Here you can discuss the latest projects in other cities of Albania.

Finishing phase of construction in Yacht Port near Orikum, 18 km from Vlora, is still pending.

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i like the pic of the port

Bashkia premton 11 rrugë vetëm këtë vit

Bashkia e Durrësit gjatë vitit 2006 do të rikonstruktojë 11 rrugë, për të cilat do të ofrojë një zë financiar prej 11 milionë dollarësh nga buxheti i vet i pavarur. Nënkryetari i Bashkisë së Durrësit, Sokol Kokomani bën të ditur se gjatë vitit në vijim do të zhvillohet ndërhyrje në sistemin rrugor, me qëllim që të bëhet përmirësimi i tij. “Prioritet i punës tonë është ndërhyrja në infrastrukturën rrugore, për të cilën do të shpenzohet edhe pjesa më e madhe e buxhetit të pavarur të Bashkisë”, - thotë Kokomani. Sikurse, ai bën të ditur se për herë të parë do të bëhet ndërtimi i një rruge të asfaltuar në zonën informale të ish-Kënetës.

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Great pics lakerdar,

Are the yachts there those used by the Arberesh community on they trip to Albania last summer?

i don't know exactly but you can check out this site for more information
http://www.orikum.it/

The project of Orikum Yacht Port has been dragging on for 12 years now ever since it was first approved by Aleksander Meksi's government back in 1994.
Hopefully they'll finish it up.

only highlights the level of curroption thats in albania. it's not as if this project is important yet it's taking this long to implement.

Saranda's 5 star hotel "Butrinti" has just been sold for 12 million dollars to MAK Albania, the major kuwaiti based company in Albania who owns Sheraton Hotel.

Saranda's 5 star hotel "Butrinti" has just been sold for 12 million dollars to MAK Albania

Thats cheaper than Grand Hotel in Prishtina...

Thats cheaper than Grand Hotel in Prishtina...

The owner Gaz Demi is Fatos Nano's cousin, my guess is that he was forced to sell it;), politically motivated move of course :bash:

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He made a great investment at the hotel, althoug in the beginning people felt as if he had stolen it. Personally, i think that an even better communist hotel in Saranda, before Butrinti was privatised of course, is the now closed kampi i pushimeve. Relatively large, and superb location.

Hotel Butrinti is a great hotel. A top class European Hotel....Butrinti's star actually represent what the hotel is. There are some hotels in Albania who put stars on for nothing....

I think this will be a good place to post the projects about Durres and the masterplan of Elbasan and Saranda, which for some reason I cannot find. It is also worth mentioning that in Durres two highrises, one 22 floors and the other 19 floors are under construction, while in Vlore, the businessmen Besnik Sulo wants to build four towers which will also make up the greatest hotel in the city.

Kampi i Pushimeve. The buildings on the hill beside it were not there last time I was in Saranda and kind of sadden me. They seem unorganized and horrible. On the back there is a parking lot.
http://www.shqiperia.com/foto/albums/album12/Saranda_8jpg.jpg From shqiperia.com

Urban Development of Elbasan City Center

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In terms of economic development and potential this is how i would rank the top 5 cities in Albania:

1)Tirana
2)Durres
3)Vlora
4)Shkoder
5)Elbasan

Recently Elbasan's neighbour Pogradec had its Masterplan approved.We need to gather some info in this very important lake city.
Ohrid lake in Pogradec looks like Adriatic almost :)

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CELET PANAIRI I NDERTIMIT "PRANVERE 2006"

Zhvillimi i sektorit te ndertimit padyshim qe kerkon edhe persosjen e teknologjise sipas standardeve te BE se. Ne kete kuader ndertuesit kane celur nje panair vetem per kete sektor. Kompanite shqiptare dhe te huaja te ndertimit, prezantuan dje ne Tirane, ne ambientet e panairit "Pranvere 2006", teknologjite bashkekohore dhe moderne qe perdoren sot ne kete sektor. Perfaqesues te shoqates se ndertimit, u shprehen se gjate vitit te fundit ky sektor ka shenuar rritje te konsiderueshme te investimeve ne drejtim te teknologjive te prodhimit per materiale te ndryshme.

Sipas tyre, shume shpejt kompania austriake "Rofix", do te filloje ndertimin e kompleksit te ri me nje vlere prej 7 milione dollare, per prodhimin e kollit, suvave, etj., nderkohe qe firma gjermane "Aluflor" po investon per teknologjine e perpunimit te materialeve qe perdoren per fasada.
Panairi i Pranveres eshte i profilizuar per sektorin e ndertimit.
Sipas raportit te BSH se per 2005 n, sektori i ndertimit eshte rritur me 13 per qind me shume se nje vit me pare, dhe aktualisht ky sektor jep 9 per qind te Prodhimit te Pergjithshem Kombetar.
Nderkohe, numri i firmave te ndertimit po vjen ne rritje nga viti ne vit. Gjate vitit 2005, numri i firmave private te ndertimit te licencuara ne te gjithe vendin ka arritur ne 2050, ku 750 individe dhe firma kane marre licencen per here te pare, 600 firma jane te rilicencuara nga viti i kaluar, ne baze te ligjit dhe 700 firmave iu eshte zgjatur afati i lejeve.

The Institute on Forestry Studies said that ropeways will be constructed in Berat, Kruje and Voskopoja.

Regarding what I posted above,

Berat and Kruja ropeways will start contruction in the following two months. They will be followed by the Voskopoja ropeway which is in the final design stages.

What I missed from the interview with the director of the Institute of Forestry Studies was that the design stage has begun for another ropeway, linking Llogara National Park with the beach.

Berat, Kruja and Voskopoja will be build by DoppelMayr and most probably the same will happen with the Llogara one.

I guess Kruja and Berat ropeways will be Gondola type, like Dajti Express. The ropeway in Kruja will connect the castle with the eighteen-century Bektashi tekke "Dollma", which are the two main points of interest in town. In Berat it will connect part of the town with "Sheshi i Dosave" (Square of "Dosas").

In Voskopoje it the ropeway will probably be a chairlift since it will server the ski resort.

Regarding Dajti Express, there is an average of 400 people using it per day, and the income 7 months after it started service has been 400.000€.

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that's not a lot of people (400/day) but I'm sure it will increase with the growth of the standard and the tourism sector... How much does it cost to use the Dajti? Also, where does it start? in the suburbs or in the center?

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that's not a lot of people (400/day) but I'm sure it will increase with the growth of the standard and the tourism sector... How much does it cost to use the Dajti? Also, where does it start? in the suburbs or in the center?

It starts in the suburbs. It costs 5€. The rw is like 4km long (?).

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sorry one more question I forgot... how high is Dajti?

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sorry one more question I forgot... how high is Dajti?

1612m. The rw takes u to 1200m where the bars and restaurants are located.

^^ But the aerea from where it starts is 250 - 300 meter above sea level, which is at least 50 meters higher then the Skenderbeu Central Square.

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so very similar to the upcoming Skopje cable car system. It'll start at 200m which is the altitude of most of Skopje and finish at the top of the mountain which is cca 1100. and also very similar in lenght...

who built this thing in Tirana? Is it the city or a private investor? If investor is it domestic or foreign? oh, and when did they open it?

The length of Dajti Express Ropeway is almost 4.2 km and it opened to the public in July 2005

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Berat and Voskopoja Ropeway projects have been discussed for quite some time.
Voskopoja is a great tourist attraction in the east part of the country, it offers spectacular scenery.

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who built this thing in Tirana? Is it the city or a private investor? If investor is it domestic or foreign? oh, and when did they open it?
It was a private domestic investor and the constructor was Austrian if I am not mistaken.

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so very similar to the upcoming Skopje cable car system. It'll start at 200m which is the altitude of most of Skopje and finish at the top of the mountain which is cca 1100. and also very similar in lenght...

who built this thing in Tirana? Is it the city or a private investor? If investor is it domestic or foreign? oh, and when did they open it?

It was a private domestic investment. The desing was made by the Institute of Forestry Studies. The construction was carried out by DoppelMayr (Austria).

I think a cable car ropway system for Skopje will be a great thing to add to the city. In fact I hoped that Tirana had a cable car instead of a gondola system. CC work better in windy in condintions. Dajti Express is closed down in windy weather. This affected the income for the past months.

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It was a private domestic investment. The desing was made by the Institute of Forestry Studies. The construction was carried out by DoppelMayr (Austria).

I think a cable car ropway system for Skopje will be a great thing to add to the city. In fact I hoped that Tirana had a cable car instead of a gondola system. CC work better in windy in condintions. Dajti Express is closed down in windy weather. This affected the income for the past months.

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Yes, but that the views are better in a gondola system. Not to mention that you do not have to cut trees down, and go over lakes.

It was a private domestic investment. The desing was made by the Institute of Forestry Studies. The construction was carried out by DoppelMayr (Austria).

I think a cable car ropway system for Skopje will be a great thing to add to the city. In fact I hoped that Tirana had a cable car instead of a gondola system. CC work better in windy in condintions. Dajti Express is closed down in windy weather. This affected the income for the past months.

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-Firstly it would have been far far more expensive hence it's a non-starter.

-Secondly it can only work if the ascending slope is not too steep, which is not the case with Dajti - yet again wishful thinking and a non-starter.

Dajti Express is closed during windy and/or rainy weather. What I said was the outcome of this. I am not arguing whether the view is better on CC or on a gondola, since I know the second is better because it is not placed on the ground.

Here are the solutions offered by DoppelMayr on ropwaysystems so we can have something to base our discussion on (surce: DoppelMayr website):

Funitel - advanced ropeway technology. Perfected by Doppelmayr, the Funitel system offers outstanding lateral stability for operation at wind speeds of 100 km/h or above. The use of two parallel haul ropes 3.2 m apart makes it possible to achieve extremely long spans.

A special pneumatic cabin suspension ensures that the 24 passengers enjoy the ride in maximum comfort. Line speeds of up to 7.5 m/s generate transport capacities of 3,200 - 4,000 persons per hour.

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Funifor - is a ropeway system patented by Doppelmayr. Its main characteristic is the broad rope gauge of the track ropes. The haul rope loop is connected with the carrier via 4 horizontal bullwheels.

The most important features in a nutshell:

- wide rope gauge and extreme wind stability
- short carrier hanger that enables compact and
flat station buildings
- independent drives for each carrier and
therefore no evacuation ropeway required
- spliced and maintenance-friendly haul rope loop

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Reversible or jig-back ropeways - operate with one or two carriers, comprising a carriage, a hanger and the actual car, which travel to and fro between the terminals. Traction is provided via a haul rope, with the carriage running on single or twin track ropes. The cars can be built to carry anything between 20 and 200 persons at speeds of up to 12 m/s. Depending on the size of the car, line speed and line length, transport capacities vary between 500 and 2,000 persons per hour. The Group maintains a reversible competence centre at Garaventa AG in Goldau, Switzerland.

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Gondola ropeways - offer a highly comfortable ride and are the system of choice for feeder services in ski areas, tourism resorts and the urban environment. The enclosed carriers provide full protection against the elements, and have been designed with a strong focus on the special needs of families and the elderly.
The gondolas are attached to the haul rope with detachable grips for safe and easy loading and unloading, with the carriers travelling through the terminals at creep speed before accelerating to a line speed of up to 6 m/s. Carrier capacity varies from four to fifteen persons, and system capacity can be as much as 3,600 persons per hour.

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In terms of the ropeway engineering involved, pulsed-movement systems are a relatively uncomplicated solution, operating with fixed-grip gondolas running in groups. Pulsed-movement aerial ropeways are suitable for both summer and winter facilities with relatively short line lengths. Passengers can be transported either seated or standing, at a maximum line speed of 7 m/s.

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Bicable and tricable ropeways - combine features of both gondola and reversible systems. These detachable circulating ropeways operate with carrier capacities of up to thirty passengers for a maximum transport capacity of 6,000 persons per hour. The advantages of bicable and tricable ropeways derive from their outstanding wind stability, low power consumption and the use of very long spans. Maximum line speed is 7.5 m/s.

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Funicular railways - operate with one or two cars or train sets running on a dedicated guideway or track and offer maximum availability in windy conditions. Operation is normally in the to-and-fro mode, with a haul rope used to provide the traction. Maximum line speed is 14 m/s, and car or train capacity can be anything between 20 and 400 persons. Transport capacity can vary between 500 and 3,000 persons per hour, depending on car capacity, line speed and line length.

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With carriers for two, four, six or eight passengers, chairlifts are an extremely convenient and modern solution for very high transport capacities of up to 4,000 persons per hour. Chairlifts are a popular choice for winter sports resorts as passengers can ride the lifts without having to remove their skis or boards.

Doppelmayr's state-of-the-art detachable chairlift system offers safe and convenient loading at very low terminal speeds and can be operated at line speeds of up to 5 m/s. Carriers can be supplied as open or canopy (bubble) chairs and/or with special weather-resistant and hard-wearing padding.

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Fixed-grip chairlifts are built as both summer and winter tourism facilities. The double, quad or six-seater chairs are permanently attached to the haul rope. The loading conveyor system developed by Doppelmayr is the key to safe and convenient boarding on fixed-grip installations operated at rope speeds of up to 3 m/s. Transport capacity can reach up to 3,200 persons per hour depending on the size of the chairs used.

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I think that the ropeway in Llogara, connceting the beach with the mountain will be a great addition to the area.

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RIKONSTRUKSIONI I PIACES NE SHKODER, DREJT PERFUNDIMIT

SHKODER Nje fytyre ndryshe per rrugen qendrore te Shkodres. Rruges se famshme te Piaces po i jepet dora e fundit ne rikonstruksionin e saj. Me venien ne pune te nje fondi prej 18 mije dollaresh, po tentohet qe t'i ndryshohet "fytyra" qytetit te Shkodres, me nje vale te gjere rikonstruksionesh.

Pas lyerjes se fasadave te 5 pallateve te para, tashme radhen e ka qendra e qytetit. Shetitorja "13 Dhjetori", eshte faza e dyte e rikonstruktimeve qe po kryhen nga bashkia e ketij qyteti, me fondet e saj dhe te disa donatoreve te huaj te rendesishem. Aktualisht, Bashkia e Shkodres me fondet e veta ka financuar dhe po ve ne zbatim shtrimin dhe asfaltimin e disa akseve rrugore, ne te cilat po ndihmon edhe komuniteti.

Hartimi dhe zbatimi i projektit per restaurimin ne te gjitha drejtimet te kesaj rruge, vjen menjehere pas perfundimit te zbatimit te projektit te meparshem, gjate te cilit u krye lyerja e 5 pallateve ne hyrje te qytetit te Shkodres, nder te cilat dy i perkisnin rruges "Vasil Shanto" dhe tre te tjere rruges "Alqi Kondi".
Me ane te ketij projekti u shenua dhe fillimi i fazes se rinovimit te pamjes se Shkodres, aq te deshiruar per banoret e ketij qyteti. Per realizimin e kesaj faze u perdor nje fond prej 18 mije dollaresh, me ane te te cilave u krye dhe vijezimi i rrugeve te qytetit, si dhe filloi krijimi i ambienteve te gjelbra ne hyrje te qytetit. Projekti u financua nga agjencia e Shteteve te Bashkuara per zhvillim nderkombetar, USAID, Korpusi i Paqes, Keshilli i Qarkut te Shkodres, si dhe Bashkia e Shkodres.
Rudina Llazari

Thats owesome shkodra is getting fixed up now buti really want many of the historical things there restored and preserved because it truly is a great city.

