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The Academy of Sciences of Albania ( Albanian: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë ), founded in 1972, is the most important scientific institution in Albania. [ 1] In the 1980s, several research institutes began at the University of Tirana were transferred to the Academy's jurisdiction. [ 2] The institution includes the most distinguished ...
It is located in the capital city of Tirana. [ 1] The Presidential Office Building was constructed at first to house the Embassy of the Soviet Union to the People's Republic of Albania, and served for that purpose until 1961, when both countries ceased their diplomatic relations. The discovery of dynamite at the embassy in 1951, as part of an ...
The administrative divisions of Albania comprise 12 counties, 61 municipalities, 373 administrative units, and 2,972 villages. Since its 1912 Declaration of Independence, Albania has reorganized its domestic administrative divisions 21 times. Its internal boundaries have been enlarged or subdivided into prefectures, counties, districts ...
The president of Albania ( Albanian: Presidenti i Shqipërisë ), officially styled the President of the Republic of Albania ( Albanian: Presidenti i Republikës së Shqipërisë ), is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the military and the representative of the unity of the Albanian people. [ 2][ 3] The president has the power to set the ...
The Bank of Albania ( Albanian: Banka e Shqipërisë) is the central bank of Albania, issuing the Albanian lek. It is headquartered in Tirana, with five branches in Shkodër, Elbasan, Gjirokastër, Korçë and Lushnjë, and a Research and Training Center in Berat. The bank was founded in 1925 in Rome as the National Bank of Albania ( Albanian ...
Albania is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, in which the president of Albania is the head of state and the prime minister of Albania is the head of government in a multi-party system. The executive power is exercised by the Government and the prime minister with its Cabinet. Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Albania.
The government of the Republic of Central Albania was established in Durrës on 16 October 1913 by Essad Pasha Toptani and ended when Wilhelm of Wied, prince of Principality of Albania, took control over the country upon his arrival in Albania on 7 March 1914. [2] There are sources that connect the end of the Republic of Central Albania with ...
The Albanian Republic ( Albanian: Republika Shqiptare) was the official name of Albania as enshrined in the Constitution of 1925. Albania came into an alliance with the Kingdom of Italy after signing the Treaties of Tirana, which gave Italy a monopoly on shipping and trade concessions. [1] Albania was declared a constitutional monarchy in 1928.