2007 in Albania explained

Events from the year 2007 in Albania.

Incumbents

• President: Alfred Moisiu (until 24 July), Bamir Topi (starting 24 July)
• Prime Minister: Sali Berisha

Events

February

• Top News was created by the Top Media group, the same group that owns Top Albania Radio, Top Channel and DigitAlb.

March

• March 10: Yearlong talks on the future of Kosovo end in stalemate between the Serbian Government and the ethnic Albanian leaders of the province.

July

• July 11: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed the destruction of the entire chemical weapons stockpile in Albania making it the first nation to do so.^[1]
• July 24: Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Serbian autonomous province of Kosovo are experiencing blackouts as a result of the 2007 European heatwave that spreads over the Balkans. It also causes bushfires everywhere in the region between Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Greece.

November

• November 7: Four Albanian militants are killed in a Macedonian police operation.^[2]

December

See also

• 2007 in Albanian television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albania the First Country to Destroy All Its Chemical Weapons . 2024-08-30 . OPCW . en . 2024-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240830001232/https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2007/07/albania-first-country-destroy-all-its-chemical-weapons . live .
2. Web site: Macedonian police kill four militants in mountain operation . Wikinews . 2008-03-02 . 2008-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080420112512/http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Macedonian_police_kill_eight_Albanian_%27criminals%27 . live .