2025 in Albania
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Events in the year 2025 in Albania.
Incumbents
Events
Scheduled
January
February
- 10 February – Erion Veliaj, mayor of Tirana, is arrested on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering.[8][9]
March
- 6 March – The government imposes a 12-month ban on TikTok in the country, citing incitement to violence and bullying, especially among children.[10]
- 16 March – The Albanian Orthodox Church elects John Pelushi as its new patriarch.[11] He is formally enthroned on 29 March.[12]
May
- 11 May – 2025 Albanian parliamentary election: The Socialist Party wins a majority of seats in Parliament.[13]
- 17 May – Albania finishes in eighth place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland.[14]
September
- 3 September – FIFA issues a CHF161,500 ($200,000)-fine on the Albanian Football Federation over inappropriate behavior by fans in Tirana during a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match between the national team and Serbia in June.[15]
- 11 September – Prime Minister Rama appoints an AI-generated character named Diella as a government minister in charge of overseeing public tenders as part of measures against corruption.[16]
- 27 September – The Vjosa Wild River National Park is designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO.[17]
October
- 6 October – A judge at the Tirana court of appeal is shot dead by a party to an ongoing case.[18]
November
- 9 November – 2025 Albanian local elections[19]
- 22 November – One person is killed in Devoll following days of flooding nationwide.[20]
December
- 18 December – A brawl breaks out among MPs in Parliament during a vote to confirm a new Avokati i Popullit.[21]
Arts and entertainment
Holidays
- 1–2 January – New Year holidays
- 14 March – Day of summer
- 22 March – Nowruz Day
- 30 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 20 April – Catholic Easter Sunday
- 20 April – Orthodox Easter
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 6 June – The Day of Kurban Bayram
- 5 September – Saint Teresa's Consecration Day
- 28 November – Flag and Independence Day
- 29 November – Liberation Day
- 8 December – National Youth Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
- 25 January – Anastasios of Albania, 95, Greek-born Orthodox prelate, archbishop of Tirana and All Albania (since 1992), multiple organ failure.[24]
- 23 August – Artur Zheji, 63, journalist and television host.[25]
- 28 August – Naun Shundi, 66, actor, director and playwright.[26]
- 31 October – Fatos Nano, 73, Prime minister (1991, 1997–1998, 2002–2005).[27]
- 29 November – Simon Kulli, 52, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sapë (since 2017).[28]
