Fire in Sazan, Albania receives assistance by civil Protection Mechanism of the European Union

Published: Tuesday, 07 June 2022 13:01

Although keeping the situation under control, after a 48-hour operation of controlling and extinguishing the fire on Sazan Island, air intervention was deemed necessary.

For this purpose, a Canadair CL 415 aircraft sent from Greece is joined today early in the morning to extinguish the fire from the air on the island of Sazan. The Canadair CL 415 aircraft will intervene to extinguish the fire from the air in support of the Civil Protection Mechanism of the European Union (Emergency Response Coordination Center - ERCC), following the request of the National Civil Protection Agency.

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Naval exercise "GroupEx - 22" takes place, Peleshi: We will increase the capacities; we are ready to host “Defender 2023"

Published: Friday, 27 May 2022 15:36

For two consecutive days, members of the Naval Force of the Albanian Armed Forces conducted on the country's coast the exercise "GroupEx-22". Defense Minister Niko Peleshi, being present at the beginning of this exercise, considered it as very important especially at this moment of the increase of standards of the AAF.

During his speech, Minister Peleshi spoke about an ambitious plan that the Ministry of Defense and the government have for Cyber Security: "For the Naval Force we also have ambitions and plans to increase our fleet in the medium term, and to increase our maintenance capacity, as we talked with the commander. We are in the process of identifying the best ways to a better response to all maintenance needs, but also, as I said, we have plans for the construction, purchase of other vessels as displayed in the capacity objectives." - said Defense Minister.

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Steering Committee Meeting of the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence convenes in Albania

Published: Thursday, 26 May 2022 15:08

For the first time, Steering Committee Meeting of the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence (NATO SFA COE) meets outside the host country, Italy. On the 26th of May, the first 2022 session of the NATO SFA COE was held in Golem, Durrës. The members of the Committee discussed the current projects of the center, the presentation of the draft work program for 2023, etc.

The center consists of three countries, respectively, Italy as a host country and Albania and Slovenia in the role of sponsoring countries. Austria will soon become part of this center, also as a contributing partner country.

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67 years since the creation of the Military Aviation Regiment in Kuçova, soon a NATO base

Published: Sunday, 15 May 2022 13:55

Today marks the 67 Anniversary of the Creation of the First Albanian Military Aviation Regiment, which in 1995 was named Kuçova Air Base, and soon will be one of the bases of the NATO Alliance.
Defence Minister Niko Peleshi commemorates the 67 Anniversary by expressing his gratitude and appreciation for the enthusiastic work of the pilots for the community through the testimony of the oldest pilot of the Air Base, Faslli Spahiu.

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