Presentation of draft law on “Civil Protection”, Xhaçka: New regulator to prevent and tackle the emergencies
- Published: Wednesday, 10 July 2019 13:38
The Institutions will be better prepared to prevent and cope with natural disasters.
The draft law on "Civil Protection", which is expected to be adopted soon by the Assembly, reforms fully the legal, structural and organizational basis for civil defence.
The presentation of the draft law went on in the premises of the Ministry of Defence. Prime Minister Edi Rama, Minister of Defence Olta Xhaçka, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku, Deputy Minister Petro Koçi, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Brigadier General Bardhyl Kollçaku, commanders of the forces, county prefects, representatives of the municipalities as well as Armed Forces officers, who are engaged in civil emergency cases, attended the presentation.
Completed the erection of “Bailey” bridge in Këlcyrë
- Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2019 13:47
The Engineering Battalion of the Support Command completed the erection of a "Bailey" bridge in the village of Mbrezhdan in the Municipality of Këlcyra.
The newly built bridge has a length of 42 meters and will facilitate significantly the movement of about 600 residents of 4 villages in the Malëshovë Region.
The bridge, with a load capacity of 30 tons, was constructed in cooperation with the municipality of Këlcyra, which has previously built the bridge abutments.
Colonel Altin Kurti the new Commander of the Military Police
- Published: Monday, 08 July 2019 15:59
Today, in the Military Police premises, took place the change of command ceremony of this important unit of the Armed Forces. The ceremony held on this occasion, was attended by Chief of General Staff Brigadier General Bardhyl Kollçaku, senior military officers of the Armed Forces as well as Military Police officers.
The ceremony began by reading the Order of the Minister of Defence on the appointment of Colonel Altin Kurti as incoming Commander of the Military Police, while Colonel Ekland Dauti is the outgoing one.
Colonel Ekland Dauti in his address thanked the participants for the cooperation and support received during these two years as commander in order to accomplish successfully the tasks and mission of the Military Police.
The AAF completes the Vjosa embankment reinforcement in Fier
- Published: Friday, 05 July 2019 12:50
After nearly 6 months of work, the Engineering Battalion of Armed Forces in cooperation with Fier Municipality completed the repair and reinforcement of the Vjosa river embankment.
In addition to repairing the damage caused by the recent floods, the pioneers raised the embankment by over 2 meters from the initial level, providing more security for the habitations and agricultural lands of the inhabitants alongside Vjosa River.
The Chairmanship of SEDM for the 2019 - 2021 was officially taken over by MoD of Republic of Albania
- Published: Wednesday, 03 July 2019 17:05
Starting from 1st of July 2019, the Chairmanship of the biggest regional initiative - South Eastern Defense Ministerial – SEDM, is officially taken over for a two - year period (2019 – 2021) by our country.
To this end, the Secretariat of SEDM Chairmanship, held by Greece during 2017 – 2019 period, is paying an official visit to our country. The purpose of this visit is to hand over to the Albanian Chairmanship of SEDM the archive and other authentic documents in the framework of this initiative.
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