Lexova te Shekulli sot qe eshte ndare nje fond prej 3.5 milion $ nga ministria e turizmit qe do investohet per te permiresuar sherbimet turistike, klasifikimin e yjeve te hoteleve ne zonat turistike por do kete edhe investime ne qytetet Gjirokaster dhe Berat.
Do ishte nje inisiative e rendesishme qe te hapej nje fond i vecante ku te rikonstruktoheshin te gjitha keshtjellat dhe vendet me pasuri arkeologjike.
Nqs veme re, vetem keshtjella e Krujes eshte e vetmja keshtjelle qe ka nje rikonstruksion te plote, dhe perben vlera jashtzakonisht interesante per turistin e huaj duke e bere nje qytet te parendesishem si Kruja, te rendesishem dhe si nje pike turistike (mund te themi)

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Po sikur, te investohej ne kalate e Beratit dhe Gjirokastres, te dy keto qytete qe ofrojne patjeter me shume se Kruja jo vetem nga rendesia por edhe historia dhe pasuria e madhe kulturore qe kane keto dy qytete?

Lexova te Shekulli sot qe eshte ndare nje fond prej 3.5 milion $ nga ministria e turizmit qe do investohet per te permiresuar sherbimet turistike, klasifikimin e yjeve te hoteleve ne zonat turistike por do kete edhe investime ne qytetet Gjirokaster dhe Berat.
Do ishte nje inisiative e rendesishme qe te hapej nje fond i vecante ku te rikonstruktoheshin te gjitha keshtjellat dhe vendet me pasuri arkeologjike.
Nqs veme re, vetem keshtjella e Krujes eshte e vetmja keshtjelle qe ka nje rikonstruksion te plote, dhe perben vlera jashtzakonisht interesante per turistin e huaj duke e bere nje qytet te parendesishem si Kruja, te rendesishem dhe si nje pike turistike (mund te themi)

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Po sikur, te investohej ne kalate e Beratit dhe Gjirokastres, te dy keto qytete qe ofrojne patjeter me shume se Kruja jo vetem nga rendesia por edhe historia dhe pasuria e madhe kulturore qe kane keto dy qytete?

Kruja eshte e lidhur me Skenderbeun qe keshtu do kete gjithmone me shume vlera per turizmin kombetar nga Kosova, Mali Zi dhe Maqedonia.

The bid for the contruciton of the Palase - Dhermi road has been launched with a top limit of 291.800.000 ALL (29.180.000$)

The bid for the study and project design of Farka and Morava bridges has been launched with a top limit of 2.000.000 ALL (20.000 $)

The bid for the reconstruction of the Fushe Arrez - Fushe Dukagjin (Kukes) road has been launched with a top limit of 42.000.000 ALL (420.000 $)

Basha: Nuk kemi renie investimesh. Se shpejti projekt te ri me “General Electric”

TIRANE (19 Prill)- Ministria e Transporteve ka rritje ne investimet publike dhe nuk ben pjese ne institucionet qe nuk i kane realizuar keto investime. Keshtu i eshte pergjigjur Ministri i Transporteve, Lulezim Basha, ankesave te titullarit te financave Ridvan Bode qe kritikoi disa institucione per mosrealizim te planit te investimeve. Basha u shpreh se ka marredhenie shume te mira me Ministrin e Financave duke shtuar se deklarata e tij per mosrealizim te investimeve eshte keqinterpretuar.

Ministri Basha, deklaroi gjithashtu per mediat se me kompanine “General Electric” do te fillohet nje projekt i ri. I pyetur nga gazetaret mbi nje gjyq te mundshem qe mund te kete hapur kompania “General Electric” me Ministrine e Transporteve, Basha u shpreh se nuk e beson nje gje te tille dhe se nuk ka informacion per kete gje. Sipas ministrit, me “General Electric” do te kete nje bashkepunim per nje projekt te ri, por ministri nuk ka folur konkretisht per cfare projekti behet fjale. (NEWS24/BalkanWeb)

Ministry of Transportation and Telecomunications signed a 13 million dollar agreement with italian government for the reconstruction of Vlora's Port.

Any railway news? Any plans to reconstruct railways?

Any railway news? Any plans to reconstruct railways?
Nope, unfortunately.

Latest "news" was this thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=311333

New constructions in Durres

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A list of some of the well known architecture studios in Albania:

Studio Arkitektura Sot

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Enigma

Hazbiu Projekt

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Studio Kule

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Son Projektim (one of the contestants Tirana's last tower project)

Studio Bakellbashi

Romeo Rama Market

Viktorja Nikolla

.....etc

Some new project for Tirana - poor quality photo though

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New structures in Vlora:


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The beautifull Vlora:

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Rama në bllokun “Artan Lenja”: Kryeqyteti vazhdon të ecë me ritmin e rikthyer të punës
Blloku Artan Lenja


Janë tashmë drejt përfundimit punimet për sistemimin dhe rikonstruksionin e infrastrukturës në bllokun “Artan Lenja”- “Ndre Mjeda”-Rruga e Kavajës-Unaza. Kjo është një zonë urbane, relativisht e dendur sidomos në pjesën jugore të saj me ndërtime 3-4 kate, tip vilash të ndërtuara vitet e fundit, ndërtime 3-5 kate të ndërtuara para viteve ’90, si dhe disa institucione shtetërore e sportive.

Kryebashkiaku Edi Rama që inspektoi punimet në këtë bllok banimi, u shpreh mes të tjerash:

“Në fund të fundit, të gjitha fjalët, replikat, dialogjet, polemikat, janë të vlefshme për sa kohë prodhojnë punë dhe ne vazhdojmë të dëshmojmë që mënyra se si e shohim dhe e konceptojmë ne politikën prodhon jo thjesht punë por prodhon punë me rezultate të shkëlqyera. Ky bllok është një tjetër dëshmi e faktit se kryeqyteti vazhdon të ecë me ritmin tashmë tërësisht të rikthyer të punës në shërbim të komunitetit dhe në përmbyllje të të gjitha premtimeve që i kemi dhënë komunitetit”.

Gjendja e infrastrukturës në rrugët brenda bllokut ka qenë e amortizuar, ndërsa në rrugët kufizuese është ndërhyrë me investime. Rrugët kufizuese të bllokut janë arteriet kryesore të qytetit dhe të kësaj zone, siç është Unaza dhe Rruga e Kavajës. Shtresat rrugore më parë paraqiteshin me gropëzime deri edhe 50 cm të thella. Nevojë emergjente për ndërhyrje kishte edhe rrjeti i kanalizimeve të ujërave të bardha. Ndërsa rrjeti i kanalizimeve të ujërave të zeza dhe ujësjellësit ka qenë në gjendje të mirë dhe nuk kishte nevojë për ndërhyrje. Rrjeti i ndriçimit në këtë bllok ishte inekzistent duke rritur shkallën e pasigurisë së banorëve këmbësorë në rrugët e bllokut dhe kishte nevojë për ndërhyrje.


Të dhëna kryesore për punimet në infrastrukturën e bllokut:


Punimet trajtojnë zgjerimin dhe rehabilitimin e infrastrukturës së bllokut “Artan Lenja”, kufizuar nga rrugët “Artan Lenja”, “Ndre Mjeda”, Unaza dhe Rruga e Kavajës.

- Vlefta e plotë e objektit 196 000 000 lekë.
- Burimi i financimit janë të ardhurat e Bashkisë së Tiranës.
- Gjerësia e trupit të rrugës “Artan Lenja” është 7m , ndërsa rrugët e brendshme të bllokut janë parashikuar 5m.
- Gjerësia e trotuarëve është marrë 2m në të dy anët e rrugës “Artan Lenja”, ndërsa për rrugët e brendshme të bllokut, trotuarët janë parashikuar 1m në të dy krahët.
- Projekti i kanalizimit të ujërave të bardha parashikon rindërtimin e këtij rrjeti, ndërsa projekti i kanalizimeve të ujërave të zeza parashikon vetëm riparimin dhe ngritjen e kuotës së pusetave të kontrollit, pasi rrjeti ekzistues i kanalizimeve të ujërave të zeza të bllokut është në gjendje të mirë pune dhe nuk është e nevojshme që të ndërhyhet.
- Projekti i ndriçimit parashikon vendosjen në njërin krah të shtyllave metalike me lartësi 7,8m në rrugët e brendshme të bllokut.
- Për gjelbërimin është pasur parasysh gjelbërimi i sipërfaqeve në hapësirat e lira ndërmjet banesave parafabrikat.

Volumet kryesore të punimeve:

Gërmime e transport dherash 15303 m3
Shtresa zhavorri, çakulli 10980 m3
Veshje rrugë me shtresa asfalti 25463 m2
Veshje trotuari me asfalt 7563 m2
Furnizim vendosje bordure të parapërgatitura dhe të derdhura 707 m3
Betone të derdhura në objekt 2078 m3
Kanalizime me tuba PVC për ujërat e bardha, tuba Ø 200 8481 ml

Ndriçues të lartë 157 copë

09.05.2006

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the country is advancing !

ALBANIA: German Gov’t Funds Construction of Power Substation in Gjirokastra..

2006-06-20 16:15:54

The construction of this power substation, which costs EUR 3.7 mln, is part of a big project “energy supply for southern Albania”, the Economy Minister said. This project reaches a total value of EUR 33.7 and is financed by the Germany government through KfW bank. Forgotten for many years, one of the biggest power substations in the southern part of Albania will be fully reconstructed to solve once and for all the energy problem in this part of the country.

Source: Albanian Daily News

New church in Durres
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Any new updates on the Master Plan for Tirana?

28/12/2006 - Brikena Shllaku-balkanweb.com

Shkoder-Rruga muze e Pjacës, e cila është sinonim i bukurisë dhe i
vlerave të patjetërsueshme të qytetit të Shkodrës, më në fund do të
rehabilitohet plotësisht. Rikonstruksioni jo vetëm i aksit rrugor por edhe i ndërtesave karakteristike të qendrës së qytetit verior, që njihet me emrin “Dugajt e Reja” do të bëhet konform traditës por përshtatur dhe me zhvillimin bashkëkohor. Rehabilitimi i kësaj rruge do të bëhet i mundur në sajë të një fondi prej 41 milionë lekësh të akorduara Bashkisë së Shkodrës nga fondi shtesë i buxhetit të shtetit. Lajmi bëhet publik nga drejtuesit e këtij institucioni, të cilët pohojnë se është bërë tenderi dhe se shumë shpejt do të nisin punimet. Ndërkohë drejtori i Drejtorisë Rajonale të Monumenteve të Kulturës në këtë rreth, Ervin Gjini pohon se 2,7 milionë lekë nga fondi i dhënë do të përdoret për pastrimin, riparimin e fasadave të
ndërtesave që ndodhen në Pjacë.
INVESTIMI
Kreu i Monumenteve të Kulturës së Shkodrës pohon se me investimin që
do të bëhet rruga e Pjacës do të marrë pamjen që i takon. Sipas tij,
projekti parashikon restaurimin e mureve, dritareve, dyerve, grilave
dhe kapakëve të tyre, por edhe sistemimi i rrugës. Ndërkaq, mbeten
problem

kabllot elektrikë dhe telefonikë, pasi janë vendosur pa
kriter dhe jashtë çdo kushti teknik (ato duhet të jenë jashtë
objekteve që mbrohen me ligj nga shteti). Bashkia në bashkëpunim me
tregtarët e vegjël të kësaj rruge, disa kohë më parë ka rregulluar
trotuaret si dhe shtrimin e kabllove nëntokësore. Aktualisht kabllot
elektrikë ajrorë dhe telat që varen nga njëra anë në tjetrën do të
hiqen, dhe për këtë është kërkuar bashkëpunimi me KESH-in.
RRUGA MUZE
Në dy anët e rrugës muze të Pjacës ka shtëpi karakteristike të
vjetra. Mjaft prej tyre janë të amortizuara, ngaqë nuk është vënë
dorë në të. Ky aks, vepër e arkitektit e piktorit të njohur Kolë
Idromeno, është objekt i vizitës së çdo turisti të huaj apo shqiptar
që shkon në Shkodër. Projekti për rehabilitimin e plotë të saj, ku
përfshiheshin ndërtesat në dy anët, është folur prej kohësh. Por
vetëm tani do të bëhet i mundur realizimi i tij. Qytetarët shkodranë
e shohin me optimizëm nisjen e punimeve në rrugën muze, me të cilën
ato krenohen para çdo të huaji. Në këtë rrugë, ndërtesat janë të
ngritura sipas stilit venecian, ndërsa në të ka dhe mjaft biznese të
vogla që i janë përshtatur traditës së dikurshme të saj. Në gjysmën
e dytë të viteve 80-të të shekullit të kaluar, në këtë rrugë ka qenë
e vendosur dhe ekspozita kombëtare e kulturës popullore. Është e
pafalshme që në këtë rrugë të vazhdojnë të jenë gërmadhë dy
ndërtesat e bankave të cilat janë djegur gjatë trazirave të 97-98
tës.

http://shkodraonline.com/news.php?extend.453

so the reconstruction of this area of the city will start.

http://www.shkodraonline.com/galeria/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=14536&g2_serialNumber=2

That is going to look so good after it is done. I hope that they put like a rocky surface on the road to give it that old Classy look that Shkodrra deserves. After this is done I bet alot of business will move in as well as more and more people would be drawn to it.

Shkodra has some charming venetian architecture in the old part of the city and i'm glad city hall is undertaking measures to renovate these buildings.
I read in Gazeta Shqiptare about this a few days ago, i believe they have an organization called Creative City (or something like that) which is helping to change the image of Shkodra which has seen very little investments these past 15 years.

I'll open a separate thread about Shkodër since it's one of the top 5 largest cities in the country and the largest northern city.

The TEC of VLORA
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Awesome. Great to see construction has started. :cheers:

Not really, im against this stuff, they're building way too close to the water

DURRES - KUKES - MORINE
The tunnel

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http://i11.tinypic.com/53fhg1z.jpg

^^ great pic :cheers: .....the highway is going to look awesome when finished..

Not really, im against this stuff, they're building way too close to the water

Isn't it by the city and you said it yourself the city is pretty dirty, so this won't harm much more then it will be positive for the country.

DURRES - KUKES - MORINE
The tunnel

http://i18.tinypic.com/4lz68i1.jpg

http://i11.tinypic.com/53fhg1z.jpg

tunnel is coming out great

Where exactly is this tunnel located along the highway that's being built? Any maps please?

In Thirrë - Kalimash segment

http://www.mpptt.gov.al/images/rruga/harta.jpg

Isn't it by the city and you said it yourself the city is pretty dirty, so this won't harm much more then it will be positive for the country.

It's complicated, the city itself is dirty cause of construction and other things like not good sanitation. This is kind of a permanent problem while the one they have now is termorary

can someone tell me about the recent scandal involving the highway?

They stole 1.5 tons of explosives from the company

kur ndodhi kjo nuk kam degjuar per kete

They stole 1.5 tons of explosives from the company


Well...after they stole 400 million dollars for it...1.5 tons of explosives is a relief.

DURRES - KUKES - MORINE
The tunnel

http://i18.tinypic.com/4lz68i1.jpg

http://i11.tinypic.com/53fhg1z.jpg


I really like those pics

Well...after they stole 400 million dollars for it...1.5 tons of explosives is a relief.

This what happens when you give contracts to BECHTEL, one of the most corrupted and politically connected companies in the World. They don't give a damn about quality, they're just to make money for Washington heavy weight figures

In Iraq they took 25 millions to build a 2 storeys Police Academy and the building is falling to pieces and is covered in shit already. For T-joints on the sewage pipes they just cut a hole and placed the other tubes in there with no isolation at all and the sh*t and the rest of the crap just kept flowing throw the walls and ceilings.

Its not Bechtel that is at fault buddy....its a certain ex-Minister of Transportation.

