Press Release

It came to the end the administrative investigation, which was ordered by the Defence Minister, regarding the air crash of Albanian Air Force helicopter EC 145, board number 637, occurred on April 6-th 2016. The Defence Minister in accordance with the competencies provided by the law in force, on April 7-th 2016 ordered the setup of an administrative task force investigation on: "The crash of the helicopter EC-145" dated on April 6-th, 2016. The last deadline of this administrative investigation was on April 22-nd, 2016.

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Adoption of the law on remission of obligations for the former servicemen

Parliament of Albania today adopted with 75 votes the law "On the remission of obligations that former servicemen have in the supplementary pension scheme, by the pension recalculation pursuant to Law no. 10142, of 15 May 2009, 'On the supplementary social insurance of servicemen of the Armed Forces.' as amended".

By this law will benefit 37% of former servicemen, to who is remitted 13 billion ALL, or 20% of their pension that was previously paid in the Social Security Institute.

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Albanian Air Force celebrates the 65 – anniversary of its establishment

Today, at the premises of Air Base in Kuçova, was commemorated the 65 - Anniversary of the Albanian Air Force.

At this event participated the Defence Minister of Albania Mrs. Kodheli, Minister of State for Relations with Parliament, Mrs. Ermonela Felaj, Chief of General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces, Major General Jeronim Bazo, members of Parliament, of the Army, senior representatives of local government, military aviation veterans, families of martyrs and many guests.

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AAF builds a bailey bridge for thousand citizens of Klos

Defence Minister, Mrs. Kodheli inspected the construction work of a bailey bridge over the River Mat in the Municipality of Klos. The construction of this bridge comes as a necessity for the people of this area, as the existing bridge built about 36 years ago is in bad condition and serves only for pedestrians.

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