Leaders of the Western Balkans expressed solidarity with the people of Albania after the earthquake in Durres on November 26. The leaders of North Macedonia and Serbia expressed their commitment to provide continued support.
The meeting reached concl...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama together with other leaders attending the third Western Balkans Regional Meeting, namely the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, the President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović and the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vu...•
Speech by Prime Minister Edi Rama at signing ceremony of Production Sharing Contract with the Italian energy company ENI for the exploration of Dumre onshore block:
Good afternoon!
This is a very important moment for our country, for the development ...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama’s remarks at inauguration of Stefano Boeri’s La Radura, a temporary installation exhibited in the premises of the Prime Minister’s office in an exhibition-themed event featuring an open discussion among the Albanian and ...•
The summit of the Central European Initiative (CEI) took place in Rome, Italy, presided by the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
The summit, which brought together heads of government of the CEI member states, precedes the Donors’ Conferen...•
Speech by Prime Minister at today’s plenary session of Assembly:
Let me apologize in advance for merging the two topics into one speech, because I can’t avoid the top priority, that is addressing the consequences of the Nov 26 natural disaster an...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama’s remarks at the first meeting of the Diaspora Coordination Council:
I would like to thank every attendee for taking to trouble to travel from all over world and participate in the constitutive meeting of Diaspora’s Coordi...•
The former shooting range in the village of Vaqarr, municipality of Tirana, will undergo dramatic transformation as it will host one of the first new residential areas for the affected families by the powerful earthquake that hit Albania on November ...•
Speech by Prime Minister Edi Rama at reception with diplomatic corps accredited to Albania:
Honourable Mr. Dean of the Diplomatic Corps!
Your excellency ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Albania!
I am grateful to your Dean fo...•
Joint press conference of Prime Minister Edi Rama and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Luigi Di Maio following bilateral meeting:
Prime Minister Edi Rama: Good afternoon everyone!
First of all, allow me to wholeheartedly thank the Minister...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama, accompanied by the Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu, today inspected the six-storey building housing the Internal Medicine Department at the Hospital Center “Mother Teresa” in Tirana, wh...•
Meeting of National Rebuilding Committee:
Thank you for attendance!
Over the past few days following the first meeting of the National Rebuilding Committee a voluminous job has been done to collect data and determine projects and work on several aspe...•
An earlier powerful earthquake that hit the country on September 21 had devastating effects for many homes in various areas of Tirana and Durres. One of the many Sept 21 quake-affected families in the village of Arbane, Tirana municipality, moved int...•
Many international technical teams are working intensively and full steam ahead to complete a damage assessment following the devastating earthquake that hit Albania on Nov 26. A team of Israeli engineers is one of them, who are offering their expert...•
Address by Prime Minister Edi Rama at the international high-level private and public investment conference in Istanbul at invitation of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan:*
Your excellency Mr. President of the Republic of Turkey,
Honoura...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama’s remarks: Taking stock of the whole situation at hand and considering all completed interactions, I believe this is the last cabinet meeting we hold to discuss actions to deal with the post-earthquake emergency situation in...•
Speech by Prime Minister Edi Rama on taking over the 2020 OSCE Chairmanship during event in Bratislava, Slovakia:
Isn’t it really amazing? Albania will formally take on 1st of January the OSCE Chairmanship, exactly 45 years after the OSCE foundat...•
The 6.4M earthquake of November 26 caused 51 victims and over 900 injured, severely damaging dozens of cities and villages, including the biggest cities of the country, the capital Tirana and Durrës.
According to our preliminary assessment, over 130...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama today welcomed in his office engineer Luljeta Bozo, who has turned most recently into the epitome a true professional, providing convincing scientific arguments on the 26 Nov earthquake aftermath, thanks to her lifetime experi...•
Remarks to the media by Prime Minister Edi Rama and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, following visit to several hardest-hit areas by earthquake in Albania:
Commissioner Janez Lenarčič: I will speak E...•