This what happens when you give contracts to BECHTEL, one of the most corrupted and politically connected companies in the World. They don't give a damn about quality, they're just to make money for Washington heavy weight figures

In Iraq they took 25 millions to build a 2 storeys Police Academy and the building is falling to pieces and is covered in shit already. For T-joints on the sewage pipes they just cut a hole and placed the other tubes in there with no isolation at all and the sh*t and the rest of the crap just kept flowing throw the walls and ceilings.


Bechtel got kicked out of Croatia. The quality of their work is OK, but the way they do business is irritating. They had a kind of deal with our foreign minister (he got his ass kicked out of the government as well).

After that happened, almost everything here is being built by our local companies. Results are great, grow of domestic companies in capital and know how, lucrative new stocks on the Zagreb Stock Exchange, new investments and so on.

The point: allocate as much as possible of construction to the local AL companies.

^^ There are no Albanian companies capable to do the job. The construction sector in Albania is very primitive (YES IT'S TRUE!!!), so foreign companies are needed, but not companies that you can't handle respondable for their behaving.

I've heard that there were problems with the alignement of the tunnels. Hope it was false.

Its not Bechtel that is at fault buddy....its a certain ex-Minister of Transportation.

You mean the puppet with the strings attached?

Bechtel like Hulliburton are far from angels, they are to stay as far away as possible.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/23/BUGHR9VSA71.DTL&type=business

And who is this idiot that chose Bechtel Corp? :bash:

And who is this idiot that chose Bechtel Corp?

What did I say above? A certain former Minister of Transportation...you know...one of those "whiz kids" of Profesor Doktori...that were going to save us and for whom you voted for.

Its sad...but I'm really happy...at least I wasn't proved wrong about those scum people.

Njeriu qe qesh. :lol:

Njeriu qe qesh.

Se s'te ben te qash prandaj...

So this nuclear powerplant thing...isn't so much of a joke anymore. Profesor Doktori said today they'r talking with some Italian firms for the possibilty of building a nuclear powerplant (was on Top Channel's website, but now its gone). Now I know it probably won't happen anytime soon, becasue Doktori is full of shi*t and lies and can't even get me that Pentium V computer he promised me, let alone a nuclear powerplant. But the idea I think, is good. Some people say we can't handle it, but I think we can. There were plans to build a research plant during Hoxha's time, so somewhere there are trained scientists in this field in Albania. The security isn't much of a concern either to me, and the handeling of the nuclear debris will be taken care off by the operators of the plant, which probably will be a foreign company anyway.

we have an academy of nuclear research so yes there are scientists. chances of happening negative 99%

^^ There are no Albanian companies capable to do the job. The construction sector in Albania is very primitive (YES IT'S TRUE!!!), so foreign companies are needed, but not companies that you can't handle respondable for their behaving.

I've heard that there were problems with the alignement of the tunnels. Hope it was false.

Who told you this? There are Albanian companies that have taken on other projects throughout the country and have done them really well....Llogara road is one of them

Certainly the tunnel digging could be done by Albanian companies. They'r not using any special equipment or method that we'r not familiar with.

However, as with everything...corruption plays a role in it.

However, as with everything...corruption plays a role in it.

no matter the company commencing the works if the government is corrupt or weak they will be taken advantage of. a croatian company ripped of the shkoder municipality a couple of months ago. they were to lay down a main power line beneath the city streets. after they were done they did a shitty job of repaving the street. stole 100k euros from the municipality and left one of the main roads of the city looking like it was in badghdad.

Who told you this? There are Albanian companies that have taken on other projects throughout the country and have done them really well....Llogara road is one of them

Not the part where there the terrain is unstable and keep falling down, taking part of the road with it.

However I stand by what I said before. The construction sectors in the country can be considered primitive (by nowdays standarts)

Who told you this? There are Albanian companies that have taken on other projects throughout the country and have done them really well....Llogara road is one of them

Certainly the tunnel digging could be done by Albanian companies. They'r not using any special equipment or method that we'r not familiar with.

While I'm perfectly aware of the CRAP job that most foreign construction companies have done in Albania, and that half of the time they haven't even been able to finish the project at all, this was perhaps the only project that needed foreign expertise. How many Albanian companies have worked one two parallel, 6km long tunnels, starting from the two different ends? How could we be familiar with such type of tunnel digging methods, if we have NEVER been in such a situation before. You could point out the Guri Kuq railway tunnel near Pogradec or the Gjadri tunnels, but they're nothing compared to this. Also Llogara doesn't involve any tunnels and it was actually the army that widened the existing old road by blowing the shit out of those rocks.



As for the nuclear power plant, there was an interesting article on The Guardian today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2208651,00.html

no matter the company commencing the works if the government is corrupt or weak they will be taken advantage of. a croatian company ripped of the shkoder municipality a couple of months ago. they were to lay down a main power line beneath the city streets. after they were done they did a shitty job of repaving the street. stole 100k euros from the municipality and left one of the main roads of the city looking like it was in badghdad.

You can not blame the company that did the works but the municipality that paid for it

DURRES - KUKES - MORINE
The tunnel

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http://i11.tinypic.com/53fhg1z.jpg

:banana:

New structures in Vlora:


http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/9760/48110519img6642copy13vo.jpg

Nice!

Nice!

Kitsch!

As for the nuclear power plant, there was an interesting article on The Guardian today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2208651,00.html

Shqiperia eshte bere koshi plerave i Italise dhe ashtu do te mbetet.

Mereni lehte kete te Centralit Berthamor, sa llafe keput Berisha,muaj per muaj, e asgje sbehet, sidomos kjo qe eshte vetem ne kuadrin e fantazise, e ska ne shanc te behet realitet.
Shtyn muajt e qeverise tjetri me keto.

Edhe sikur italianet, sic thuhet, kjo e berthamoreve kap shume shtete e do leje qe te maresh, qe shqiperi dhe per 10 a 20 as behet fjala te mar.

Italianet sben dote nje te digjnin plehrat ne shqiperi, pale te bejne kete berthamoren qe prek shume dhe eshte ne dore te institucioneve nderkombetare para se te aprovohet.

Une nuk e du ate mut ne shqiperi...ja qifsha robt ati berishes

na dhiu shtetin bythqiri, pse nuk ka vdek

:D:D

Une nuk e du ate mut ne shqiperi...ja qifsha robt ati berishes

na dhiu shtetin bythqiri, pse nuk ka vdek


Po njerez si Sali Berisha jetojn me shume dhe politikanet e paket te mire qe kemi sulmoen nga cdo ane!


Nejse fajin e ka populli qe akoma meren me Nano dhe Berishen.

Mereni lehte kete te Centralit Berthamor, sa llafe keput Berisha,muaj per muaj, e asgje sbehet, sidomos kjo qe eshte vetem ne kuadrin e fantazise, e ska ne shanc te behet realitet.
Shtyn muajt e qeverise tjetri me keto.

Edhe sikur italianet, sic thuhet, kjo e berthamoreve kap shume shtete e do leje qe te maresh, qe shqiperi dhe per 10 a 20 as behet fjala te mar.

Italianet sben dote nje te digjnin plehrat ne shqiperi, pale te bejne kete berthamoren qe prek shume dhe eshte ne dore te institucioneve nderkombetare para se te aprovohet.

Ndotja nga djegia e plehrave eshte me e madhe se nga centrali berthamor, te pakten ne te tashmen. Me centralin berthamor duhet vetem qe te shqetesohesh nqs ndodh ndonje aksident, qe normalisht s'duhet te ndodhe, dhe kur te zevendesosh karburantin.

Une personalisht jam kunder kesaj ideje, se s'kam besim qe ne jemi ne gjendje te kemi nje central berthamor. Ne rradhe te pare s'besoj qe ne do te lejohemi qe ta ndertojme ate sidomos duke marre parasysh se c'po ndodh ne Iran. Neve vertet nuk jemi (ose pretendojme te jemi) agresive si puna e Iranit, por prape do te jete shume e veshtire per Ameriken dhe BEne qe ta justifikojne mbeshtetjen per kete projekt ndersa kundershtojne ate ne Iran. Plus, qe vende si fqinjet e tane te mire si puna e grekerve qe tani kane dale kunder.
Edhe sikur ne te lejohemi, nuk e di se c'do te ndodhe mbas 5 a 10 vjetesh (apo sa kohe duhet qe te nderrohet karburanti (fuel) berthamor ne central). Cfare do te bejme me mbetjet ne? Neve s'kemi aq siperfaqe te madhe qe mund te sakrifikojne ca per mbetjet berthamore. Dhe s'ma ha mendja qe do te kete ndonje vend tjeter gati per te qene koshi i plehrave tona.

E megjithate, une e kuptoj pse disa njerez e mbeshtesin kete ide. Shumica e atyre ketu nuk jetojne ne Shqiperi dhe nuk jetojne pa drita. Keshtu qe e kane te lehte te thone qe nuk e duam kete central. Dhe ju lutem mos filloni me budalliqe qe kriza energjitike ne Shqiperi filloi nga keq menaxhimi i hidrocentraleve kur erdhi Sala ne pushtet. Kriza energjitike ne Shqiperi ka qene GJITHMONE prezente, dhe ajo qe ju e quani me keq filloi vetem ne vjeshten e 2005. Kini parasysh qe demokratet erdhen pushtet ne shtator te 2005, keshtu qe dhe sikur te donin, nuk kishin kohe qe ti shkaterronin gjerat. Puna eshte se kerkesa per energji ne Shqiperi si ne cdo vend qe eshte ne zhvillim vjen duke u rritur. Shikojeni pak sa veta kane ajer te kondicionuar sot ne krahasim me para 5 vjetesh, plus gjithe bizneset e reja. Ndersa kerkesat rriten, burimi i energjise ka ngelur ai qe ka qene ose eshte bere me keq, duke marre parasysh dimrin e thate qe kemi pasur, plus mbylljen e centraleve ne Bullgari ne fillim te vitit.
Sic e thashe dhe me perpara, une jam kunder ketij projekti, por fatkeqsisht nuk shoh ndonje zgjidhje tjeter per krizen e energjise ne Shqiperi. Termocentralet, megjithese nuk kane rreziqe radioaktive, kane problemet e tyre. Problemi i pare eshte se energjia e prodhuar eshte shume e shtrenjte. I dyti eshte ndotja e ajrit nga tymrat dhe ndotja termale e ujrave. Per mua termocentralet jane vetem zgjidhje temporale sepse edhe hidrokarburet s'i kane ditet e gjata keshtu sic po shkon cmimi i naftes. Kur ishin socialistet ne pushtet u hodh ideja e ngritjes se mullinjve me ere per energji dhe shumica qeshen dhe asgje s'u be, pavarsisht se sot bota po nderton gjithmone e me shume te tille. Nqs, ne do te ishim ne gjendje te perdornin energjine e eres do te ishim ne nje pozicion me te mire tani. S'do te ishte e mundur qe ta zgjidhnim krizen plotesisht por cdo nisme e vogel ndihmon nga pak. Per mua e ardhmja eshte energjia berthamore (megjithese s'besoj qe Shqiperia eshte e afte per te akoma) se s'ka zgjidhje tjeter sot per sot. Energjia alternative si era do te jete vetem suplementare, sepse fatkeqsisht nuk e perballon gjithe kerkesen.

Nje çentral bethamor do e permirsonte shume situaten energjitike ne Shqiperi. Gjeja e vetme negative qe mund te kete ky projekt, eshte qe centrali mund te perdoret si shinjester nga ndonje grup terrorist.

Irani doli kunder ketij projekti ashtu sic pritej. Lajmi eshte ne Top-Channel.

Nuk ja vlen ta krahasosh shqiperine me vendet e tjera europiane per kete pune. Shqiperia ne kete rast thjesht do ekzistoj si koshi plerave i italise. Tashti mendoni ju, kur nje vend si italia qe eshte 300,000 km2 i thote jo energjise berthamore, me sa tru do e perballoj shqiperia nje gje te tille me 28,000 km2? Ku do i coj mbeturinat? Me verte mendoni se Dr. Rrumpalla eshte me i zgjuar se gjithe Italia?

Austrian power utility power EVN has submitted a binding offer for a licence to build three hydropower plants in Albania with combined capacities of 400MW.

In July the Albanian government cleared the way for EVN to build hydro plants to generate more than 1000GWh per year on its Devol river. The greenlight for the project came mid-year after EVN undertook feasibility studies in the preceding months into the possibility of building three peak-storage plants on the river.

The utility said that the approval, following assessment by state authorities, was the first step in developing the 'sizeable’ hydro power potential of Albania, and it launched a definitive tendering process with a deadline of Monday 19 November for offers to build the plants.

In January, a pact was signed between the government of Albania, the federal province of Lower Austria and EVN on energy development. the feasibility studies were started thereafter and the package of three plants is the first product of the pact.

EVN hopes to develop energy schemes in south east Europe in a similar model to that in Lower Austria with a mix of hydro, renewables and thermal resources.

If this Austrian company wins the bid, when is it planned to start construction?


What Albania really needs to meet its demand, the bets way is to build dams in a river which the flow never stops unlike an artificial lake where you have to rely on rain!

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - The International Monetary Fund said Albania's growth outlook stays positive but serious macroeconomic challenges will have to be tackled urgently and forcefully if the good progress of recent years is to be maintained.

The IMF reiterated its support to Albania's sustainable growth, but said a key challenge ahead for authorities will be to steer a clear course among the many competing priorities for the economy.

Economic growth has remained strong at 6 pct despite the energy crisis and regional drought, but cost pressures have added to inflation and fiscal risks are on the horizon, the IMF said. Stronger-than-projected exports and manufacturing activity have offset the negative impact of the energy crisis and drought on growth, it added.

Particularly, the severe deterioration in the state-owned electricity company KESH's financial position needs to be reversed and public capital expenditures will need to be contained to avoid inflationary pressures, the IMF said.

With these prerequisites in place, the IMF said that the recent increase in inflation is likely to be temporary, mainly reflecting one-off effects of higher food prices and energy disruptions, and the Bank of Albania's timely policy action and well-established credibility should help bring inflation back to the target range.

The authorities are aiming at faster mobilization of foreign financing for large infrastructure projects in 2008, which could add to overheating pressures and fiscal risks and it will be important to ensure that the budget deficit does not give rise to inflationary pressures, the IMF said.

The IMF said it is convinced inflation will return to the 2-4 pct target range in 2008, supported by an appropriate fiscal and monetary stance, measures in the electricity


It seems albania is doing pretty good economically despite the energy crisis. 6% growth is pretty good i think.

What Albania really needs to meet its demand, the bets way is to build dams in a river which the flow never stops unlike an artificial lake where you have to rely on rain!


:) You must be a nuclear scientist...

Nuk ja vlen ta krahasosh shqiperine me vendet e tjera europiane per kete pune. Shqiperia ne kete rast thjesht do ekzistoj si koshi plerave i italise. Tashti mendoni ju, kur nje vend si italia qe eshte 300,000 km2 i thote jo energjise berthamore, me sa tru do e perballoj shqiperia nje gje te tille me 28,000 km2? Ku do i coj mbeturinat? Me verte mendoni se Dr. Rrumpalla eshte me i zgjuar se gjithe Italia?

