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class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1990s_in_Albania" title="Category:1990s in Albania">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Albania" title="Category:2000s in Albania">2000s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Albania" title="Category:2010s in Albania">2010s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2020s_in_Albania" title="Category:2020s in Albania">2020s</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2016" title="2016">Other events of 2016</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Albania" title="List of years in Albania">List of years in Albania</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following lists events that happened during <b><a href="/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Republic of Albania</a></b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_in_Albania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bujar_Nishani" title="Bujar Nishani">Bujar Nishani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Edi_Rama" title="Edi Rama">Edi Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Albania">Deputy Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Niko_Peleshi" title="Niko Peleshi">Niko Peleshi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_in_Albania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>January</b>-</li> <li>7 January: Two days of heavy rain caused flash floods, river overflow and landslides in several parts of the country, including the counties of <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs" title="Durrës">Durrës</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lezh%C3%AB" title="Lezhë">Lezhë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dib%C3%ABr,_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Dibër, Albania">Dibër</a>. More than 100 people were evacuated.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>February</b>-</li> <li>14 February: <a href="/wiki/U.S_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S Secretary of State">U.S Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> visited Albania on the 25th anniversary of the bilateral relations between the two countries to encourage anti-corruption measures<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>March</b>-</li> <li>11 March: The manager of Regency Casino, Jim Backlund, from <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, committed suicide after jumping from his third-floor hotel balcony</li> <li><b>April</b>-</li> <li>20 April: An Australian female tourist was hiking on a cliff edge in <a href="/wiki/Tropoj%C3%AB" title="Tropojë">Tropojë</a> and fell to her death, A.V.Sh, age 56, who was hiking with her husband when she lost control, slipped and died.</li> <li><b>May</b>-</li> <li>10 May: Albania competes in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2016">Eurovision Song Contest 2016</a> with <a href="/wiki/Eneda_Tarifa" title="Eneda Tarifa">Eneda Tarifa</a> and her song "<a href="/wiki/Fairytale_(Eneda_Tarifa_song)" title="Fairytale (Eneda Tarifa song)">Fairytale</a>" but fails to qualify for the grand final</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ESC2016_-_Albania_10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ESC2016_-_Albania_10.jpg/250px-ESC2016_-_Albania_10.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ESC2016_-_Albania_10.jpg/375px-ESC2016_-_Albania_10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ESC2016_-_Albania_10.jpg/500px-ESC2016_-_Albania_10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3461" data-file-height="2310" /></a><figcaption>Albania at the Eurovision 2016</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>June</b>-</li> <li>10 June: Albania participates for the first time in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">UEFA European Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.</li> <li>19 June: Albania wins its first ever football match against <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> after qualifying for its first ever major football event, they won the match 1-0 after <a href="/wiki/Armando_Sadiku" title="Armando Sadiku">Armando Sadiku</a>'s goal in the 43rd minute, they did not advance to the knockout stage, but did not come last in Group A.</li> <li><b>July</b>-</li> <li>21 July: <a href="/wiki/Albanian_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian parliament">The Parliament</a> passes judiciary reform key to EU accession with 140 votes from 140 MP's.</li> <li>25 July: Two people were shot to death in <a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a>, Ilir Deromemraj, 45 and Dhimiter Cani, 60, were shot in a betting cafeteria in the late-early hours of Sunday. A man poured gasoline onto Dashamir Saraçi, in the "Amerikan Spital" (American Hospital) in <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a>, the perpetrator, Lefter Çanaj, argued with the man before the incident after waiting to use the kidney dialysis machine, the perpetrator and two other women, Sanije Sulaj and Anife Mal, both died after being treated in the ward, a male nurse and an older male were treated with burns.</li> <li><b>August</b>-</li> <li>5-21 August: Albania competed at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.</li> <li>6 August: A Russian tourist, Denis Kaiumov, 43, who was visiting <a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a>, died after Fatmir Kuci accidentally hit Denis with his sailboat when the Russian tourist was on a speed-boat, Fatmir was jailed for 20 days.</li> <li>7 August: A Norwegian tourist, Brigitte Fratske, 57, who was visiting her family in <a href="/wiki/Sarand%C3%AB" title="Sarandë">Sarandë</a> unexpectedly died in her hotel, Police are investigating.</li> <li>8 August: Two robbers steal 210 million lek from a bank in Tirana</li> <li>12 August: A 12-year-old boy was decapitated by his mentally-ill uncle, Jorgo Zani, 31, of the Palasa village in Vlorë, the motives of the murder are unknown</li> <li>17 August: A driver carrying 20 tourists from the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> crashes while accidentally falling asleep on the Tepelena road in <a href="/wiki/Gjirokast%C3%ABr" title="Gjirokastër">Gjirokastër</a>.</li> <li>25 August: A wildfire engulfs the forest area near the beach of <a href="/wiki/Sh%C3%ABngjin" title="Shëngjin">Shëngjin</a>, the flames were extended due to winds in the area, Shëngjin State Police have suspected it may be arson. 18,200 cannabis plants were destroyed in the town of Kalivaç, in <a href="/wiki/Memaliaj" title="Memaliaj">Memaliaj</a> but the owners were able to avoid capture.</li> <li><b>September</b>-</li> <li>5 September: The <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Parliament">Albanian Parliament</a> recommences work</li> <li>9 September: The remaining members of the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an exiled Iranian opposition group based in Iraq for decades arrived in Tirana for resettlement in Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11 September: Partial elections are held in <a href="/wiki/Dib%C3%ABr,_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Dibër, Albania">Dibër</a> and they are won by the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Albania" title="Socialist Party of Albania">Socialist Party of Albania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 September: the <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner_for_Enlargement_and_European_Neighbourhood_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy">Enlargement Commissioner of the European Union</a> <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hahn" title="Johannes Hahn">Johannes Hahn</a> mentioned the <a href="/wiki/Cham_Albanians" title="Cham Albanians">Cham issue</a> as an "existing one" between Albania and Greece, alongside other matters that the two countries needed to resolve.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 September: The inauguration ceremony of the commence of works for the <a href="/wiki/Trans_Adriatic_Pipeline" title="Trans Adriatic Pipeline">Trans Adriatic Pipeline</a> in Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>October</b></li> <li>8 October: <a href="/wiki/Leka_II,_Crown_Prince_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Leka II, Crown Prince of Albania">Leka II, Crown Prince of Albania</a> married <a href="/wiki/Elia,_Crown_Princess_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Elia, Crown Princess of Albania">Elia Zaharia</a> in a semi-official ceremony in Tirana.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>November</b>-</li> <li>5 November: 38 Martyrs of the Catholic Church executed by the communist regime in Albania, were beatified by the Vatican in a mass organized at St. Stefan Church in Shkodra.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 November: Heavy rainfall caused heavy flooding in major Albanian cities, leaving 3 people dead. Schools were closed for two days and the army and emergency services began to evacuate people from emergency areas.