-George Kastrioti Skanderbeg on December 12, 1466 arrived in Rome to secure the help from the Vatican and the Western countries against the continuous Ottoman attacks. He was welcomed as a winner, though the expected aid was very modest.

-On December 12, 1916, the first issue of the temporary “Gazeta e Korçës” /Korça Daily/ was published, which was published until 1939.

-On the basis of the law approved by the parliament of the Albanian Kingdom, on December 12, 1929, our embassies were established in Bucharest, Brussels and Madrid. In this way, regular diplomatic relations were established between Albania and respectively, Romania, Belgium and Spain.

-On December 12, 1939, Kolë Idromeno, the most famous painter of the Albanian National Renaissance period, passed away. He was born in Shkodër on August 15, 1860, where he learned the first elements of photography from Pjetër Marubi Photo Studio. In 1876, he stayed for several months at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, and then worked in the studio of an Italian painter. When he returned to Albania, he worked as an architect, sculptor, photographer, scenographer, engineer and painter.

-On December 12, 1990, the Democratic Party of Albania was founded. This marks the foundation of the first political opposition party, after the fall of monist communist regime in Albania.

-On December 12, 1992, in the city of Ohrid, the protocol for the opening of new border crossing points was completed between the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Macedonia, presently Republic of North Macedonia.

-Albania adhered the Convention against International Organized Crime on December 12, 2000. This Act took effect in August 2002.

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