Corporal Zarife Hasanaj falls while on duty

Published: Monday, 06 May 2019 12:21

An effective of the Albanian Armed Forces lost her life and two others were injured by the explosion of some ammunition during the combat operations in NATO’s Mission in Latvia.

Corporal Zarife Hasanaj passed away due to the explosion, while the Commander of the Contingent, Major Klodian Tanushi and Sergeant Julian Kapaj were injured. The Albanian contingent serving in the NATO’s Battalion-Size Battle Group in Latvia has the task of disposing ammunition and explosive ordnances.

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Minister Olta Xhaçka, homage at the Martyrs of Homeland Cemetery

Published: Monday, 06 May 2019 11:42

On the 5 - th of May, Albanian Lidership honored the fallen martyrs in the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War.

The official ceremony held in "Dëshmorët e Kombit" Cemetery was attended by the President of Republic Ilir Meta, Prime Minister Edi Rama as well as by the Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka and the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Bardhyl Kollçaku. The leadership paid homage and placed wreaths near the “Mother Albania” Memorial.

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Minister Xhaçka visits USS Aircraft Carrier “Abraham Lincoln”

Published: Thursday, 02 May 2019 19:29

It has been days that USS Aircraft Carrier “Abraham Lincoln” is conducting naval exercises in the waters of the Adriatic Sea. 

Special guests were the President of the Republic, at the same time Commander in chief of the Albanian Armed Forces Ilir Meta, Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka, and representatives of General Staff of the AAF.

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Tirana welcomed the 24th Balkan Military Medicine Congress

Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 15:04

Two hundred and fifty participants from six member of Balkan Countries have gathered in Tirana for the 24th Congress of Balkan Military Medicine (BMMC), the largest ever organized event in the field of Military Medicine in our country.

The subject of this congress, attended by military doctors from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Turkey, is “The new challenges of Military Medicine”.

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Albania takes over the leadership of the Adriatic Charter, in Tirana takes place the first political level meeting

Published: Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:56

As the country that chairs the US - Adriatic Charter (A-5) Initiative for 2019, in Tirana was held the Joint Political Directors Meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Ministries of Defense of the US-Adriatic Charter Initiative (A-5).

This was the first political meeting organized in the framework of this Initiative, while other meetings in defense and military perspectives were organized earlier in 2019 in our country.

This meeting was co-chaired by Ms. Inid Milo, Director of NATO and Security Policies at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and Mr. Gjergji Methoxha, Director of NATO and EU Policies in the Ministry of Defense.

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