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Tirana Street Fair Celebrates 20 Years of Renewed Friendship between the People of the United States and Albania

TIRANA, October 3, 2011     The strong diplomatic relationship between Albania and the United States was celebrated in Tirana on October 1, 2011, with a street party thrown by the American Embassy, the Tirana Municipality and the Government of Albania, ...

TIRANA,  SEPTEMBER 27, 2011     Today, U.S. Ambassador Alexander Arvizu, and Albania’s Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, officially opened Albania’s National Telemedicine Center at the Mother Theresa University Hospital in Tirana. The center will serve as the foundation for a national ...

Public-Private Partnership Establishes Albania’s First ICT Training and Resource Center

TIRANA, OCTOBER 24, 2011     Today, an alliance among the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF), the Government of Albania, USAID, Microsoft Albania, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, and Albtelecom, was formally announced in a ceremony held at the Ministry of Innovation and Information and ...

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  • USAID, Albanian Bar Association Launch 1st Professional Journal for Albanian Lawyers

    USAID, Albanian Bar Association Launch 1st Professional Journal for Albanian Lawyers

    2012-01-20

    TIRANA, JANUARY 20, 2012     With the support from the USAD’s Albanian Justice Sector Strengthening Project (JuST), the National Chamber of Advocates (NCA) presented to its members today the first issue of Albania’s only professional bar journal, “Avokatia.”  The publication ...

  • U.S. Supports Magistrates School Graduates

    U.S. Supports Magistrates School Graduates

    2011-12-22

    TIRANA, DECEMBER 22, 2011     Ambassador Arvizu delivered remarks and congratulated students at Thursday’s graduation ceremony at the Rectorate of Tirana University in Tirana.  The School has made important contributions to improving Albania’s justice sector, providing initial and continuous education ...

  • USAID Supports National Conference for Albania Garment Industry

    USAID Supports National Conference for Albania Garment Industry

    2011-12-21

    TIRANA, DECEMBER 21, 2011     On December 16, USAID/Albania co-sponsored Albania’s first national conference on the country’s garment and footwear industry.  Albania's garment and footwear manufacturers are important to the country’s economy both in terms of exports and employment. Yet, ...

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Rule of Law and Governance Success Stories

  • A Winning Solution for Albania’s Judicial System

    A Winning Solution for Albania’s Judicial System


    Albania’s justice sector faces an uphill battle when it comes to building public confidence in its courts.  Lengthy case processing times and frequent hearing postponements delays cases for months, if not years. In addition, courts must undergo very detailed ...

  • USAID Helps Improve Albanian Court Archives

    USAID Helps Improve Albanian Court Archives


    Overflowing in a small, cramped rooms on the top floor of the Durres district courthouse are thousands of musty, yellowed pages documenting court proceedings that took place in the bygone days of Albanian Communism. 


    After almost twenty years of ...

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    • Increased Sales for Albanian Watermelons

      Increased Sales for Albanian Watermelons


      For watermelon growers and exporters, 2011 was a very good year.  Due to USAID’s support, Albanian watermelon exporters entered new markets in Norway, Russia, Switzerland and Hungary, exporting over 9,000 metric tons of watermelon—a 60 percent increase from the ...

    • Technology Boosts Healthcare in Rural Albania

      Technology Boosts Healthcare in Rural Albania


      Most of Albania’s public health facilities, particularly in rural areas, have limited medical equipment and chronic shortages of supplies and medicines, and personnel often have inadequate and outdated skills to treat patients.  Thus, over 1.6 million Albanians living in ...

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