O Mirko...mir o mire se ky projekt s'ka per tu realizuar ndonjehere...po te pakten mos flisni shume budalleqe ala-shqiptarce. Italia nuk lejon per hir te nje referendumi popullor...jo se qeveria nuk do. E kupton diferencen? Kush tha qe Italianet jane me te mencur se ne Shqiptaret?? Nje mut jemi...nje ere mbajme. Populli Italian u friksua nga Cernobili...dhe tha "jo" per centrale berthamore. Shume bukur...atehere Franca ferkoj duart dhe tha shyqyr tani do ti shes pipinove energji sa me shtrenjte! Tani...Berisha s'ka aq tru sa ti hipte ne mendje vet nje ide e tille. I ka then Italia...doni nje central berthamor? Pra ka interes nga qeveria Italiane. Dhe mja me kto mbeturinat e budalleqet me kosha plerash. Italia po te kishte frike nga nje central berthamor...nuk do sugjernte ta ndertonte 90km larg vetes ne Shqiperi...(pra s'ka rendesi sa e madhe eshte Italia apo Shqiperia...prap jane 90km larg!). Ka me dhejtra centrale berthamore perreth Italise...edhe afer Shqiperise ka. Prandaj s'ka llogjike te mendosh se po mbron veten pa patur centrale berthamore. Mbeturinat e centraleve berthamore GJITHNJE kontrollohen nga IAEA...dhe zakonisht ne shume vende qe nuk mund ti strehojne dot vet...ato cohen ne vende te tjera ku ka vend per strehim. Sa per Shqiperine...strehimi i mbeturinave nuk do ishte problem ASPAK...ka tynele minerash sa te duash ku ato mund te varrosen.

Nga cdo pikpamje...nje central i tille mund te ndertohet ne Shqiperi brenda 10 vitesh...E vetmja gje qe na mungon...jane vidhat e trurit.

Article about LNG plant in Fier. Apparently construction is *supposed* to start in June.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7090572

US group nears $3.7 bln Albania power deal

By Benet Koleka
TIRANA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Swiss-based consortium ASG Power is close to clinching a deal to build a gas-fired power plant, a power line and a gas pipeline between Albania and Italy, ending decades of shortages in the Balkan country, its CEO said.
The scheme involves importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) by ship to Albania and using some to supply local needs for electricity and eventually for gas, while exporting most of it to Italy in the form of gas and power.
Chief Executive Officer Agim Gjinali said that ASG -- made up of public utility AET from Switzerland's Ticino canton, with Swiss and U.S. partners -- had obtained one of the permits needed for a 2.5 billion euro ($3.66 billion) "Adriatic Gas and Power" project.
"If we receive the two last permits in 2007, we plan to start building in June next year," Gjinali said, referring to the permits needed to build interconnection lines to the national grid.
"It will take us three years to finish. The secret and the potential of our project consists in offering Albania the electricity it needs to make up for its shortages," he told Reuters in a telephone interview late on Monday.
Albania's creaking power sector has attracted no investment since communism fell in 1990, and still relies on communist-era hydropower plants that are frequent victims of drought and poor maintenance.
A surge in demand due to booming business and private consumption has further burdened the network and power cuts of 15 hours a day are not rare, leaving most Albanians to rely on generators.
Gjinali said the project would see some 100 shipments of LNG from Qatar, Oman and Egypt arrive to a plant in Seman, southern Albania, every year.
It would be re-gasified and used to fire a plant with a planned capacity of 1,200 megawatts.

UNDERSEA LINKS
The project would also include building a 340 km undersea power line across the Adriatic, linking Seman and Foggia in Italy, as well as a 116-km gas pipeline to the port of Brindisi in southern Italy.
Of the total forecast amount of 10 billion cubic metres of gas a year, two billion will go to supplying the Seman power plant and a future domestic market.
"The natural gas market does not yet exist in Albania, but two power stations, various factories and industrial and energy parks could mean there is demand, and Albania could gradually build a (gas) network," Gjinali said.
The remaining eight billion cubic metres would go to Italy through the undersea pipeline.
On electricity sales, the consortium aimed to offer Albanian business and state electricity firm KESH the first 200 megawatts of capacity at cost price, the rest at regional market prices.
Export targets were mainly Italy and the wider Balkan market -- Greece, Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro, said Gjinali, who declined to name the U.S. partners in the project until all the necessary permits had been obtained.
He said that potential consumers in Europe had been enthusiastic about the project at the first approach, seeing it as another route to a stable, diversified supply.
"Our project diversifies gas sources and eases dependence on Russian and Algerian gas," Gjinali said, "and Europe has a big need for gas right now." (Editing by Ellie Tzortzi and Anthony Barker)

:) You must be a nuclear scientist...



O Mirko...mir o mire se ky projekt s'ka per tu realizuar ndonjehere...po te pakten mos flisni shume budalleqe ala-shqiptarce. Italia nuk lejon per hir te nje referendumi popullor...jo se qeveria nuk do. E kupton diferencen? Kush tha qe Italianet jane me te mencur se ne Shqiptaret?? Nje mut jemi...nje ere mbajme. Populli Italian u friksua nga Cernobili...dhe tha "jo" per centrale berthamore. Shume bukur...atehere Franca ferkoj duart dhe tha shyqyr tani do ti shes pipinove energji sa me shtrenjte! Tani...Berisha s'ka aq tru sa ti hipte ne mendje vet nje ide e tille. I ka then Italia...doni nje central berthamor? Pra ka interes nga qeveria Italiane. Dhe mja me kto mbeturinat e budalleqet me kosha plerash. Italia po te kishte frike nga nje central berthamor...nuk do sugjernte ta ndertonte 90km larg vetes ne Shqiperi...(pra s'ka rendesi sa e madhe eshte Italia apo Shqiperia...prap jane 90km larg!). Ka me dhejtra centrale berthamore perreth Italise...edhe afer Shqiperise ka. Prandaj s'ka llogjike te mendosh se po mbron veten pa patur centrale berthamore. Mbeturinat e centraleve berthamore GJITHNJE kontrollohen nga IAEA...dhe zakonisht ne shume vende qe nuk mund ti strehojne dot vet...ato cohen ne vende te tjera ku ka vend per strehim. Sa per Shqiperine...strehimi i mbeturinave nuk do ishte problem ASPAK...ka tynele minerash sa te duash ku ato mund te varrosen.

Nga cdo pikpamje...nje central i tille mund te ndertohet ne Shqiperi brenda 10 vitesh...E vetmja gje qe na mungon...jane vidhat e trurit.

Po kete po them dhe une. Italia do marri energji te lire nga Shqiperia pa perballuar ndonje sakrifice ose ndryshe, Shqiperia=Koshi plerave i Italise. Sa per mbeturinat, tynele minirash ka kudo ne bote dhe prape ja sollen shqiperise .

Sic e thashe dhe me perpara, une e kam te sigurte qe kjo s'do te ndertohet, por ama energjia berthamore eshte e sigurte dhe e paster nqs se gjerat behen tamam. P.sh. ne France mbetjet berthamore rigjenerohen dhe perdoren prape. Kjo e redukton shume sasine e mbetjeve qe duhet te groposet. Termocentralet e thjeshte e ndosin mjedisin me shume se centralet berthamore duke marre parasysh naften qe duan termocentralet.

Po kete po them dhe une. Italia do marri energji te lire nga Shqiperia pa perballuar ndonje sakrifice ose ndryshe, Shqiperia=Koshi plerave i Italise. Sa per mbeturinat, tynele minirash ka kudo ne bote dhe prape ja sollen shqiperise .

Byth grisur dhe bishtin perpjet...kshu i thone ksaj. S'dashke te behesh "kosh plerash" te Italise ti...se Italia merka energji me lire nga ne. Turp i botes!!

Tama Shqiptarce...

Dhe cfar is sollen Shqiperise se s'e morra vesh??

Sa te shkurt e ke memorjen o derzi, s'man mend se c'ndodhi andej nga 90-ta? Byth-grisur jemi qe jemi po pse duhet te zhgenjejme dhe veten tone, si me centralin berthamor ashtu dhe me tecin, ne do shfrytezohemi njemije here me keq se ne kohen e ahmet zagollit, s'ke c'ti besh shqiptari aq tru ka.

What Albania really needs to meet its demand, the bets way is to build dams in a river which the flow never stops unlike an artificial lake where you have to rely on rain!

The artificial lakes are created by building the dams on a flowing river.

The dams are build for a single purpose: to create the artificial lake at an elevated water level that will secure stable and constant water flow as well create the cascade effect for powering the turbines.


... and what Albania really needs to meet its demand is to stop blabbering (and political propaganda) and and start working on the issue. :ohno:

some more pics from the construction of thie highway...and the bridge is getting build

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the work on the highway goes on 24 hours a day. 12 hour shifts. i heard the workers work pretty much non stop!! they wanna finish this fast...

When is it planned for the whole project to be completed, by what month, year?

this segment by 2009

seems like its coming out pretty good......hope work continues without any stoppage:)

Hey guys, I have a question (OT, hehehe :D): is there any OFFICIAL minority in Albania? I know there are "Greeks, Aromanians, Torbesh, Gorani, Macedonian Slavs, Roma, Montenegrins, Bulgarians, Balkan Egyptians and Jews" (Wikipedia) in Albania, but is any of them (and which) official? Like in Slovenia we have Hungarians and Italians (and Gypsies, I guess) official minorities, but Serbs, Croats etc., which are much more populous, aren't official minorities. I can't find anything about it in the Albanian Constitution (http://www.ipls.org/services/kusht/contents.html). :dunno:

Thanks for the answer! :) Oh, and please answer quickly! :D:D

Hey guys, I have a question (OT, hehehe :D): is there any OFFICIAL minority in Albania? I know there are "Greeks, Aromanians, Torbesh, Gorani, Macedonian Slavs, Roma, Montenegrins, Bulgarians, Balkan Egyptians and Jews" (Wikipedia) in Albania, but is any of them (and which) official? Like in Slovenia we have Hungarians and Italians (and Gypsies, I guess) official minorities, but Serbs, Croats etc., which are much more populous, aren't official minorities. I can't find anything about it in the Albanian Constitution (http://www.ipls.org/services/kusht/contents.html). :dunno:

Thanks for the answer! :) Oh, and please answer quickly! :D:D

This is not on topic at all, and will ruin a good thread...

No there are not, there aren't even that many minorities in Albania

^ So there's no official minority in Albania? Oh, and I have no bad intentions, I just have to do a seminar about it :) today! :D

there are, but they're tiny make up less than 5 percent of the population all together

^ So there's no official minority in Albania? Oh, and I have no bad intentions, I just have to do a seminar about it :) today! :D

for someone that leaves this to the last minute, doing research on the internet what credibility do you have with your question first of all?

^ So there's no official minority in Albania? Oh, and I have no bad intentions, I just have to do a seminar about it :) today! :D

Shhhhh.......we're trying to make them disappear.....

I think the Greeks and Roma are officially recognized, while the rest aren't.

for someone that leaves this to the last minute, doing research on the internet what credibility do you have with your question first of all?Hey hey hey, I'm good in writing seminars fast. :P

"The law permits official minority status for national groups and for ethnolinguistic groups." (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61633.htm); now where the f**k is this law?! :D Oh, and why isn't it in the Constitution? Thanks for the answers, guys!

Hey hey hey, I'm good in writing seminars fast. :P

"The law permits official minority status for national groups and for ethnolinguistic groups." (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61633.htm); now where the f**k is this law?! :D Oh, and why isn't it in the Constitution? Thanks for the answers, guys!

No there are no minorities in Albania. We are 100% pure Illyrian and expand all the way to Slovenia!

can we continue with the thread please???

Oh, so there's also Illyrian minority? Thanks! :D

Oh, so there's also Illyrian minority? Thanks! :D

man i think ur answer on wiki is just as good as one any of us could give you...just go with what genc said....if we are not sure about this subject, i am sure no one else is gonna raise any questions about ur data :)

Ok, got it: Greeks, Macedonians and Montenegrins are national minorities, and Gypsies and Aromanians (Vlachs) are ethnolinguistic minority groups. I hope that's it.

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with all the beautiful nature this is gonna end up being one good looking highway

^ Where's that? How much of the Durrës-Morinë highway is UC?

^^60 km

^ That's quite a lot. :okay:

NAFTA SHQIPERIA E PASUR SI KUVAJTI

Agjensia Kombetare e Burimeve Natyrore konfirmon ekzistencen e rezervave te medha te naftes ne veri dhe ne Shqiperine e mesme.Sipas nje studimi te eksperteve amerikane per llogari te kompanise zviceriane MANAS PETROLEUM
qe ka te drejten per shfrytezimin e zones veriore dhe qendrore,rezulton se ne nje siperfaqe prej 4000 km katror ekziston nje rezerve nafte prej gati 3 miliarde fucish.Zonat e pasura me arin e zi shtrihen nga Durresi ne Shkoder.

^^ Let's hope they are right. :cheers:

(Some American experts working for a Swiss company, are saying to have discover 3Bn barrels of oil reserves in 4000 sq.km. of territory from Durress to Shkoder)

For those of you who want an English article, here it is:
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/7297/


However, call me sceptic or whatever, but this might be a load of bull. According to Manas, they bought the rights of this oilfield from Shell for very cheap because Shell withdrew after the unrest in Albania in 1997 and later the Kosovo war. Now this might make sense but if these oilfields were gold mines as they are being presented now, Shell wouldn't have sold them away for cheap to Manas in 2004 (long after the Kosovo war had ended). And plus oil companies operate in some of the most volatile areas in the world anyway. What I suspect is happening here, is that we might very well hold an extra 3 billion barrels of oil, but the extractation cost might be so high that it's not worth it. Why would anyone for example pay $200 per barrel for Albanian oil, when they can pay only $100 for Norwegian oil. We keep hearing how we will run out of oil, and that's definitely not true. What we are running out of is cheap oil, and it will come a point where oil will become so expensive to extract that an alternative source of energy will be cheaper.

Yeah I think it's bs too. If it was true then it would be all over the news. Until now I've only read an article about it, which has been circulating from 4 days and nobody else has confirmed anything.

Huge oil, gas reserves found in Albania


http://www.eciks.org/english/news/photos/nafta11010801.jpg



Baar, Switzerland, 10 January, 2008 - Manas Petroleum Corporation announced today in a press release the results of a Resource Evaluation prepared by Gustavson Associates LLC regarding Manas Petroleum's blocks A, B,D and E in Albania.

The Report considers the licenses 8 primary and recognized prospects identified from approximately 4,000 kilometers of seismic shot by AlbPetrol, Shell, and Coparex on the concession position.

Gustavson assigns 2.987 billion barrels with 3.014 trillion cubic feet of associated gas as the P50 prospective oil resources in its oil with associated gas case. Gustavson notes that because of the depth it is possible that the prospects will hold natural gas. In its oil with a gas cap case Gustavson calculates the prospective resources to total 1.4 billion barrels of light oil and 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Gustavson estimates that in the event only gas is present the P50 prospective resource is 28 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Gustavson examined the Manas Albanian license position which consists of Blocks A, B, D & E with a total of approximately 780,000 gross acres located along the NW-SE trending fold belt of northwestern Albania. The plays include potential conventional exploration targets involving sub-thrust hydrocarbon accumulations in fractured carbonates. Gustavson's assessment is limited to the potential undiscovered oil and gas resources underlying the company's licenses.

The report notes that:
"The primary exploration targets are sub-thrust fractured carbonate reservoirs similar to those discovered in the 1990's in the Apennines of Italy. During the same time Shell and Coparex discovered a deep under-thrust structure within the blocks that, by their calculations, has the potential to contain a combined 820 million barrels (MMBO) recoverable of oil."

It states: "Manas has this opportunity because Shell and Coparex suspended all exploration activity and abandoned the blocks in reaction to the extreme unrest in Albania and the conflict in neighboring Kosovo allowing Manas to later acquire these superbly defined, giant, virtually drill ready prospects."

In the Gustavson reports closing statement in a discussion regarding the risks and probability of success Gustavson Associates states: "The probability of success for a wildcat well in a structurally complex area such as this is relatively high due to the fact that it is in a structurally favorable area, there exists a proven hydrocarbon source and analogous production exists only 20 to 30 kilometers away."

Manas is currently analyzing the Gustavson report and expects to release further details in approximately three weeks. The company is currently preparing a work program which consists of reprocessing seismic, seismic acquisition and processing to be followed by drilling.

ECIKS / Manas Petroleum Corporation press release

10 January 2008 Tirana _ Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha was presented on Wednesday with plans for a major renewable energy project, valued at €400 million.

