World & Nation
Albanian head of state Ramiz Alia, 59, was elected as First Secretary of the Albanian Communist Party, succeeding the late Enver Hoxha, 76, who died Thursday, Albanian state radio reported.
April 14, 1985
In the infamous “Case of the Engineers,” the crime of Enrik Veizi and three other oil exploration experts was having the cheek to tell the government that it was drilling for oil in an area where it was known there was none.
April 14, 1991
Albania’s ruling Communists appealed for an end to the two-day fast by about 720 students and faculty members who demand that former dictator Enver Hoxha’s name be removed from Enver Hoxha University in Tirana, the capital.
Feb. 20, 1991
The leader of Communist Albania, responding to unprecedented protests that toppled monuments to Stalinist founder Enver Hoxha, said Wednesday that he would take direct control of a new government.
Feb. 21, 1991
President Ramiz Alia of Albania on Saturday blamed enemies of the state for recurring political riots and defended the legacy of his hard-line predecessor, Enver Hoxha.
Feb. 24, 1991
Albania today rejected a Soviet message of condolence over the death of Communist Party chief Enver Hoxha, whose four decades of stern Stalinist rule virtually isolated Albania from the rest of the world.
April 12, 1985
Anti-democracy protesters demanded Sunday that Albania’s government ban the opposition Democratic Party and hang its leaders, according to reports monitored in Vienna.
Feb. 25, 1991
The widow of Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha will stand trial next week on charges of misappropriating state funds, Albania’s presiding judge said Sunday.
Dec. 28, 1992
Enver Hoxha of Albania, whose 41 1/2-year reign over Europe’s isolated Marxist nation made him the world’s longest-ruling Communist leader, died Thursday at age 76.
Enver Hoxha, whose 42 years as Albania’s Communist Party chief made him the world’s longest-ruling communist leader, died today at age 76, the Albanian state-run ATA news agency reported.
April 11, 1985