to Tirana, capital of Albania, after being invited to work there.

VMM-365

During the deployment, the Blue Knights supported Operation Decisive Endeavor in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Operation Silver Wake, the Non-combatant Evacuation of the American Embassy in Tirana, Albania.


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