Italian-Albanian Green Energy, a part of the Italian Marseglia Group, is seeking permission from the government to build a wind farm and a bio-fuel power plant in northern Albania.

The total generating capacity of these two projects is expected to be over 410 MW.

In December Italian power giant Enel SpA announced plans to build a coal-fired generating plant in Albania.

Enel plans to build its plant, fuelled by imported coal, with a generating capacity of approximately 1,300 MW, which would supply electricity to both the Italian and Albanian markets.

Over the past two years, Albania has been hit by an acute energy crisis, with regular power cuts throughout the country, including the capital Tirana.

Almost all of Albania's domestically-produced electricity is generated by hydro-power plants, which are badly affected by droughts, but even when rain is plentiful, the obsolete distribution grid causes major problems .

International organizations that monitor the Albanian economy, including the IMF and the World Bank, have expressed concern that the energy crisis could have an adverse effect on the country’s robust economic growth, which has been averaging close to 6% per annum in recent years.

According to Leonardo Marseglia, whose Marseglio Group includes food, bio-fuel, hotel and property interests, the improved business climate and the recent tax system overhaul, which ranks Albania as the country with the lowest taxes in the region, were a big incentive for the proposed investment.

The new rules, which came into force on January 1, halved corporation tax from its previous 20% rate, while the many formerly different rates of income tax and social security contributions are now also capped at 10%.

The changes are part of the efforts of Berisha’s centre-right government to improve the business climate in a bid to increase foreign investment.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/7280/

Nafta dhe gazi, Shqipëria e pasur si Kuvajti


Shoqëria e kërkimit të naftës Manas Petroleum, njoftoi dje se Shqiperia ka rezerva qe do të mjaftonin t’i shndërronin shqiptarët në „sheikë” të Adriatikut



Në rast se del i vërtetë vërtetimi, i publikuar dje nga ana e kompanisë amerikane të naftës Gustavson, me qendër në Kolorado, Shqipëria mund të „notojë”, pa e ditur, mbi naftë e gaz natyror. Shoqëria e kërkimit të naftës Manas Petroleum, një filiale zvicerane e së cilës ka fituar të drejtën e shftyrëzimit koncensionar të katër blloqeve naftëmbajtës në vendin tonë, njoftoi dje se, sipas studimit të kryer nga gjeologët e pajtuar prej saj, në thellësinë 5.100 metra poshtë rajonit të kryeqytetit, bashkohen dy depozita masive naftë-e-gazmbajtëse, rezervat e të cilave do të mjaftonin t’i shndërronin shqiptarët në „sheikë” të Adriatikut. Gjeologët e Gustavsonit kanë vlerësuar se në nëntokën e Shqipërisë së Mesme ndodhen 2,9 miliardë fuçi naftë dhe rreth 85 miliardë metër kub gaz natyror. Sipas raportit, 1,4 mld fuçi naftë, që është sasia e nxjerrshme, madje, duhet të jetë me cilësi të mirë, me përmbajtje të ulët squfuri, ndryshe nga cilësia e saj në pjesën më jugore të vendit.
Vlera
Aktualisht, një fuçi naftë shitet në bursat ndërkombëtare me rreth 100 dollarë. Por, vështirë se rezervat do të sillnin 300 miliardë dollarë, pasi jo e gjithë sasia e hidrokarbureve mund të rekuperohet nga teknologjia aktuale. Por, sidoqoftë, fjala është për një vlerësim, që duhet të hapë perspektiva shumë rozë për ekonominë shqiptare. Para disa dekadash, zbulimi i rezervave të mëdha të naftës në Detin e Veriut e ktheu Norvegjinë në vendin europian me të ardhura më të larta për frymë të popullsisë. Po kështu, ndikoi në rritjen e ndjeshme të ekonomisë angleze.
Rajoni
Rajoni, që do të shfrytëzohet nga zviceranët e Manas Petroleum, përfshin zonat nga jugu i Liqenit të Shkodrës e deri në Tiranë e Dumre të Elbasanit, në një sipërfaqe të përgjithshme prej rreth 4.000 kilometrash katrore. Sipas drejtorit të përgjithshëm të kompanisë, Alexander Becker, kërkimet kanë zbuluar se në periferi të Tiranës, në thellësinë 5.100 metra, ekziston një fushë me kapacitet të madh naftëmbajtës, që mund ta kthejë këtë rajon në një zonë industriale të prodhimit të naftës.
Ministria e Ekonomisë dhe Energjetikës, por as kompania Manas nuk kanë dhënë për publikun hollësi lidhur me çmimin që kanë paguar amerikanët për të fituar të drejtën e shfrytëzimit të kësaj pasurie të jashtëzakonshme natyrore të vendit tonë.
Kompania ka marrë që nga dhjetori 2007, në katër blloqe naftëmbajtës, të drejtën e shfrytëzimit mbi të cilat më parë e kishin kompanitë e huaja Shell Oil dhe Corporex, të cilat, pasi shpenzuan rreth 25 milionë USD për kërkime e shpime, u tërhoqën përfundimisht nga vendi ynë, të trembur nga pasojat e mundshme për jetën e punonjësve dhe investimet, gjatë rrëmujave të vitit 1997. (GazetaShqiptare)

Skanderbeg,
No offense dude, but why continue posting a non-news. Yes, all of a sudden we will all become rich because we struck oil. Give me a break. The Patos-Marinza oilfield is the largest on-land oilfield in Europe and yet we can't even produce enough for our own consumption. Oh and I would rather rely on what my neighbor's cousin, who heard from this guy who was sleeping with the janitor of some govt building in Tirana, told me than what an Albanian newspaper writes for this kind of news.

Skanderbeg,
No offense dude, but why continue posting a non-news. Yes, all of a sudden we will all become rich because we struck oil. Give me a break. The Patos-Marinza oilfield is the largest on-land oilfield in Europe and yet we can't even produce enough for our own consumption. Oh and I would rather rely on what my neighbor's cousin, who heard from this guy who was sleeping with the janitor of some govt building in Tirana, told me than what an Albanian newspaper writes for this kind of news.

"No offense dude"... but thats your opinion... are you telling me to ignore news headlines because of your opinion? i suggest you keep it for yourself, I myself would rather wait and see what happends without being optimistic or pessimistic...your opinion is simply just that: your opinion, nothing more...

Ok then continue posting the SAME thing every time you see an article about it.

And I guess it's also my opinion and not true that Patos-Marinza is the largest on shore oilfield in Europe and that we haven't seen any major benefit from oil, like say Norway (since you live there). Or are Albpretol and Manas on the same league as Statoil and Hydro? And I am to believe that Shell and Corporex spent $25 million only to abandon their investment because of some temporary unrest, at a time when they operate in much riskier countries. Oil companies will go to the most remote, most dangerous areas if they believe there is money to be made. Iraq anyone?

What we have here is a study that shows that there are oil reserves in Albania. We don't know how much money can be made there, and our newspapers are saying that all of a sudden we are a new Kuwait. And if this is big news as Manas is claiming it is, how come their stock price doesn't reflect it. I guess oil investors know less than the guy who wrote that great piece of journalism that you linked.

Qoke nji pall kari ti qe se paske shokun. 1997 e quan "temporary unrest"? O rrot nuk e di a ke qen ne Shqipri ne ate kohe po edhe Shqiptaret iken nga Shqipria e jo me Kompani nderkombtare si Shell. Ti nuk udhetoje dot nga nje qytet ne tjetrin pa pasur frik se do vriteshe, e ti po thu "temporary unrest."

Pastaj ne Irak nafta eshte gjetur qe para luftes se pare botrore edhe jane ditur 100% se sa jane rezervat. Nuk po them se u beme Kuvajti per nje dit po behu icik me optimist.

Ok then continue posting the SAME thing every time you see an article about it.

And I guess it's also my opinion and not true that Patos-Marinza is the largest on shore oilfield in Europe and that we haven't seen any major benefit from oil, like say Norway (since you live there). Or are Albpretol and Manas on the same league as Statoil and Hydro? And I am to believe that Shell and Corporex spent $25 million only to abandon their investment because of some temporary unrest, at a time when they operate in much riskier countries. Oil companies will go to the most remote, most dangerous areas if they believe there is money to be made. Iraq anyone?

What we have here is a study that shows that there are oil reserves in Albania. We don't know how much money can be made there, and our newspapers are saying that all of a sudden we are a new Kuwait. And if this is big news as Manas is claiming it is, how come their stock price doesn't reflect it. I guess oil investors know less than the guy who wrote that great piece of journalism that you linked.

^^ unlike you, I am not willing to sit here and spend my time on speculations... I am only posting the recent top headlines from the media about the new discovery..if it will be profitable or not, nobody knows yet, Manas have declared they will make public more details in a couple of weeks... what you choose to believe is not my concern, I couldn't care less...

Now find something else to do, and stop bitching..

^^ :lol:That's exactly what you're doing; speculating. The only difference is that you're letting some amateur journalist do the speculation for you. BTW, Biznesi also has an article about this. Why don't you link that too? But you might want to change the title before you post it, because the very knowledgable idiot who wrote it, claims that this discovery is in the Patos-Marinza oilfield. (Patos –Marinzë, zbulohet sasi e madhe nafte ($))



Qoke nji pall kari ti qe se paske shokun. 1997 e quan "temporary unrest"? O rrot nuk e di a ke qen ne Shqipri ne ate kohe po edhe Shqiptaret iken nga Shqipria e jo me Kompani nderkombtare si Shell. Ti nuk udhetoje dot nga nje qytet ne tjetrin pa pasur frik se do vriteshe, e ti po thu "temporary unrest."

Pastaj ne Irak nafta eshte gjetur qe para luftes se pare botrore edhe jane ditur 100% se sa jane rezervat. Nuk po them se u beme Kuvajti per nje dit po behu icik me optimist.


Yes, I call it temporary unrest. The blunt of it lasted less than one year. Heck, people were going about their normal lives as early as May/June of 97 in most of Albania. So yes, I'll call it temporary unrest. Nothing prohibited Shell or anyone else to come back to Albania in say 1998 or even as late as early 2000s, other than potential for profit of course. And oil has been discovered in Albania since the beginning of the last century. What does that have to do with anything? If profit was there, so would Shell. Iraq is a perfect example, since there is an ongoing war there and oil companies are still there. Have you ever worked for an major oil company or visited and seen how their operations work? Until you do, stop telling me that Albania was too dangerous for them if there is so much oil there.

O kastravec... Ty t'paskan migruar trut bashk me zogjt mduket. A lexon se ca shkruan apo jo? E para e punes nuk ka pse t'flasesh anglisht ktu me ne, se te gjith njerzit qe duhet ti lexojne budalliqet e tua din Shqip.

E dyta ne 1998 vllai a te kujtohet se u vra Azem Hajdari edhe e mban mend ca u be? Desh u rezua qeveria. Dilnin njerezit me RPG ne rruge edhe ti e quan kte "normale"? Une nuk e di nga ca shpelle e Afgansistanit vjen ti vllai po kur ecin civilet me tanqe neper rruge, me kallash ne dore, mua nuk me duket aspak "normale." Po normalja eshte nje gje relative edhe ti mund te kesh tjeter pikpamje sic duket qart.

E treta ne 1997 deri ne 2000 ne ca zona ne veri nuk futeshte dot as policia edhe perhere conin RENEA-n se kishin frike. Me sa duket edhe kjo te duket normale ty.

E pesta 1998-1999 u be nje lufte me duket. E mban mend apo jo? Ne Kosove u vrane mbi 10000 veta edhe u shperngulen mbi 1 miljon te tjere shumica e te cileve ku shkuan? Ne Shqiperi.... Bravo deri ktu... mbase edhe kjo te duket normale ty. Mos je gje Serb se vetem ato e kane kte pikpamjen e normales si te tenden.

E gjashta, mbaroi edhe lufta e Kosoves, pasta e mban mend ca u ben ne 2001? Krisi ne Maqedoni, edhe kjo normale besoj.

Me gjithe ato armatime ne duar te popullit jo Shell po edhe zoti kishte frik te vinte ne Shqipri. Ik o pall se le nam me budalliqet qe thu. Jo normale, jo kshu jo ashtu, si gore.

Pastaj dalim te puna e naftes, se edhe ktu duhet te ta msoj historin une. "Begining of the last century" Athere i bin vitet 1930? Bukur matematika. Lufta e pare botrore ka qene ne 1914-1918 sa per dijeni. Athere ne Shqipri se dinin se ca ishte makina. Nejse iku edhe kjo. Ne Shqipri filluam Italjanet duke hap puse edhe nuk eshte se gjeten ndonje sasi shume te madhe nafte sikunderse ne Irak ku sasia ishte marramendese. Ky eshte ndryshimi o trungull. Ti o je idiot ose ben vet. Kshuqe vllai kap nji liber historie edhe pastaj ec e fol me mua.

Keshtu ti po thua qe aty ku ka fitim, shkojne kompanite, megjithese vendi mund te jete ne mes te nje lufte civile. Keshtu qe na i bie qe Shell e la Shqiperine sepse fitimi nuk ja vlente rrezikun, sepse Shqiperia s'eshte Kuvajt. Faleminderit qe vertetove ate qe kam thene gjithe kohes.

Po ne Shqiperi ti ke qene apo jo? Ajo me e keqja e 97 zgjati vetem per pak muaj. Dhe ajo e 98, vetem 2-3 dite. Keshtu qe mos na u hap bythesh si shume? Po te kishte aq nafte dhe aq fitim sa po flitet sot s'e linte Shell qe ta merrte Manas. Dhe c'lidhje ka lufta ne Kosove ose ne Maqedoni me Shqiperine. Ne Shqiperi s'kishte lufte. Po ti na thua Shell kishte frike me gjithe ato arme neper duar. Po re kar se neve qe ishim ne Shqiperi, s'dolem nga shtepia deri sa mbaroi lufta ne Maqedoni. Kurse Iraku, Nigeria, Sudani ose edhe Rusia apo Venezuela (kur nuk e di kur qeveria ta merr pronen fare) jane me mire se c'ishte Shqiperia. C'do gje varet nga potenciali per fitim, dhe nqs Shqiperia do te ishte nje Kuvajt i ri, do te shikonim 100 kompani ne rradhe per te ardhur tek ne, edhe sikur te ishin duke u vrare nja 100 veta ne dite ne Shqiperi. Une kam pare vete me syte e mi se si punon Schlumberger (shko bej nje kerkim ne google qe ta marresh vesh se cfare eshte) dhe se cfare presin nga punetoret e tyre dhe cfare trajnimi i bejne. Kuptohet qe i edhe paguajne punetoret rroga te majme. Ti me thua qe s'kishte kompani te vinte te ne. Po keshtu eshte kur flet me bythe.

Dhe sa per naften qe zbuluan italianet, une s'thashe para luftes se pare boterore. Une thashe ne fillim te shekullit te kaluar dhe meqe kerkimet nisen qe nga fundi i viteve 20, kam plotesisht te drejte. Pastaj na thua qe s'u gjet shume nafte. Patos-Marinza eshte fusha tokesore me nafte me e madhe ne Europe dhe ka 70+ vjet qe shfrytezohet, dhe nqs ti thua qe s'eshte aq e madhe, atehere pse po flet per kete tjetren, sepse edhe sipas Manas, kjo qe po sasia qe po zbulohet tani eshte me e vogel dhe eshte shume here me thelle se ne Patos.

