Some 36 brand new ambulances fully-equipped with the latest technology and fitted to deal with emergency and trauma situations add to the National Emergency Service’s fleet to allow healthcare emergency service and paramedics deliver real-time ...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama’s remarks at the takeover ceremony of the incoming Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Olta Xhaçka:
Thank you very much Gent! Thank you definitely for your effort, readiness and dedication to accomplish this duty.
Unfor...•
Work is underway in full swing to set up the first centre for COVID-19 vaccination at Air Albania stadium in Tirana. Frontline doctors and nurses at the four COVID-designated hospitals in Tirana represent the first contingent to benefit protection th...•
The Flag’s Square, the main plaza and the symbol public space in the coastal city of Vlora, is undergoing a complete revamp according to an ambitious project designed to turn it into a space integrated with the public parks and the Martyrs̵...•
A series of investments have been expanded to include the university campus in the city of Vlora, which is undergoing complete transformation project that will give a whole new look to the premises frequented by students and make the campus buildings...•
A new 11-km long road linking the Cold Water area with Rradhime and Orikum in the southern municipality of Vlora is expected to significantly ease traffic along this important section leading to the Coastline area. The project will also deliver on th...•
A package of investment is underway in water supply infrastructure in the coastal southern city of Vlora. Three important investment projects are designed to deliver clean 24-hour water supply to several neighbourhoods and they will be followed by a ...•
“Lungomare+” project, an extension of the original Waterfront Promenade project in the city of Vlora, is gradually taking its final shape by creating a harmony with natural beach, remarkable urban identity of the coastal city, as well as other at...•
A large informal settlement covering an area of over 24 hectares and known as Kume neighbourhood in the city of Vlora is one of the areas suffering from a chronic lack of investment over the years. Although located very close to the old beach area, t...•
A series of modern infrastructure projects are delivering unstoppable transformation of the coastal city of Vlora. The “24 Maji” residential neighbourhood in the city is benefiting a modern infrastructural project this time. The six-hectare area ...•
Statement by Prime Minister Edi Rama on provision of 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer:
On New Year’s Eve, Albania has formally secured the initial batch of 500,000 doses of the COVID-vaccine developed by the pharma...•
Meri is the first New Year baby girl born at stroke of midnight as the calendar flipped to 2021. The newborn is in good health and doctors at “Koço Gliozheni” maternity hospital! Meri and her mother were extended a special greeting by Prime Mini...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama’s New Year’s message:
We are coming to the end of 2020 and like no other year in our lifetime; we are spending and celebrating the year-end holidays at home.
Neither the Christmas Eve midnight mass, nor the mi...•
Some 400 quake-affected families have already moved into their newly-built houses in the municipality of Shijak after becoming homeless on the tragic night a year ago. As the calendar flips to the new year today, Prime Minister Edi Rama, accompanied ...•
The reborn school “Njazi Mastori” in the village of Sukth, from an area prone to flooding every time it rains has been already transformed into a exemplary community centre, with the kindergarten and sports grounds adjacent to it. Designed to mee...•
Work continues incessantly in the earthquake-battered village of Thumane to construct the single-family homes, the apartment buildings, schools, a kindergarten, a healthcare centre, the road infrastructure, and the new community centre along with spo...•
Work continues incessantly to rebuild educational infrastructure in the quake-affected areas across the country. Nine-year schools in the villages of Larushk and Luz, Kruje municipality are only two out of 158 new educational facilities being rebuild...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama at annual year-end press conference:
Good afternoon everyone!
This is the traditional year-end news conference and, with your permission and my plea for patience, I would like to provide a brief overview, but, of cour...•
Several school buildings in the municipality of Kavaje, severely damaged because of the tragic earthquake that hit Albania on November 26 last year, are being reborn thanks to the post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction program. The same goes for...•
After more than 100 years, Albania has finally built a modern infrastructure for collection, preservation and maintenance of the records and archival materials with the Central State Archive building being recently rejuvenated to deliver best archiva...•