In May, Tirana announced the arrest, trial, and conviction of nine People's Assembly members, all known for opposing Yugoslavia, on charges of antistate activities.

Tirana soon came under pressure from Moscow to copy, at least formally, the new Soviet model for a collective leadership.

Soviet leaders also promised to build a large Palace of Culture in Tirana as a symbol of the Soviet people's " love and friendship " for the Albanians.

After the end of communist rule in 1991, Tirana experienced its fastest population growth when people from rural areas moved to the capital for better economic opportunities.

Stemming from historical migratory waves, Tirana is known for its hospitality represented in many traditional songs with the warm hospitality symbols of ' bread ', ' salt ', and ' heart '.

The city serves as a venue for the Tirana Biennale, Tirana Jazz Festival, Summer Day, White Night on 28 November, Rally Albania, Netet e Klipit Shqiptar, and Tirana Fashion Week.

Half a dozen urban plans for Tirana prepared by consultants have included proposals on how to guide development.

In 1995, Regional Consulting, a Vienna-based urban planning firm funded by the Austrian government prepared a master plan for Tirana.

In 1995, a Land Management Task Force composed of Albanian urban planners, PADCO ( a US-based consulting firm ), GHK ( UK-based consulting firm ), and the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University prepared a preliminary structural plan for the Tirana metropolitan area.

The plan was updated by PADCO in 2002 into a Strategic Plan for Greater Tirana, which covered the metropolitan area.

The preparation of a new master plan for Tirana was under way for almost a decade ( 2002 – 2011 ).

Tirana is known for its native wealthy families.

Tirana is a major centre for sport in Albania.

Since the beginning of the transition, foreign donors have funded no less than ten urban transport plans and studies for Tirana, prepared mainly by foreign consultants ( in some cases invited by the City, in others hired directly by the donor organization ).

President Zogu's speech for KF Tirana, football champions of Albania, 1930

In 2005, 50 Leke were issued for the 85th anniversary of the proclamation of Tirana as capital and the theme of traditional costumes of Albania.

In October 2000, he entered and won the race for the Tirana mayorship as Socialist Party candidate against writer Besnik Mustafaj.

As of the end of Rama's 11-year mayoral term, running water in Tirana continued to be available for only 6 hours a day.

In the professionalism aspect, the European University for Tourism ( EUFT ) opened in Tirana to better train hospitality sector personnel.

The democratic opposition won the majority of votes for the Constitutional Assembly, and on May 31, 1924, the democratic forces took over the town and from Shkodër headed to Tirana.

After being expelled from this school for his pro-Communist sympathies in 1936 he gained entry to Tirana Officers School, but he left the following year after volunteering to fight for the republican side in the Spanish Civil War.

In 1703, Tirana had about 4, 000 inhabitants and by 1820 the number tripled to 12, 000.

During the 1950s, Tirana experienced rapid industrial growth and the population increased to about 137, 000.

Durrës is the second largest city of Albania located on the central Albanian coast, about west of the capital Tirana.

Rinas () is a village in the county of Durrës, Albania, about 25 km Northwest of the capital, Tirana.

Birra Tirana began to compete successfully in market and its financial condition began to improve, creating such incomes, that not only liquidate in the state budget the fund about 100, 000ECU, but even accomplishing further investments with machinery in Germany, for the filling line, packing, grinding, CO < sub > 2 </ sub > gas, filtration, furnaces, compressors for refrigeration, and even the lines of circulation of the beer and brine, all in steel.

With its reorganization, and the breath, that brought the ten main shareholders, which had a long successful experience with their business, about the alteration of the work mentality and all these followed by business plans and by clear strategy of development, " Birra Tirana " has stated its goal to become the main beer in the Albania market.

The Central Park has a great variety with about 44 species of forest trees and shrubs, which cover about 80 % of the territory, herbaceous plants, animals and wild birds, two dominant peaks, the “ balconies ”, standing on steep rocks, winter snow and a relatively high altitude from sea level, ranging from 300 meters to the highest peak of 1613 meters, in the 4 phyto-climatic areas and a counter direction providing abundance of sunny days, and consequently, a fresher climate and cleaner air than the plateau on which Tirana lies.

In a letter of 12 January 1936 written to translator Skënder Luarasi ( 1900 – 1982 ) in Tirana, Migjeni announced, " I am about to send my songs to press.

Between April 13, 1985 and 1992 ( during the communist regime ), UT was called the Enver Hoxha University of Tirana ( Universiteti i Tiranës " Enver Hoxha ") after the Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, who died on April 11, 1985.

* 13 – 18 July 1994 ($ 753, 645 of ammunition and rockets from Tirana to Kinshasa ).

Thus the urban area of Tirana has a population close to 600, 000.

In 1990, Tirana had 250, 000 inhabitants, but the large-scale influx increased the population to well over 500, 000.

Sited in a fertile plain, the Tirana area exported 2, 600 barrels of olive oil and 14, 000 packages of tobacco to Venice by 1769.

In Tirana there are two major stadiums, the Qemal Stafa Stadium, that holds around 20, 000 spectators and the Selman Stërmasi stadium which holds around 12, 000 spectators.

Young people demonstrate against regime in Tirana, and 5, 000 citizens seek refuge in foreign embassies ; Central Committee plenum makes significant changes in leadership of party and state.

In 1960 Birra Tirana was constructed as a factory with capacity 70, 000 HL / year, with a Russian production technology and the first specialsts were qualified in the Soviet Union.

As result of the increased market demand for beer, in 1983, Birra Tirana was reconstructed, increasing its capacity to 150, 000 HL / year.

The area now occupied by the city of Tirana has been populated since Paleolithic times dating back 10, 000 to 30, 000 years ago, as evidenced by tools that were found near Mount Dajt's quarry terrain, as well as inside the Cave of the Pellumbas.

The 1583 census records show that Tirana had 110 inhabited areas, with 2, 900 houses and 20, 000 inhabitants.

Sited in a fertile plain, the Tirana area exported 2, 600 barrels of olive oil and 14, 000 packages of tobacco to Venice by 1769.