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Xhaçka: Do everything for your health just as you do everything to protect our country

: Published: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 13:55

October is known as the month of Breast Cancer Awareness and the Ministry of Defense has joined this initiative for several years now. A moving mammography, which performs free diagnostics, has been made available to all the women serving the Albanian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense by the Ministry of Health.

The Albanian Naval Force troops on mission in the Aegean Sea save the lives of 100 Syrian migrants

: Published: Tuesday, 31 October 2017 15:39

Thanks to the professionalism of "Oriku" crew, on mission in the Aegean Sea, 100 Syrian citizens were rescued, including 39 children and 16 women.

According to information from the Naval Force Command, Syrian citizens, were sailing from the Turkish coast towards the island of Chios in Greece. The immigrants were spotted by “Oriku” crew, which one according to the procedure alerted the mission commanding ship, as well as the Turkish and Greek Coast Guard.

Mission in Aegean Sea, Minister Xhaçka: We will support NATO next year as well

: Published: Saturday, 28 October 2017 18:50

The mission of the Albanian Naval Force to the NATO operation in the Aegean Sea will be extended. During the tour of duty to the Naval Force Command in Durrës, Defense Minister Olta Xhaçka has announced that the mission, scheduled to close at the end of this year, will continue next year. Such a decision, according to the Defense Minister, is related to the very positive performance that the Albanian crew of the "Oriku" Vessel has had with their contribution to the Search and Rescue (SAR) operations of immigrants in the Aegean Sea last year.

Inspection of the Armed Forces properties, Xhaçka: Legal Response to Illegal Activities

: Published: Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:21

The Ministry of Defense starts identifying properties that are not currently military deployment locations. Minister Olta Xhaçka during a visit to Farka Air Base, where she met the leaders of the Albanian Air Force, suggested that the work for the inspection of former properties administered by the Armed Forces has started.

Mission in the Aegean Sea, the Albanian Naval Force rescue the lives of 115 Syrian immigrants

: Published: Monday, 23 October 2017 15:20

115 children, women and men, all Syrian immigrants have arrived safely on the shore, thanks to the professionalism of the "Oriku" ship crew, on mission to the Aegean Sea. According to information from the Naval Force Command, immigrants were sailing from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios. "Oriku" crew observed them and notified the Turkish and Greek counterparts. There have been two search and rescue operations in succession of the Albanian ship, which for almost a year represents Albania in the NATO operation in the Aegean Sea, "Sea Guardian”.

In these 12 months, there are 700 rescued lives, including over 300 children and women. The Albanian Naval Force ship is engaged in the NATO operation on the Aegean Sea to prevent the flow of illegal immigrants attempting to enter European Union countries.