If the proper investments are made in this field, by the right countries, Albania can really benefit from this. We'll just see how it goes, fact is, that this is HUGE news and there's no need to cry about skanderbeg posting the news.

media from all over the world (especially those specialised in the oil industry) is reporting these news... but of course einstein aka "daalbo" aka definition of pessimism - knows better than to believe an exploration evaluation report from Gustavson Associates LLC..


http://www.europapress.es/noticia.aspx?cod=20080110122501&ch=00137

http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2008-01/artikel-9842437.asp

http://www.seenews.com/news/latestnews/manaspetroleumsaysevaluationconfirmsoil_gasprospectsonitsalbanianblocks-145231/

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=55121

etc etc etc

Djema, mjaft me sharje dhe sulme ndaj njeri tjetrit se na merzitet. Nuk besoj se do preferonit qe ky diskutim te mbyllej si ai i Tiranes 2007.

Per ceshtjen ne fjale:

1. SkaNdErBeG ka plotesisht te drejte ta raportoje kete lajm.

2. daalbo ka plotesisht te drejte te jete skeptik ndaj tij dhe ta shprehe mendimin e tij.

3. Ngjarjet e 1997-8 ne Shqiperi dhe ato te Kosoves ne 1999 nuk e justifikojne aspak terheqjen e SHELL dhe daalbo ka plotesisht te drejte kur thote qe po pati nafte ata qendrojne ose rikthehen: Iraku, por edhe Nigeria me gjithe ato rrembime dhe ekzekutime punonjesish, e vertetojne plotesisht kete. Megjithate ekziston dhe mundesia qe SHELL nuk pati fat dhe ky i takoi ketyre te tjereve, sic ekziston dhe mundesia qe ata vete ta kene ekzagjeruar kete per qellimet e veta financiare.

Kini me kujdes kur shkruani Shqip se tani keni nje moderator qe i kupton gjithshka qe shkruani dhe nuk do e toleroj situaten kur bie ndesh me rregullat e forumit. Une vertet nuk kam fuqi ne manaxhimin e ketij seksioni, por kini parasysh se ka dhe seksione te forumit qe jane te dukshem vetem per moderatoret, ku diskutehen brenda stafit per mbarvajtjen e forumit si dhe sinjalizohen moderatoret lokal nese ndokush tjeter ve re ndonje gje qe nuk shkon.

Meqe ra fjala: Do i keshilloja VK qe ta fshije ate qe ka ne signature si dhe ta ndryshoje ate qe ka poshte emrit.

What i wanna know is how does the albanian government benefit from this?
The oil fields are operated by Manas Petroleum so what gives?

^^ I think a percentage is paid to the Goverment. It's the same almost everywhere in the World.

^^ profit taxes of course... and I think Shell and now Manas only had/have the rights for exploration... for production, i believe new agreement/contract with the government has to be reached..

3. Ngjarjet e 1997-8 ne Shqiperi dhe ato te Kosoves ne 1999 nuk e justifikojne aspak terheqjen e SHELL dhe daalbo ka plotesisht te drejte kur thote qe po pati nafte ata qendrojne ose rikthehen: Iraku, por edhe Nigeria me gjithe ato rrembime dhe ekzekutime punonjesish, e vertetojne plotesisht kete. Megjithate ekziston dhe mundesia qe SHELL nuk pati fat dhe ky i takoi ketyre te tjereve, sic ekziston dhe mundesia qe ata vete ta kene ekzagjeruar kete per qellimet e veta financiare.

When Shell sold their lisence they thought only 820 million barrels could be produced... The new released report from Gustavsson LLC, states that several billion barrels of oil can be extracted plus trillions cubic feet of natural gas... This was NOT KNOWN at the time Shell had the rights...

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=55121:

Gustavson assigns 2.987 billion barrels with 3.014 trillion cubic feet of associated gas as the P50 prospective oil resources in its oil with associated gas case. Gustavson notes that because of the depth it is possible that the prospects will hold natural gas. In its oil with a gas cap case Gustavson calculates the prospective resources to total 1.4 billion barrels of light oil and 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Gustavson estimates that in the event only gas is present the P50 prospective resource is 28 trillion cubic feet of natural gas

Sic e tha edhe skanderbeg ne ate kohe nuk e dinte njeri se sa e pasur ishte kjo zone po ti dalbo meqe stpunon turi mir ma krahason mua me Rusine, Nigerine e kutadi une ca leshi thua ti qe s'kan lidhje me Shqiprine fare, sepse atje zonat dhe pasurite e naftes jane gjetur shume me pare. Pra eshte e llogjikshme qe nje kompani si Shell mund te largohej nga Shqipria sepse edhe fitim nuk kishte edhe rreziku po rritej. Nuk e kuptoj llogjiken tuaj kur thoni se nuk ishte i justifikuar veprimi qe ato ben.

Pastaj fundi i viteve 20 shoku eshte nja 30 vjet larg fillimit te shekullit.

When Shell sold their lisence they thought only 820 million barrels could be produced... The new released report from Gustavsson LLC, states that several billion barrels of oil can be extracted plus trillions cubic feet of natural gas... This was NOT KNOWN at the time Shell had the rights...



Hit.....and a miss. Better luck next time. Even if I am to take everything you have written there at face value, it still wouldn't explain Shell leaving because of unrest. You're saying that Shell believed they could only get 820 million barrels, while Manas is saying they can extract around 1.5 billion (not 3 billion). So the extractable quantity has roughly doubled. But since it's such a big quantity, even half is quite a lot. Considering that it would take decades to extract all of it with continuous investment needed, it wouldn't make a huge difference for Shell if they stayed in Albania for 30 or 60 yrs (arbitrary numbers on my part). And oil would still be there if Shell returned after it left Albania in 97.

TIAL,
You're grasping at straws here. As I just said, even 820 million barrels would still be profitable. And it's not even how much oil is there in total. It's about how much does it cost to extract a barrel. And actually Shell is currently in talks with the Iraqi gov't about being allowed to conduct TESTS for natural gas. So I guess Shell is willing to explore projects with no certain outcome in perhaps the most dangerous country in the world. And the outcome is far from certain since just because there is oil in parts of Iraq doesn't mean gas is everywhere.
http://realtimenews.slb.com/news/story.cfm?storyid=645217




And since niether you, nor Skanderbeg, have given one VALID reason why Shell left and why it might still be profitable for Manas today, I'll help you out and state the only circumstance under which this might be possible. In the mid to late 90s oil prices were at an all time low. At that time, a lot of oil companies were pulling back and laying off a lot of people in the process because at those price levels production costs wouldn't be covered for many oilfields. The fact that no one predicted that oil demand would sky rocket so quickly didn't help either. Albania might have been a casualty of this. The cost of production might be $60 per barrel and it would make no sense extracting it when oil price was at $15, but it starts making tons of sense when the price is at $100. This is what you should have said all along if you knew what you were talking about, instead of saying ridiculous stuff like Albania was too dangerous for Shell until the end of the unrest in Macedonia or that Shell believed that there was only half the quantity that's being mentioned today.

^^ wow now you are really pissing me off... how fu*king stupid are you? 1,5 billion barrels? didnt you read what i quoted from the report? here we go:


Gustavson assigns 2.987 billion barrels with 3.014 trillion cubic feet of associated gas as the P50 prospective oil resources in its oil with associated gas case. Gustavson notes that because of the depth it is possible that the prospects will hold natural gas. In its oil with a gas cap case Gustavson calculates the prospective resources to total 1.4 billion barrels of light oil and 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Gustavson estimates that in the event only gas is present the P50 prospective resource is 28 trillion cubic feet of natural gas

If you can read you will see that the report states 3 billion barrels of raw oil in the oil field areas - plus 1,4 billion barrels of light oil in the "oil with a gas cap case".. that is a total of 4,4 billion barrels of oil, plus all the trillions cubic feet of gas... That doesnt sound like a big difference from Shells 820 million barrels? :lol::lol:

Is this like a game for you daalbo? are you here for the sake of arguing, or making a point? now shut up and find something else to do. Like I said earlier your screwed up opinions doesnt mean shit to me, so stop acting like you know something more than anyone else by sharing your speculative theories here.. Its ok to be sceptic for Gods sake, but you are just being a jerk, who feels bad why other people doesnt accept your "genious" speculations.. :lol:

Well ok actually its not 3 + 1.4. Its 1.4 out of 3. So 1.4 billion barrels is estimated to be light oil.

There may be many many reasons why shell left Albania, one certainly was the unrest, two certainly was that the price of oil was low then, and three that probably shell thought it was heavy oil, not light oil, and that reduced the profitability even more (BTW daalb it doesn't cost anywhere near 60 dollars a barrel to extract there).

But why the fu*ck does it matter??? Just to have a idiotic discussion as always in this forum with the usual "I'm right and you'r not...hahha...even though this has nothing to do with the issue!". Grow the fu*ck up...and shut the fu*ck up...and stop ruining every Albanian thread with your childness.

Oh, so now, it's 4.5 billion. Let's see if we can get up to 7 by tomorrow.

Read before you post. It will make you sound smarter. And I thought Norway had a decent schooling system, but I guess 7/11 clerks in Gronland don't take advantage of it. You don't add all the different alternatives together. They're mutually exclusive. It's ONE of the following, not ALL of the following:
1. 3 billion barrels of oil + 3 trillion ft3 of gas
2. 1.4 billion barrels of oil + 15 trillion ft3 of gas
3. 0 barrels + 28 trillion ft3 of gas

Now let's take the first alternative as the winning one. The TOTAL quantity is 3 billion barrels, but if you knew anything about oil, you would know that total quantity and extractable quantity are two different things. So the quantity that can be extracted would most likely be around 1.5 billion. (I can't comment on the natural gas quantity because the biased Manas press release doesn't mention how much gas Shell expected to get.) Go back and read the article YOU posted on reply 141. It only makes one good point, which stems from a mistake in traslation:

^^ Gjeologët e Gustavsonit kanë vlerësuar se në nëntokën e Shqipërisë së Mesme ndodhen 2,9 miliardë fuçi naftë dhe rreth 85 miliardë metër kub gaz natyror. Sipas raportit, 1,4 mld fuçi naftë, që është sasia e nxjerrshme, madje, duhet të jetë me cilësi të mirë, me përmbajtje të ulët squfuri, ndryshe nga cilësia e saj në pjesën më jugore të vendit.
Vlera
Aktualisht, një fuçi naftë shitet në bursat ndërkombëtare me rreth 100 dollarë. Por, vështirë se rezervat do të sillnin 300 miliardë dollarë, pasi jo e gjithë sasia e hidrokarbureve mund të rekuperohet nga teknologjia aktuale.:

So what is it sport? The article you linked from Gazeta Shqiptare says there are only 1.4 billion recoverable oil barrels for the 3 billion that are supposed to be there. Even though that number comes from not properly translating Manas press release, it's more or less right. Or are you to agree with my point all along, that all the articles that you're linking are pure speculation because all they're doing is paraphrase the Manas press release. Show me an article where some independent analysts start disecting what Manas is saying, and then you might have a point.

(BTW daalb it doesn't cost anywhere near 60 dollars a barrel to extract there).

But why the fu*ck does it matter??? Just to have a idiotic discussion as always in this forum with the usual "I'm right and you'r not...hahha...even though this has nothing to do with the issue!". Grow the fu*ck up...and shut the fu*ck up...and stop ruining every Albanian thread with your childness.

First of all, I never said it will cost $60 to get it, I mentioned the $60 number as an example, under which would not make sense to extract the oil then, but it makes sense to do it now, dumbass. Since both Skanderbeg and TIAL are so knowledgable that they left out the only logical situation under which their argument made sense, I gave the other side of the story myself. And second of all, how do you know it doesn't cost nearly as much? Or I guess you know how expensive getting the oil will be, even before you start drilling. You should definitely submit your resume to one of the oil companies and you'll get at least a seven digit salary. If you can tell right away how much it will cost to get that oil without even looking at any hard numbers first, you'll be an oil god.

^^ no matter how big the resources are, it doesnt really matter... either way there are more than Shell believed before.. I dont see whats the point in you bitching about it, and this is not scepticism, but screwed up speculations.. according to you, since shell sold their lisences - it cant be true that Albania can have huge oil & gas resources that are profitable. Good and bad business deals are made all the time around the world.. what is the problem here?!?! if you were smart you would have presented your speculations in a more constructive way - then we would have scepticism here wich is ok.. but instead you try to impose your opinions as the "absolute truth" which is really provocative and irritating... as simple as this: we'll see what happends in the future, now stop being a troll all the time in every single post and ruining every thread here :nuts: :bash:

Man, you're funny. Not on purpose, but funny nonetheless. You're accusing me of being a troll, while you came back and called me stupid on reply 159 because your numbers proved I was wrong. When I showed how your math (reasoning) was flawed even with YOUR numbers, the best you can do is call me a troll. But hey, you and Kapedani have something in common. You both don't know how to effectively defend your points and get pissed off when other people back their arguments with facts or solid reasoning. But don't give up. There is always next time.

What i wanna know is how does the albanian government benefit from this?
The oil fields are operated by Manas Petroleum so what gives?

i was wondering the same thing, my aunt's husband kind of explained it to me. He said that in a case like this, if we're lucky 25% of the profits that they make from selling the oil will go towards Albania, and on top of that, taxes will be paid

From what i heard it's a gamble though, because at this point they're not extremely sure on whether it's full of oil down there...anyway, hopefully they find something

Daalbo, ok enough...Drop it already these are news that Skanderbeg is reporting, we're not reporting what you think MAY happen with these oil barrels, the gas, or the money...we're just talking about what's been found so far.

Daalb you'r an idiot...not because of what you say...but because of the way you say it. Don't insult people for no reason...little child. That will be my last response to you...

He said that in a case like this, if we're lucky 25% of the profits that they make from selling the oil will go towards Albania, and on top of that, taxes will be paid

According to Albanian law as far as I know, 50% of the profits of an oil company go as taxes to Albania. If thats the case, thats pretty good, however you have to keep in mind this may take years to take off anyway.

Daalb you'r an idiot...not because of what you say...but because of the way you say it. Don't insult people for no reason...little child. That will be my last response to you...
According to Albanian law as far as I know, 50% of the profits of an oil company go as taxes to Albania. If thats the case, thats pretty good, however you have to keep in mind this may take years to take off anyway.

Hopefully it's as you say, nonetheless, the profits would come in really late...It's still nice news to hear though

heres another article:

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/Bi_C/naft.jpg

If this is for real it would be better if we could nationalize our oil industry, like the great Evo Morales did in Bolivia.

If this is for real it would be better if we could nationalize our oil industry, like the great Evo Morales did in Bolivia.
yeah great idea... NOT

With this politicians?

Finally some details about the huge tourist complex at beatiful Lalëzi Bay, by Dudaj
Construction. The project is expected to be completed in 2011.

The previous pdf file:http://www.dudajconstruction.com/pdf/Gjiri%20i%20Lalezit.pdf


The Masterplan:

http://www.dudajconstruction.com/foto/masterplan.jpg

More details about the Masterplan:
http://www.dudajconstruction.com/pdf/lalez/TAV_01_A1_COLORE.pdf


Location:


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x229/mamani_ks/L1.jpg


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x229/mamani_ks/L2.jpg


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x229/mamani_ks/L3.jpg



Hotel:


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x229/mamani_ks/LHotel.jpg


Vila:


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x229/mamani_ks/LVila.jpg



Residence:


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x229/mamani_ks/LResidence.jpg



more details about the tourist complex: http://www.dudajconstruction.com/project2.htm

Ky projekti cop cop po hec mo. Me mir se pa gjo.

I love it and i'll seriously consider buying an apartment there

very modern, and definetly different from the usual resorts im used to see other places...:cheers:

Ka kshu projekt me vila private 100 her me te mire ne Kavaje (fshati Qerret). Ca familjar te mi kane bler vila atje. Po kushtojn goxha, plus qe e ke vetem per 99 vjet.

Local company Al-Celik Vega will build a steel plant somewhere in Albania. Total cost of the project is EUR 50 million. They don't specify the capabilities of the plant, but if it will only cost 50 million, I expect it to be small.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/7371/

^^ If it is a steel mill it means it will just cut and give shape to imported steel material, it will not be involved in productions.

