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Editorial: The key messages out of the donors’ conference for Albania and the region

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL This week started with an important international donors’ conference in Brussels to assist Albania’s efforts of reconstruction after the destructive earthquake of November 26 which claimed more than 50 lives and wrecked thousands of homes and businesses. The host of this conference was the European Commission and attendees numbered more than 30 international institutions in addition to member states and other countries. In the end a combined sum of 1.15 billion euro was communicated as being available for Albania in the form of grants, favorable loans, assistance programs and the already spent emergency support. This conference was…

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