"Albanian Effort 19" Military Exercise starts with even greater involvement of Allied and Partner countries
- Published: Monday, 09 September 2019 12:40
Albania hosts the military exercise "Albanian Effort 19" with even greater involvement of Allied and Partner countries than before.
Troops and vehicles of the Armed Forces from Albania, the US, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Poland, Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia will train for one week in Biza base in order to test crisis intervention capabilities and to improve interaction among allies and partners in joint operations.
EOD Group neutralizes the risk coming from a buried shell arsenal in Manati Village, Lezha Municipality
- Published: Monday, 09 September 2019 12:16
Following the notification received by the Ministry of Interior, EOD Logistic Group successfully conducted an operation to neutralize the risk coming from 74 shells found in the backyard of a resident's home in Manati village, Kolsh administrative unit, Lezha Municipality.
The amount of shells of different calibers, dominated by 150 mm caliber-shell weighing 50 kg, were buried in that area for decades.
Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka: the 99% of fires during summer were intentional; everyone will face the severity of law
- Published: Monday, 09 September 2019 11:43
During July and August were recorded an unusual number of fires. The Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka, emphasized that there were 324 fireplaces in the country during this period.
The Minister, according to data, stressed that most of them were intentional fires; a reason why anyone who destroyed public property and endangered citizens lives will face the law.
Albanian Cadets graduated at Military Academies in Turkey
- Published: Thursday, 05 September 2019 12:55
Seven Albanian cadets, among 325 young servicemen from 17 countries, completed their studies at Military Academies in Turkey.
Albanian cadets graduated in different specialties, completing successfully their bachelor and military training programs.
Three of them graduated from Land Force Academy, two from Air Force Academy and the other two from Naval Academy.
AAF isolate the hearth of fire in Shëngjin
- Published: Saturday, 24 August 2019 10:57
The Armed Forces (AAF) in cooperation with other institutional structures such as the Firefighters of Lezha Municipality and Shëngjin Port, the Police and residents' aid, isolated the fire hearth on the green crown of the tourist town.
After two days of hard work, 9 fire trucks and about 200 forces from these structures made it possible to eliminate the danger to the residential center and currently no habitations are threatened by the flames.
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