(IN BRIEF) An international operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol has disrupted a major Albanian-led drug trafficking network, leading to the arrest of 29 suspects across Italy and Albania. The operation, which began with investigations in 2021, uncovered cocaine concealed … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Law, Management, Netherlands, News, Security & Safety
Tagged Albania, Cocaine Trafficking Ring, Eurojust, Europe, EUROPOL, France, International Operation, Italy, partnership, Romania, Spain
(IN BRIEF) Authorities in Italy, Albania, Poland, and Switzerland, coordinated by Eurojust, have dismantled a major Albanian-led cocaine trafficking network. A total of 66 individuals were arrested, with 45 of them taken into custody on an action day. The criminal … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Italy, Law, Management, Netherlands, News, Poland, Security & Safety, Switzerland
Tagged Albania, cocaine trafficking, Eurojust, EUROPOL, Italy, partnership, Poland, SECURITY, Switzerland
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) convened the Western Balkans Investment Summit 2024 in London, welcoming the heads of government from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The summit aimed to showcase … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, Montenegro, News, Serbia, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Albania, Albin Kurti, Ana Brnabić, Borjana Krišto, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Charles Michel, EBRD, Edi Rama, Kosovo, Lord Cameron, Milojko Spajić, Montenegro, NORTH MACEDONIA, Odile Renaud-Basso, Olivér Várhelyi, partnership, SERBIA, sustainability, Talat Xhaferi, Western Balkans Investment Summit
(IN BRIEF) EIB Global, the European Investment Bank’s arm for activities outside the EU, has allocated a €1 million technical assistance grant to aid the Tirana municipality in enhancing its water distribution network. The grant will support a project aimed … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News
Tagged Albania, Anuela Ristani, EIB, EIB Global, Erion Veliaj, Konstantinos Mastrogiannopoulos, Kyriacos Kakouris, partnership, sustainability, Tirana, Water Distribution Improvement
(IN BRIEF) Despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and geopolitical uncertainties, numerous companies from both Ukraine and around the world have demonstrated remarkable support by offering financial, material, and essential resources to aid the Ukrainian government and its people. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Politics, Small Business, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Albania, ambulances, Arjeta Puca, businesses, Corporate Heroes, EBRD, emergency vehicles, Geopolitical Turmoil, humanitarian, Nataliya Horbachevskiy, partnership, Sida, Stanislav Horbachevskiy, support, sustainability, task force, TIMAK, UKRAINE
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a loan of up to €2 million to Union Bank to bolster financing in Albania’s agribusiness and tourism sectors, essential for the country’s economic growth. Union Bank becomes … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Albania, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged AATSF, agribusiness, Albania, Aleksandra Vukosavljevic, EBRD, Flutura Veipi, partnership, SMEs, sustainability, TOURISM, Union Bank
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching its Youth in Business Programme in Albania, aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs’ financial inclusion. The program will provide a €1 million loan to Union Bank for lending to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Albania, Business Programme, EBRD, Ekaterina Solovova, financial inclusion, Flutura Veipi, SMEs, Union Bank, young entrepreneurs, YOUTH
(IN BRIEF) Albania has announced the results of its first utility-scale bidder-selected site auction for onshore wind, part of the country’s third renewable energy auction. Three bidders, Total Eren, Guris, and Verbund, have been awarded a total capacity of 222.48 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Albania, Auction, EBRD, Ekaterina Solovova, Gianpiero Nacci, Guris, onshore wind, renewable energy, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Total Eren, VERBUND
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a €29 million loan to a special-purpose vehicle owned by France’s Voltalia to develop the 140 MW Karavasta solar plant in Albania. The project marks Albania’s first major … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged Albania, Constantin von Alvensleben, EBRD, EBRD Renewable Energy Auctions Programme, Grzegorz Zielinski, IFC, International Finance Corporation, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Albania, Karavasta solar plant, Matteo Colangeli, Offshore wind, onshore wind auction, Privredna Banka Zagreb, renewable auctions, renewable energy, Solar, solar auction, solar photovoltaic plant, solar PV auction, Spitalla, Voltalia