I expect the same thing, since you can't really produce steel with just a 50 million investment. But I don't think the word Mill has anything to do with it. I used it interchangibly with PLANT. Metalurgjia in Elbasan is referred to as a Mill and they produce steel there as well.

^^ Well, you are certanly more familiar with the language then I am. ;)

Anyway, everything new that produces something (except excess pollution) is and should be welcomed. :cheers:

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(OPENPRESS) January 16, 2008 -- Recently Albania has put itself firmly on the map, both as an increasingly popular tourism destination, and an emerging market on the international property investment scene. Things that shrewd investors and experts in the field like David Stanley Redfern Ltd look for are rapid growth, and/or reasons and factors that make rapid growth in the near future probable. In the case of Albania, these factors include: entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization later this year, into the European Union in 2014, and of course rising tourism, growing by 10% per year.

Other major advantages Albania offers investors are the lack of restrictions on foreign ownership of property, the only restrictions being that foreigners can only make a commercial investment if its value exceeds three times the cost of the land, and foreigners cannot buy agricultural land – they can however lease it for 99 years. Also worth a mention is that Albania is already attracting some of the major European banks, which will make financing an investment easier.

Albania also has many tax advantages like the lack of capital gains tax, no withholding tax, no inheritance tax, no Value Added Tax on property purchases, no state or wealth taxes and no transfer tax. The total round-trip transaction cost is also very low, with less than 1% going on public notary fees.

Albania's potential for growth is definitely among its biggest attractions: Gross Domestic Product growth is an almost incredible 6% and likely to accelerate, and capital appreciation can reach up to 30% depending on the investment.

As always, with a finger on the pulse of international property markets, David Stanley Redfern Ltd had to give their clients the chance to get a piece of the Albanian action. David Redfern told me why:

"Just as the other Eastern European States hit us hard and fast with their capital growth, we believe Albania will do the same. It is becoming a pattern, these under-developed states, that were once surrounded by similarly under-developed neighbouring states, see their neighbours jumping onto the international tourism and property markets with a bang, and start to take steps rapidly to ensure that they are not left behind. They have a lot of room to work with; property prices and living costs are generally low, which become immediate selling points to tourists and to overseas property investors. Their generally good climate, which is always big business in the tourism industry, means their low prices make them a low cost alternative to some of Europe's hottest tourist destinations."

David Stanley Redfern Ltd are offering investors the chance to get in on the action with 1-2 bedroom apartments in the Shengjin Beach development. Starting from £32,088, most of the apartments enjoy sea views and will be supplied finished with ceramic tiling, electrical and plumbing connections ready for installation. The development is two buildings frontline to the beach, both have lifts, the ground floors will be retail units and there is a communal garden to the rear. Activities in and around the development include, surfing, windsurfing, beach volleyball, skiing, caving, trekking and sampling the variety of restaurants and bars from the diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds in the area.

A few years ago Albania was a destination very few people (if any) would consider a holiday destination, but huge advances in democracy and development in the last few years have made Albania not only an attractive holiday destination but a very affordable one.

Albania: "it's a place where history is still waiting to be discovered", wrote Matt Gross in the December 14 edition of the French newspaper: The International Herald Tribune. In two paragraphs about Albania's history he had me wanting to drop everything and jump on a plane. Something that exponentially growing numbers of tourists are doing year upon year.

Undoubtedly not all those tourists will be going in search of the history, the climate is another big plus point. The quickest way to introduce you to the tourism extraordinaire that is Albania is to tell you that you can rent a double room in a good hotel in Albania's Sarande for the equivalent of around £20, from where you can also take a short hydrofoil ride to the Greek Island and tourist hot-spot of Corfu.

This is symbolic of another tourist attracting feature of Albania, it's cheap. For decades Albania has been one of the poorest states in Europe and so on holiday there you will, as I said enjoy the temperatures and sunshine of Greece for a fraction of the cost.

Call David Stanley Redfern today for a free no-obligation chat.

Find out more about David Stanley Redfern Ltd's investment properties in Albania at: http://www.davidstanleyredfern.com/investment-property/albania/

About David Stanley Redfern
David Stanley Redfern Ltd is one of the U.K.'s leading overseas property investment specialists. The reasons for this are an incomparable range of international properties spanning 40 destinations worldwide, and unrivalled customer care, which lasts long after the purchase has been completed. Experienced, professional staff and membership to the overseas property market's regulatory body: the Association for International Property Professionals, as well as their stringent due diligence procedures gives buyers the confidence that any purchase with David Stanley Redfern is a safe one.


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^^ interesting article... nice find, i havent seen those projects before :cheers:

16/01/2008

Cyprus is the most advanced among the countries in Southeast Europe in terms of economic freedom, according to a report released on Tuesday.

(VOA, Nine O'clock - 16/01/08; Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal, AFP, News.bg, Sofia News Agency, Dnevnik, Mediapool, Makfax - 15/01/08)

Economic freedom has improved in most of the Southeast European (SEE) countries since last year, but governments need to make further reforms to address lingering problems such as corruption, according to a report released on Tuesday (January 15th). According to the 14th annual edition of the Index of Economic Freedom, issued by The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, Cyprus is the freest economy among the SEE countries, while Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is the region's straggler.

The 2008 Index ranks 157 nations on the basis of ten factors: business freedom, trade freedom, fiscal freedom, government size, monetary freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom, property rights, freedom from corruption and labour freedom.

On the basis of scores from 0 to 100, countries are placed in five categories. Only seven of the 157 countries scored 80 points or higher to make it into the group of "free" economies. For the 14th year in succession, Hong Kong (90.3) and Singapore (87.4) finished 1st and 2nd in the global rankings, making them the world's freest economies. They were followed by Ireland, Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Canada.

Another 23 nations, including 12 EU member states, were characterised as "mostly free" economies with scores ranging from 70 to 79.9 points. Cyprus (71.3) slipped two places since last year to rank 22nd. It was placed 11th among the 41 countries in Europe and its overall score is higher than the regional average.

Of the other SEE countries, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Turkey and Greece, fell in the 51-nation group of "moderately free" economies, with scores ranging between 60 and 69.9.

Improvements in six of the ten freedoms have allowed Albania, scoring 63.3, to jump to 56th place, up from 66th last year. It now ranks 27th among the 41 countries in the European region.

"Albania's economic freedom ranks above the world average, and its score has risen over the past few years, a noteworthy achievement in a region characterised by federal separatism and instability," the Index, edited by Kim Holmes, Edwin Feulner and Mary Anastasia O'Grady, noted. "If Albania maintains its impressively strong investment freedom while doing more to combat corruption, its score should continue to rise."

Bulgaria is ranked 59th with a score of 62.9, and moved up three places from last year, primarily because of improved trade freedom. The country, which joined the EU along with Romania in January 2007, is now the 28th freest economy among the 41 European nations and its overall score is slightly above the world average, according to the report.

Bulgaria scores highly in six freedoms, including trade freedom, fiscal freedom, monetary freedom and labour freedom. But Bulgaria is significantly below the world average in freedom from corruption and property rights.

Those two areas appear to be the weakest also for Albania, BiH, Croatia, Macedonia and Romania.

Romania is ranked 68th with an overall score of 61.5. This is a 0.3 percentage point increase over last year, reflecting improved scores in monetary freedom and the investment climate. The country is the 30th freest economy in the European region, and its overall score is below the regional average.

With a score of 61.1, Macedonia is ranked 71st in the world and 31st in Europe. Of the other SEE countries in the group of "moderately free" economies, Turkey (60.8) and Greece (60.1) are ranked as the world's 74th and 80th freest economies, respectively.

Of all SEE countries, only Croatia and BiH fell in the 52-nation group of "mostly unfree" economies, made up of countries that earned average scores of between 50 and 59.9 points.

Serbia and Montenegro are not included in the 2008 Index due to a lack of reliable data.

http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/01/16/feature-01

project by David Stanley Redfern Ltd:


Saranda Mount - Albanian Coast

http://www.davidstanleyredfern.com/images/country/albania/saranda1.jpg


http://www.davidstanleyredfern.com/images/country/albania/saranda2.jpg


High specification resort complex of 50 luxuriously individual properties in a dominating position overlooking Saranda Bay and the stunning Greek Island of Corfu. You will notice the lack of bedroom numbers and prices: this is because these properties are being released as early as possible, before even floor plans have become available -- this gives investors the chance to get in to this emerging market as early as possible with their fully refundable 3000 euro reservation fee, and choose their apartment when prices and final details become available.

another project by David Stanley Redfern Ltd:

Shengjin Beach:


http://www.davidstanleyredfern.com/images/country/albania/shengjin1.jpg


http://www.davidstanleyredfern.com/images/country/albania/shengjin2.jpg



Shengjin Beach is a fantastic opportunity to own a high quality property, set against one of the most breathtaking backdrops in the world. The development offers a range of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments, most of which benefit from sea views.

that picture is deff not shengjin.

Its Jala

manipulative advertising :lol:

Saranda Vista:


http://www.albania-estate.com/Portals/1/PropertyImages/35/saranda%20vista.bmp


http://www.albania-estate.com/Portals/1/PropertyImages/35/vlora%20saranda%20vista%20023.jpg

Saranda Seafront Apartments: just finished


http://www.albania-estate.com/Portals/1/PropertyImages/30/building%20view.jpg


http://www.albania-estate.com/Portals/1/PropertyImages/30/ab1401.jpg


(amazing view - wow :cheers:)

http://www.albania-estate.com/Portals/1/PropertyImages/30/ab1420.jpg



http://www.albania-estate.com/Portals/1/PropertyImages/30/ab1402.jpg

Vlora Bay Residences: Project offered by www.freshpropertyco.com


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Skanderbeg, are all these projects your posting from the David Stanley Redfern company?

kukes airport

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Skanderbeg, are all these projects your posting from the David Stanley Redfern company?

no... only the two first projetcs, where i also referred to DSR Ltd... The rest are from other developers

Italcementi will build a grinding plant in Durres. This is not a full blown plant, but it's an investement from a serious company. I actually got a job offer from them two years ago, but turned it down because the idea of working in a cement plant in a small town in Pennsylvania wasn't my idea of fun. If I knew they would open a plant in Albania, I would have reconsidered.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/7408/

^^ offtopic question daalbo: what's your profession?

I graduated with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and explored many engineering jobs before realizing that engineering wasn't something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. So I ended accepting a job in finance/banking.

how old are you if you dont mind me asking. where did you graduate and what year.

24. Graduated from a school in upstate NY in 2006.

........and I enjoy long walks on the beach, candle lit dinners, and horseback rides :)

........and I enjoy long walks on the beach, candle lit dinners, and horseback rides

.... why dont you post a picture as well, while youre at it? :rofl:

:jk:

24. Graduated from a school in upstate NY in 2006.

........and I enjoy long walks on the beach, candle lit dinners, and horseback rides :)

lol. i was just asking cause you hold the same type of degree as my dad and there are few people with that in albania, i thought i was talking to one of his friends :D

candle lit dinners

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

LMAOOO had a lot of those

im doing civil engineering and it's pretty difficult, i know mechanical is harder and the other one i dont kno about

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

ahahahahahaha 17 vjet "demokraci"

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

nuk po kuptoj.. whats that supposed to mean? :lol:

nuk po kuptoj.. whats that supposed to mean? :lol:

candle light dinners...s'kemi drita ne shqiperi :lol:

ahaaaaaaa!!! :rofl::rofl:

candle light dinners...s'kemi drita ne shqiperi :lol:

Blackout leaves most of Albania without electricity

17/01/2008
TIRANA, Albania -- An electricity blackout left most of Albania in the dark for 45 minutes early Wednesday (January 16th). A representative of the national grid operator, KESH, blamed it on a problem at a station in the south. Albanian authorities have been forced to impose strict restrictions on the electricity supply due -- in part -- to a major drop in water levels in most local rivers last summer. The country relies heavily on hydro-power. (Koha Jone, Shqip, Panorama, Standard, GazetaShqiptare - 17/01/08; Balkanweb, Top-Channel, ITAR-TASS, DPA - 16/01/08)

:nuts:

Albania Tops SE Europe by Economic Freedom

Albania's economy is 63.3 percent free, according to our 2008 assessment, which makes it the world's 56th freest economy. Its level of economic freedom increased by 0.9 percentage point during the past year, and it has improved in six of the 10 freedoms. Albania is ranked 27th freest among the 41 countries in the European region.

Comparatively, Albania's freedom level is on par with those of other developing Balkan states like Croatia and Macedonia but still higher than that of Greece, a member of the European Union. Fiscal freedom, investment freedom, and financial freedom all rate significantly higher than the typical country's. However, the overall score is reduced by Albania's poor performance in property rights and freedom from corruption. The unimpressive score in property rights is largely a result of political interference in the judiciary, leading to erratic enforcement of the laws.

Albania's economic freedom ranks above the world average, and its score has risen over the past few years, a noteworthy achievement in a region characterized by federal separatism and instability. If Albania maintains its impressively strong investment freedom while doing more to combat corruption, its score should continue to rise.

http://idalb.com/media/1/20080118-Albania_Chart2.gif

Rest of article: http://www.idalb.com/index.php?itemid=79

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What we need to improve now is Business Freedom, Property Rights, Corruption and Labour Freedom.

If Albania can manage to put those above world average; We are on a good road.

Swiss based, EGL, has signed an agreement with StatoilHydro for the joint operation of one of the proposed gas pipelines that go through Albania. This is great news since StatoilHydro is a major oil and gas company. I also wanted to point out that this is different from the other natural gas project that the other Swiss consortium, ASG, is proposing.

StatoilHydro Joins EGL in Trans Adriatic Pipeline Gas Project
Media > Media Releases > Latest News > StatoilHydro Joins EGL in Trans Adriatic Pipeline Gas Project


StatoilHydro Joins EGL in Trans Adriatic Pipeline Gas Project
Dietikon, 13 February 2008

StatoilHydro ASA and Swiss EGL Group will today sign an agreement to establish an equally-owned joint venture to develop, build and operate the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The pipeline will open a new corridor and market outlet for natural gas from the Caspian Sea and Middle East regions into Europe.

The 520-kilometre long pipeline will transport gas via Greece and Albania and across the Adriatic Sea to Italy’s southern Puglia region and further into Western Europe. TAP’s offshore length will measure about 115 kilometres. In its upstream part TAP will interconnect with Greece's existing pipeline system that is linked further to the east with systems in Turkey.

The gas transport capacity of the TAP pipeline will be around 10 billion cubic metres annually, with the option to expand to 20 billion cubic metres. TAP is expected to be operational at the earliest from 2011, depending on the gas shipment needs.

Implementation of the TAP project is subject to a final investment decision planned for the second half of 2009. EGL, which started the project, estimates it will cost 1.5 billion euros to build the pipeline. The final cost will depend on several factors at the time of construction, such as international steel prices and other pipeline equipment-related costs.

TAP is supported by the European Union
The TAP project is in its development phase supported by the European Union (EU) as a “Priority Project” under its Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E) guidelines, as it contributes to the EU’s objectives and policies aimed at diversification and security of gas supply.

“We are pleased to join EGL in the effort of offering a new outlet for gas transported from Asia to Europe. We aim to add value to the TAP project by combining our market competence with a strong track-record in developing and building gas pipelines,” said Rune Bjørnson, Executive Vice President for Natural Gas in StatoilHydro. “Our joining of the TAP project should be viewed as a move to offer an attractive market outlet for the Shah Deniz gas to the European market,” said Mr Bjørnson.

StatoilHydro is today the second largest supplier of gas to Europe. The group holds a 25.5 per cent stake in Shah Deniz, a major gas field in the Azeri part of the Caspian Sea. The field commenced production in 2006. Recently, additional reserves were proven up to support the development of a second stage of the field.

