Vlora International Airport will be completed in December 2024 and is expected to start operations in March or April 2025, after obtaining the European certification. The infrastructure will be developed on an area of 309 hectares, with a main runway 3.2 km long and 60 metres wide and another parallel runway, used for air traffic […]
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The European Union has given Albania a grant of 136 million euros for the reconstruction of the Vorë-Hani i Hoti railway line, on the border with Montenegro. This is the highest funding since Brussels decided to support investment projects in Albania. The European institutions have allocated a total of over 200 million euros for the
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On June 30, 2024, the highway connecting Thumanë, north of Tirana, with the suburb of Kashar, northwest of the capital, was inaugurated. The road, that is 21 km long, is the first segment of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway, also known as the “Blue Corridor”, the infrastructure intended to connect Trieste with the Greek port of Kalamata,
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In a few weeks the international competition for the construction of the new commercial port of Durres, in the Porto Romano area, will be announced. The Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, said so during the “Maritime Week 2024”, organized by the Port Authority of Durres and focused on the development of the Albanian
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Tirana International Airport (TIA) is rapidly increasing the number of flights and redefining the standards of excellence in the aviation sector. The continuous investments of the Kastrati Group, responsible for managing the airport, have transformed TIA into the main hub of the Western Balkans region, with a fundamental role in regional connectivity and economic development.
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Work on the modernization of the Tirana-Durazzo railway has been 70% completed. This section will connect the capital to the second largest city of Albania, in an area populated by almost 1.5 million people, around one third of the inhabitants of the country. The railway line should be put into operation by March 2025, allowing
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The railway connection between the main cities of Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia is one of the absolute priorities for the infrastructure modernization in the Western Balkans. After the signing of a memorandum to extend the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) to the Western Balkans, governments have long been committed to building a safer, more
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“2024 will mark some important moments for road infrastructure,” said Belinda Balluku, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, who presented the infrastructure works that will be inaugurated this year at a press conference. In fact, three major projects aimed at improving traffic for residents and tourists will be completed. After last year’s boom, over 13 million
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Durres will have a new commercial port, which will be built in Porto Romano and completed by 2026. The tender announced by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy was won in 2021 by the Dutch engineering company Royal Haskoning DHV, one of the main international companies, specialized in the construction of ports, airports, energy, mining
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The runway expansion work at Tirana-Rinas airport will begin this month. The first transoceanic flights to New York are expected within the first three months of 2025, according to the director of civil aviation, Maksim Ethemaj. In March some American aviation technicians will come to Albania to verify the full compliance of the infrastructure, organization
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