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 November: The European Commission recommended the launch of negotiations with Albania, for the <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Albania to the European Union">Accession of Albania to the European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 November: <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> launched <a href="/wiki/Google_Street_View" title="Google Street View">Google Street View</a> for Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>20 November: Albania will compete in the <a href="/wiki/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016" title="Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016">Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016</a> in <a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 in Albania (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 in Albania (page does not exist)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 in Albania (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 in Albania (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 in Albania (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 in Albania (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 in Albania (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1917_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1917 in Albania (page does not exist)">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_Albania" title="1918 in Albania">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_Albania" title="1919 in Albania">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 in Albania (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 in Albania (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 in Albania (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 in Albania (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 in Albania (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 in Albania (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 in Albania (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 in Albania (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 in Albania (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 in Albania (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 in Albania (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 in Albania (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 in Albania (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 in Albania (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in Albania (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 in Albania (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 in Albania (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 in Albania (page does not exist)">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 in Albania (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 in Albania (page does not exist)">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 in Albania (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 in Albania (page does not exist)">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1942 in Albania (page does not exist)">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 in Albania (page does not exist)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_Albania" title="1944 in Albania">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_Albania" title="1945 in Albania">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_Albania" title="1946 in Albania">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_Albania" title="1947 in Albania">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 in Albania (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 in Albania (page does not exist)">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 in Albania (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 in Albania (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 in Albania (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 in Albania (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 in Albania (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 in Albania (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 in Albania (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 in Albania (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 in Albania (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 in Albania (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 in Albania (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 in Albania (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 in Albania (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 in Albania (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 in Albania (page does not exist)">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 in Albania (page does not exist)">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 in Albania (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 in Albania (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 in Albania (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in Albania (page does not exist)">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 in Albania (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 in Albania (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 in Albania (page does not exist)">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 in Albania (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 in Albania (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 in Albania (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 in Albania (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 in Albania (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in Albania (page does not exist)">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in Albania (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 in Albania (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 in Albania (page does not exist)">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in Albania (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 in Albania (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 in Albania (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 in Albania (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 in Albania (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 in Albania (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 in Albania (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 in Albania (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_Albania" title="1990 in Albania">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 in Albania (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 in Albania (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 in Albania (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 in Albania (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 in Albania (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1996 in Albania (page does not 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Albania">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Albania" title="2019 in Albania">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Albania" title="2020 in Albania">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Albania" title="2021 in Albania">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_Albania" title="2022 in Albania">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_Albania" title="2023 in Albania">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Albania" title="2024 in Albania">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_Albania" title="2025 in Albania">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="2016_in_Europe" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_in_Andorra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016 in Andorra (page does not exist)">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Armenia" title="2016 in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Austria" title="2016 in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Azerbaijan" title="2016 in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Belarus" title="2016 in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Belgium" title="2016 in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="2016 in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Bulgaria" title="2016 in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a 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title="2016 in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016 in North Macedonia (page does not exist)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Norway" title="2016 in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Poland" title="2016 in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Portugal" title="2016 in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Romania" title="2016 in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Russia" title="2016 in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_San_Marino" title="2016 in San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Serbia" title="2016 in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Slovakia" title="2016 in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Slovenia" title="2016 in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Spain" title="2016 in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a 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