Day: 8 January 2018

Italian Cooperation funds Tirana’s Orbital Forest in 23 different areas, Scan 8th January 2018 Tirana Municipality and the Italian Cooperation in Albania signed a cooperation agreement for financing the entire Orbital Forest Project which aims to afforest some 23 different areas in the capital, extending the green spaces for the citizens of Tirana and contributing to a cleaner environment. Mayor Veliaj stressed that thanks to this funding, Tirana will have 2 million new trees by 2030. “I am very enthusiastic that with the help of Italian Cooperation we have just signed the funding for the entire Orbital Forest project, which will produce concrete results in the 23 areas of the project. That is why, after this signature comes into effect, I look forward to begin contracting all those who will work…

Major energy sector changes expected in 2018, by EnergyPress, 8th January 2018 The arrival of 2018 promises to bring about big changes to all the local energy sector’s major fronts – electricity, natural gas, renewable energy and hydrocarbons – and radically reshape these sub-sectors by the time the year is out. The government is expected to have finalized a national energy plan within the year, officially presenting the direction of policies pursued. It should be a busy year for energy-sector privatizations. An international tender offering 66 percent of DESFA, the natural gas grid operator, is already well in progress. The launches of privatizations concerning ELPE (Hellenic Petroleum), DEPA (Public Gas Corporation) and PPC (Public Power Corporation) are expected this year. Energy infrastructure developments concerning natural gas pipelines, a prospective LNG terminal in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece,…