(NOTICIA EN BREVE) El gobierno albanés, como parte del programa de Subastas de Energía Renovable del Banco Europeo para la Reconstrucción y el Desarrollo (BERD), lanzará una licitación por 300 MW de energía solar, con el objetivo de agregar al … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Albania, BERD, Ekaterina Solovova, energía eólica, energía eólica marina, energía solar, energía solar renovable, Gianpiero Nacci, licitación, SECO, Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Económicos de Suiza, subasta de energía eólica terrestre, subasta de energía renovable, suministro de energía renovable
(IN BRIEF) The Albanian government, as part of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Renewable Energy Auction program, is set to launch a tender for 300 MW of solar power, with the goal of adding at least 1 … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Albania, EBRD, Ekaterina Solovova, Gianpiero Nacci, Offshore wind, onshore wind auction, Renewable Energy Auction, renewable energy supply, renewable solar, SECO, solar power, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, tender, wind power
(PRESS RELEASE) OLSO, 3-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Generator of renewable energy, as well as Norway’s largest and the Nordic region’s third largest energy producer, Statkraft and Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, announce the start of commercial operations at the first unit … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged Albania, Banja Floating Solar Plant, Banja hydropower plant, Banja reservoir, Børge Bjørneklett, Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, Doko, electricity generation, electricity grid, floating solar, hydro-elastic membranes, hydropower, Moglice hydropower plant, Ocean Sun, renewable, renewable energy, renewable energy generator, Rigela Gegprifti, solar panels, solar power, Statkraft
First wind power plants tender in Albania to be launched EBRD and Swiss SECO support preparation of groundbreaking move Albania to diversify energy supply, attract investment and increase resilience to climate change (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 29-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — European … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News
Tagged Albania, climate change, EBRD, energy auction, energy sources, energy supply, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, investments, Karavasta, Matteo Colangeli, on-shore wind power plants, Patrik Meier, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, renewable solar, SECO, Spitallë solar photovoltaic projects, sustainable energy, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, tender, transparency, wind energy projects, wind power
Bois-Colombes, France, 15-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Union – Western Balkans Summit will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, on the 17th of May 2018. This meeting aims to reaffirm the EU’s commitment towards the Western Balkans gaining EU membership. Coface’s economists … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Economy, European Union, France, Government, Insurance, International Trade, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Politics, Serbia
Tagged Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, CHINA, COFACE, EU accession, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, RUSSIA, Sofia, The European Union - Western Balkans Summit, Western Balkans
Komani, Albania’s most important hydropower power plant, undergoes a safety makeover with EBRD funding LONDON, 30-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The most important source of electricity in Albania is the Komani hydro power plant in the mountains of the Puka region. … Read the full press release
London, UK, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD is launching the new Western Balkans Sustainable Energy Efficiency Facility II (WeBSEFF II) to support efforts towards the improved use and conservation of energy in the region. The facility is combining necessary longer-term financing … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
Tagged Albania, Axel Reiserer, Bosnia and Herzegovina, conservation of energy, credit lines, CROATIA, EBRD, energy efficiency investments, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo, longer-term financing, Montenegro and Serbia, Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, WeBSEFF II, Western Balkans Sustainable Energy Efficiency Facility II
SARY OZEK, KAZAKHSTAN, 1-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A train carrying 410 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers, left Kazakhstan today for safe disposal at a specialized chemical plant in Dzerzhinsk, Russia as part … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Defence, Government, Industrial, Security & Safety, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dzerzhinsk, Finland, GEORGIA, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Natalia Zarudna, Norway, OSCE, Poland, RUSSIA, SARY OZEK, Spain, Sweden, Technoazot, Ukraine.
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