2023_in_Albania
2023 in Albania
Albania-related events during 2023
Events in the year 2023 in Albania.
January
- 1 January – Albtelecom and One Telecommunications finalise merger to become ONE Albania.[1]
February
- 11-13 February – Outside the Prime Minister's Office, thousands protest against corruption and government economic policy and call for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama.[2][3]
May
- 14 May – 2023 Albanian local elections[4]
June
- 20 June – Authorities raid and seize computer equipment from a camp outside Tirana which houses thousands of members of Mujahedin-e Khalq after cyberattacks against foreign governments were reportedly orchestrated from there.[5]
October
- 21 October – Former president Sali Berisha and his son-in-law Jamarbër Malltezi are accused of corruption and money laundering taking place during Berisha's presidency, with Malltezi being arrested by police. Berisha maintains his innocence and accuses Prime Minister Edi Rama of orchestrating the charges as a political attack.[6]
November
- 2 November – In the parliament building, members of the Democratic Party light firecrackers and stack chairs in the hallway in an attempt to prevent members of the Socialist Party from taking their seats.[7]
- 20 November – Members of Parliament belonging to the Democratic Party, led by Sali Berisha, protest the government's 2023 budget by setting off smoke bombs and igniting a fire during the vote for its passage.[8]
December
- 15 December – Albania returns 20 icons to North Macedonia that were trafficked a decade ago, according to Albania's Culture Ministry. A handover ceremony is held at the National History Museum in the Albanian capital, Tirana.[9]
- 30 December – A court in Albania orders that former president and prime minister Sali Berisha be placed under house arrest following accusations of corruption.[10]
- 2022–23 Albanian Cup[11]
- 24 September – 7 May 2023: 2022–23 Albanian Women's National Championship[12]
- Dziadul, Chris (2023-01-01). "Albanian 4iG companies merge". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- "Albanian opposition protests against corruption, poverty". Reuters. 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- Taylor, Alice (2023-02-14). "Albanian opposition holds second anti-government protest in Tirana". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- "Albania Opposition Parties Join Forces for 2023 Local Elections". Balkan Insight. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- "U.S. Voices Support For Albanian Raid On Camp For Iranian Dissidents". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- "How many years in prison do Sali Berisha and Jamarber Malltezi risk?". sot.com.al. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- "Albania's opposition tries to disrupt a parliament session in protest against ruling Socialists". PBS NewsHour. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- "Albanian opposition protests budget in parliament with smoke bombs and fire". Reuters. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- "Albania returns 20 stolen icons to neighboring North Macedonia". AP News. 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Albanian Ex-PM Berisha Placed Under House Arrest". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- "Derbi edhe në Kupë, FSHF kthen skemën "e pilotuar"". www.panorama.com.al (in Albanian). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- Beqiri, Olta (2022-09-10). "Hidhet shorti, zbardhet kalendari i plotë i kampionatit të femrave për edicionin 2022-2023". FSHF (in Albanian). Retrieved 2022-11-11.