Map of Albania
Map of Tirana
Left to right, Ramiz Alia, Enver Hoxha and Adil Çarçani in Tirana on May 1, 1983 © ATA
Enver Hoxha with arms around Central Committee Secretary Hysni Kapo (L) and Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu (R), with Central Committee Secretary Ramiz Alia at far right, May 1, 1979. © Gani Xhengo
Left to right, Interior Minister Hekuran Isai, Enver Hoxha, Ramiz Alia and Nexhmije Hoxha in Pogradec, August 1983. © Muharrem Ymeri
Ramiz Alia and Enver Hoxha on November 29, 1983, Albania's Liberation Day, in Tirana's Qemal Stafa Stadium. © Muharrem Ymeri
Mourners wait in line to view Enver Hoxha’s body in Tirana on April 15, 1985. © ATA
First Secretary Ramiz Alia at the Ninth Congress of the Party of Labor ("Congress of Continuity") on November 5, 1986. © ATA
Bread shortages in Tirana, 1990. © Gani Xhengo
Party head Ramiz Alia, flanked by Lisen Bashkurti (L) and Skënder Gjinushi (R), tells students and young professors on December 11, 1990 that pluralism has been legalized. © ATA
“Long Live Democratic Albania”—a Democratic Party rally in Student City on December 22, 1990. © Gani Xhengo
Sali Berisha at a Democratic Party rally in Student City on December 22, 1990 with Azem Hajdari (L) and Gramoz Pashko (R). © Gani Xhengo
The first edition of the Democratic Party newspaper, Rilindje Demokratike, on January 5, 1991 © Fred Abrahams
Anti-government demonstration in Student City’s Democracy Square, February 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Demonstration in Tirana's Student City, February 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Students enjoy speeches at an anti-government demonstration in Student City, February 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Student leader Blendi Gonxhe talks during student protests in February 1991 © Gani Xhengo
Student demonstration in Tirana, February 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Students prepare to enter the hunger strike on February 18, 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Students on hunger strike, February 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Students on hunger strike, February 1991.
Tanks on Tirana's main boulevard during opposition protests, February 1991.
Riot police disperse protesters in Skanderbeg Square, February 1991.
Toppling the Enver Hoxha statue in Skenderbeg Square on February 20, 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Toppling of the Hoxha monument in Tirana, February 20, 1991. © Lulzim Lika
Neritan Ceka, with megaphone, tries to calm a crowd that feared a pro-Hoxha coup on February 21, 1990. © Gani Xhengo
Albanians storm boats in Durres after rumors that Italy was giving visa, August 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Albanians storm boats in Durres after rumors that Italy was giving visa, August 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Deputies from the opposition Democratic Party stand in parliament on April 10, 1991 to honor four anti-government protesters killed by the army. © Gani Xhengo
Members of the first pluralist parliament, Fatos Nano of the Albanian Party of Labor (L) and Genc Ruli (C) and Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party, on May 3, 1991. © ATA
Prime Minster Ylli Bufi (L) and Party of Labor MP Fatos Nano on June 7, 1991. © Gani Xhengo
Democratic Party MPs Sali Berisha, Tritan Shehu and Aleksander Meksi in the first democratically elected parliament. © Gani Xhengo
Democratic Party MPs Arben Imami (L) and Gramoz Pashko in the first democratically elected parliament. © Gani Xhengo
Central Committee member Ditero Agolli getting jeered during his speech at the 10th Congress of the Party of Labor on June 10, 1991. © ATA
U.S. Secretary of State James Baker addresses a massive crowd in Skanderbeg Square on June 22, 1991. © ATA
Ecstatic reception in Skanderbeg Square for Secretary of State James Baker on June 22, 1991. © Gani Xhengo
U.S. Secretary of State Baker meets President Alia. In back are future U.S. ambassador William Ryerson (L), VOA Albanian service head Elez Biberaj (C) and Albanian Foreign Minister Muhamet Kapllani. © ATA
The return of refugees from Italy to Rinas Airport in August 1991.
© Gani Xhengo
Workers remove the statue of Enver Hoxha from the Enver Hoxha Museum on August 31, 1991. © Lulzim Lika
Democratic Party supporters celebrate in Tirana after the election win in March 1992.
Ramiz Alia (r) handing over the president's office to Sali Berisha, April 1992. © Muharrem Ymeri
President Sali Berisha and President George Bush in the Oval Office on June 15, 1992. © George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
The trial of Socialist Party head Fatos Nano in 1994. © Lulzim Lika
The trial of Ramiz Alia in 1994. © Lulzim Lika
President Berisha at an election rally in Berat on May 21, 1996. © Reuters
Head of the VEFA pyramid scheme Vehbi Alimuçaj in his Tirana office, February 1997. © Reuters
Protesters in Vlora burn copies of the Democratic Party newspaper Rilindje Demokratike on February 14, 1997. © Reuters
Socialist Party head Fatos Nano (L), just out of prison, and newly appointed Prime Minister Bashkim Fino at a press conference in Tirana on March 17, 1997. © Reuters
Gunman in Vlora, June 1997. © Reuters
An armed protester watches a Greek navy boat with humanitarian aid approach Albania on March 19, 1997. © Reuters
Albania’s self-appointed King Leka (C) in Skanderbeg Square on July 3, 1997. © Reuters
Anti-government protesters atop tanks on Tirana’s boulevard after the killing of Azem Hajdari, September 14, 1998. © Reuters
A dead girl outside the Kosovo village of Gornji Obrinje on September 29, 1998. © Wade Goddard
"Unidentified." Grave in Kosovo, July 1999. © Fred Abrahams
Albanian President Rexhep Meidani (C) talks with Kosovo Liberation Army leaders Xhavit Haliti (L) and Hashim Thaçi in Tirana on March 1, 1999. © Reuters
Opposition leader Sali Berisha during a “Nano Go” anti-government protest in Skanderbeg Square on February 20, 2004. © Fred Abrahams
The pyramid in Tirana before the visit of President George W. Bush in June 2007 © Mimoza Dhima
U.S. President George W. Bush greeting supporters in Fushe Kruje on June 10, 2007. © Reuters
Socialist Party head and current Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at an election rally in Tirana on June 26, 2009. © Reuters
Empty pedestal of the Enver Hoxha statue in Skanderbeg Square, March 1991. © Reuters