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2001 in Albania

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The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Republic of Albania.

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Incumbents

  • President: Rexhep Mejdani
  • Prime Minister: Ilir Meta

    • January

  • Albania and Yugoslavia re-establish diplomatic relations broken off during the Kosovo crisis in 1999.

    • April

  • UN says thousands of Albanians are being poisoned by fatal toxins in their environment, urges international community to help.

    • July

  • Ruling Socialist Party secures second term in office by winning general elections. PM Meta names European integration and an end to energy shortages as his priorities. Meta heads a new coalition government from September.

    • December

  • Rift widens between Meta and his Socialist Party Chairman Fatos Nano. Nano prompts three ministers to resign and blocks the appointment of their replacements.

    • Deaths

  • 10 March - Fatmir Haxhiu, Albanian painter
  • 22 August - Spiro Koleka, Albanian statesman, communist politician and a high-ranking military officer during World War II.

    • References

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