The following lists events that happened during

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

in the Republic of Albania.

Incumbents

* President:

Alfred Moisiu Alfred Spiro Moisiu (; born 1 December 1929) is a former Albanian military general, diplomat and politician. He was the President of Albania from 2002 to 2007. He is the oldest son of Albanian Army general, Spiro Moisiu. Early life, education an ...

* Prime Minister: Sali Berisha

Events

April

* Parliament imposes a ban on speedboats in coastal waters in a bid to crack down on people and drug smuggling.

June

* Stabilisation and Association agreement signed with EU.

Deaths

* 3 February -

Vath Koreshi Vath Koreshi (1936–2006) was one of the most renowned Albanian novelists A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelist ...

, Albanian writer and screenwriter * 7 February - Ibrahim Kodra, Albanian painter * 8 July - Pjetër Arbnori, Albanian politician, gulag survivor, "the Mandela of the Balkans"

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