2008 in Albania
The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Republic of Albania.
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Incumbents
Events
March
- 15 March - An explosion in a badly-maintained arms depot causes 16 deaths and over 300 injured, damaging Tirana airport. Defense minister Fatmir Mediu resigns.[1]
June
- 12 June - Opposition Socialist Party leaves the Parliament, accusing the ruling Democratic Party of postponing voting on five new members of the Supreme Court awaiting appointment by President Bamir Topi.[2]
Deaths
- 25 October - Bashkim Gazidede, Albanian mathematician, author, politician and a chief of the national intelligence agency
- 23 May - Dritan Hoxha, Albanian businessman, founder of Top Media
- 26 March - Hekuran Isai, Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour
gollark: It was the serious suggestion that you, if you will, read what is known as the "documentation", the standard method for discovering functionality available in software.
gollark: "Read the docs": not actually sarcastic.
gollark: > asks for help> insults helpers
gollark: Also, these docs: https://squiddev-cc.github.io/plethora/methods.html#module-methods-plethora:glasses
gollark: YES, THOSE DOCS.
See also
- 2008 in Albanian television
References
- "Albania timeline: 2008 - A chronology of key events". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- Albania's main opposition leaves parliament over Supreme Court row, SETimes.com, 13.06.2008
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