Opening the Eurasia Gas Corridor
"TAP’s development is a natural consequence of EGL’s supply requirements, while it also matches Europe’s needs to diversify gas sources via the shortest route along a new Eurasian corridor,’’ said Joachim Conrad, EGL's Head of Gas Division and Member of the Executive Management. “TAP combines the principles of energy security, regional growth, stability and sound solutions, and StatoilHydro’s commitment to join us is proof of our realistic approach and determination with this project.”

EGL has expanded its natural gas procurement portfolio with long-term supply agreements for additional quantities from the Middle East in the amount of 5.5 billion cubic meters per year by 2011, thus enabling the company to make full use of its initial transportation capacity in TAP.

The project also includes the option to develop natural gas storage facilities and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Albania, which in turn would further contribute to increasing the security of supply in southeast Europe.

TAP is currently in the front-end engineering stage. The feasibility study was concluded by EGL in March 2006. TAP's extended basic engineering, including the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was concluded in March 2007, and included the offshore survey for the pipeline, which was
carried out in 2006.

About EGL
Swiss-based EGL Group is an asset-based energy trader with 19 European subsidiaries and offices. It is accredited to trade on the most important European energy exchanges. EGL holds interests in Swiss power plants and gas-fired combined-cycle power plants in Italy, and holds long-term electricity supply contracts with electricity producers in France. It is investing in additional power production capacities and transport infrastructure in key European markets. The company is majority-owned (87.4 percent) by AXPO Group, a leading Swiss energy supply company. The remaining shares are traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange, (ticker: EGL).

About StatoilHydro
StatoilHydro is a major international, integrated energy company, based in Norway. The company is the leading operator of oil and gas activities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). StatoilHydro has operations in 40 countries and 31,000 employees, building positions internationally. It is the world’s third largest net seller of crude oil and the second largest supplier of gas to Europe. As techni-cal service provider for the major pipeline systems for gas from the NCS and for two large gas proc-essing plants, StatoilHydro has extensive experience from transportation, processing and marketing of piped gas. StatoilHydro also markets liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Norwegian state is the big-gest shareholder in StatoilHydro with an ownership of 62.5 percent. StatoilHydro is listed on Oslo Børs (ticker: STL) and the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: STO).


Signing Ceremony

Media is welcome to attend the signing ceremony of EGL and StatoilHydro. Joachim Conrad, Head of EGL's Gas Division, and Rune Bjørnson, Executive Vice President for Natural Gas in StatoilHydro, will be present to answer questions.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 10 hrs
Sonnenberg Convention Center, Aurorastrasse 100, 8032 Zurich

http://www.egl.ch/int/ch/en/Media/Communiques/Aktuell/tappartnering.1.html

Great.. Hope this will contribute to make Europe less dependent on russian gas..

While scrolling through the news flash on Top Channel, it caught my attention Ylli Pango's comments about tourist figures. According to him, 2.1 million tourists visited Albania last year. 1 million were foreigners and 1.1 million were albanians. These figures are not published in the Ministry of Tourism website.

Akoma i beson tralalat e debilave ti? Gomeret qeveritar qe kemi vetem rrena thurin, sa harrojne vete se cfare thojne. Sipas tyre do ishin bo superfuqi energjitike ne rajon deri tani, po jemi akoma ne shek. 19-te. Akoma vazhdojne koqet, qe amerika do na ftoj ne nato, kur vete uashingtoni i hedh posht keto idiotsira deklarata.

Sapo mora vesh bemen e fundit te sali gamorit. Me ne fund do vazhdoj luften kunder monopoleve te grurit te uli cmimet e bukes. Rrini ngulitur ne televizor djema, se shpejti do shikojme ushtrite shqiptare duke zbarkuar ne Amerike, Kanada dhe Ukraine, me armet 60-ce te kinezit(te pakten ato qe kane ngelur se shumica jane bo skrap metal).

O zot mjer ai popull, nga cfare debila qeveriset.

You guys have lost it. All it was said is that 1 million foreigners visited Albania last year, and you get your panties caught in a bunch talking about the government. This had nothing to do with politics. It was a simple number that it was released, which frankly it's not even that impressive.

2.1 million people visited Albania last year, of which 1.1 were citizens of Albania and the rest were foreigners. I don't know about you, but I see nothing fishy there. The 1 million number includes people from Kosovo and Macedonia. Have you guys ever visited Durres during the Summer? It's packed with Albanian Kosovars and Albanian Macedonians. At the same time, that 1 million number is not unique visitors, and each person is counted every time he visits. So relax. There is no need to go crazy because there is nothing exciting about that number.

And btw mirko, how do you figure that we won't get an invitation to join NATO? Any source of what you say? Or was it just a case of oral diarrhea?

same old bullshit... Berisha is a criminal... Rama is an angel sent from heaven to save Albania... bla bla bla... :nuts:

same old bullshit... Berisha is a criminal... Rama is an angel sent from heaven to save Albania... bla bla bla... :nuts:

o kar kush po fliste per Edi Ramen... Nji mut jan te gjith... bashk me ty

^^The way he governed from 1992-1997---criminal is a compliment

now he is just a moron, he has about 10 lines memorized to help him answer questions. Improvising is not his thing, when he does improvise it leads to ridiculous psychotic rants. ex..."shqiperia do exportoj energji" kur ne pallatin perball bythes se berishes ikin dritat....

so yea "same old bullshit"...

Se kuptoj pse i politizoni gjithmone gjerat:bash:
Nuk rrin dot pa lexuar nje koment ku permendet ky apo ai politikan, gjithmone politika futet ne debat. Pse mos te diskutojme lajmin pa folur per Ylli Pangon apo Safet Zhulalin... etj

2.1 million people visited Albania last year, of which 1.1 were citizens of Albania and the rest were foreigners.

Does the current population census include albanians who don't live in albania?

You guys have lost it. All it was said is that 1 million foreigners visited Albania last year, and you get your panties caught in a bunch talking about the government. This had nothing to do with politics. It was a simple number that it was released, which frankly it's not even that impressive.

2.1 million people visited Albania last year, of which 1.1 were citizens of Albania and the rest were foreigners. I don't know about you, but I see nothing fishy there. The 1 million number includes people from Kosovo and Macedonia. Have you guys ever visited Durres during the Summer? It's packed with Albanian Kosovars and Albanian Macedonians. At the same time, that 1 million number is not unique visitors, and each person is counted every time he visits. So relax. There is no need to go crazy because there is nothing exciting about that number.

And btw mirko, how do you figure that we won't get an invitation to join NATO? Any source of what you say? Or was it just a case of oral diarrhea?

O dalbo, duke marr parasysh qe zorr se ska 1.1 miljon shtetas shiqtar jasht shqiperise ne bote, kjo deklarate ta ben moo se cfare lloj deklarate eshte (si ato te kohes se dulles kur plani shtetror plotesoheshe 300 perqind dhe dyqanet rrinin akoma pa buke). Tashti ti me vertet me pret mua te besoj se pothuajse 100% e imigranteve mbare botes vendosen ta vizitojne shqiperine ne nje vit? Cfare karin i solli aty? Mbase vizita e Bushit...

Sa per idiotsira deklarata per NATON, qeveritaret tane te nderuar meqe kane deshtuar ne c'do ane te qeverisjes, kerkojn ta vejne popullin ne gjum. Deri nje jave me pare thonin qe do merrnin ftesen ne samitin e Bukureshtit. Me vone Uashingtonin i pergenjeshtroi duke i thene qe asnje vendim nuk eshte marre akoma per kete ceshtje. Tashti debilat, e ndryshuan qendresen e tyre, nuk ndjehen me te sigurt, por vetem 'konfident'. Bile qe ne qershor, Amerika as nuk tha qe do ftoheshin per ne Bukuresht, vetem se do jepnin nje 'timely admision' neqoftese kerkesat do ishin permbushur (nuk kam pse te sjell ketu 'sources' lexo shtypin o derzi). Se sa jane permbushur keto kerkesa e dime mire ne, si c'd tjeter kerkes qe permbushet nga trangulli Berisha, ushtaret akoma bejne stervitje me shapka shpie.

Leje keto, po vijen dhe ca kalanj dhe na krenohen qe kemi tregun me te lire te Evropes Jug-Lindore (koincidentalisht edhe ekonomine me te varfer).

Per kenaqesine e Daalbos,

SHBA: Reformat jane te paplota

E Shtune, 09 Shkurt 2008

Ambasada amerikane ne Tirane shprehet se nuk ka asnje vendim te vendeve anetare te kesaj Aleance per anetaresimin e Shqiperise ne NATO. Nepermjet nje njoftimi per mediat, ajo shprehet se njoftimet e medieve kane qene te pasakta. Ajo nenvizon se duke qene dhe ambasada qe sherben si pike kontakti e NATO-s, ka vene re raportime nga media ne datat 5 e 6 shkurt qe sugjerojne se aleatet e NATO-s kane marre tashme nje vendim per t’i ofruar ftesen e anetaresimit Shqiperise apo vendeve te tjera te Kartes se Adriatikut. “Deshirojme te sqarojme qe asnje vendim formal nuk eshte marre ende ne lidhje me anetaresimin e mundshem ne NATO per Shqiperine apo ndonje prej vendeve te Adriatikut 3. Te 26 aleatet duhet te jene ne nje mendje ne menyre qe te ofrohet nje ftese”, deklaron ne menyre zyrtare ambasada amerikane. Nepermjet ketij njoftimi, ajo eshte shprehur se kohet e fundit eshte vene re perparim domethenes ne perpjekjet e Shqiperise per te permbushur standardet e bazuara mbi rezultate te NATO-s, sic jane pervijuar ne Planin e Veprimit per Anetaresim. Megjithekete, sipas saj, mbetet me shume per t’u bere. Ne njoftim nenvizohet fakti se SHBA eshte teper e inkurajuar nga qendrimi i permiresuar bipartizan kundrejt bashkepunimit, dicka e evidentuar, midis te tjerash, nga miratimi unanimisht i nje rezolute te paraqitur nga opozita ne mbeshtetje te reformave per te permbushur kriteret e NATO-s. “Megjithate, nje numer domethenes reformash, specifikisht ne fushat e reformes zgjedhore dhe gjyqesore, mbeten te paplota. Vazhdojme te presim perparim te metejshem drejt ketyre reformave per t’u siguruar qe Shqiperia te jete kandidatja me e forte e mundshme, ne kohen kur te merren vendimet perfundimtare te NATO-s”, thuhet ne njoftim per mediat te ambasades se SHBA ne Tirane. Cka paralajmeron qarte se reforma zgjedhore dhe reforma ne drejtesi jane dhe guri themeltar per marrjen e fteses ne NATO.

Tirana Airport did serve over a million passengers in 2007.

Se kuptoj pse i politizoni gjithmone gjerat:bash:
Nuk rrin dot pa lexuar nje koment ku permendet ky apo ai politikan, gjithmone politika futet ne debat. Pse mos te diskutojme lajmin pa folur per Ylli Pangon apo Safet Zhulalin... etj

Ej po ty te kan len trut apo si? Kush filloi te flet per Ylli Pangon? A nuk ishe ti?

kujt i plasi kari sa njerez kaluan te aeroporti, postoni ca fotografi se m'ka marre malli per Shqiperine!

Nejse, koqe ishin te gjith punetoret te aeroporti, s'dinin te flisnin shqip jo po mundoheshin ta fusnin ne anglisht ndonjeher ose italisht.

@vari k - A nuk te than ti hik pirdhu ose dicka tille ne aeroport?

@vari k - A nuk te than ti hik pirdhu ose dicka tille ne aeroport?

Mua me than ashtu kur u ankova per ate mbajtsen e valixheve. Shum pa edukat.

Nese kalon kufirin me pashaporte Shqiptare, nuk e di njeri nese je rezident ne Shqiperi apo jashte shtetit, pra ai numer 1.1 milion (ose sa ishte) ka me shume mundesi te perfshije shtetasit Shqipetare qe kane kaluar kufirin, pra ata qe jetojne ne Shqiperi si dhe ata qe jetojne jashte shtetit. Njekohesisht numri i te huajve perfshin dhe Shqiptaret qe kane marre nenshtetesi te huaj.

daalbo dhe mirko, ju mbeti k*** ne goje mo cuna! Kaq shume ju pelqeka?!

Pse e ulni kaq shume nivelin e diskutimit ne kete forum. Gjuha shqipe eshte gjuhe e bukur. Nuk ka arsye per ta ndyer ne kete menyre!

Perdorni llogjiken, mos irritoni trurin. Tani per tani, s'ka nevoje per numra! Kur te vijne turistat ne Shqiperi, do t'i shohim, apo jo?!

Nuk e di ne e keni marr vesh, por nderkohe qe ju po ofendonit njeri-tjetrin, Kosova po shpallte pavaresine. Shkoni beni nje "gezuar" me miqte!

^^ Jam dakort me Olsin. Kontrolloni fjalorin se ky eshte forum publik e jo kafja Dylberit te xhamlliku.

25 February 2008 Tirana _ Work started on a new €170 million cement plant outside the Albanian capital, in the latest sign of increased foreign investment flowing into the country.

The plant, in the town of Fushe Kruja, 25 kilometres from Tirana, will be owned by Antea Cement, a subsidiary of Greece's Titan Cement Group.

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha, present at the inaugural ceremony, said the project will benefit the local economy.


"A large number of workers will be employed in the construction phase of this plant, and hundreds will work there when it starts operations," said Berisha.


"This project is from a large multinational company and is clear sign of growing investor confidence in the country," he added.


The plant, which represents Albania's largest greenfield investment in the last decade, will host Chinese technology with equipment from the manufacturer and contractor, CBMI Construction Co. Ltd.


Titan Group has secured a 99 years lease and right of use for the quarries and land for the plant, through an agreement with the local authorities which has been ratified by the Council of Ministers and the Albanian Parliament.

The plant is expected to be operational in December 2009, producing 1.5 million tonnes of cement a year, targeting to supply the Albanian market as well as export to the international markets.
The investment includes the development of the required quarries, infrastructure and logistics.

The total project cost will be financed by the Titan Group. The International Finance Corporation, IFC, and the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, EBRD, could potentially participate in a part of the project as equity investors, both of which are in advanced negotiations with Titan.


Titan is an independent cement and building materials producer with over 100 years of industry experience. Based in Greece, the Group operates in six countries, owning eleven cement plants.

In 2006 the Group sold over 16 million tons of cement and related products, 6 million cubic metres of ready mixed concrete and 22 million tons of aggregates and various other building materials such as concrete blocks and dry mortars.


Two other cement plants involving foreign investors have already received approval to be built in Albania. The total value of the investments by Spanish-based Cemento Aguillas and Italy's Italcementi amounts to €205 million.

Greece's Titan to build cement plant in Albania

TIRANA, July 26 (Reuters) - Greece's Titan Cement Group (TTNr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research) will build a cement plant costing 170 million euros ($233.3 million) in an area north of Albania's capital Tirana, it said on Thursday.

Titan said its Albanian subsidiary Antea Cement Sh.A. signed a contract with the specialized Chinese cement equipment maker CBMI Construction Co.Ltd. after securing a 99-year lease on the land and the right to use quarries.

The plant will start producing 1.5 million tonnes of cement per year to supply Albania's booming construction industry and international markets when it starts work in December 2009.

Prime Minister Sali Berisha welcomed Titan's investment as a vote of confidence by foreign investors and said it would be joined by three bigger projects that will increase investments in the industry to 1 billion euros.

Seems that with this many companies Albania will be exporting a lot of cement.:)

Është miratuar gjatë ditës së djeshme projekti për rehabilitimin e rrugës që lidh Sarandën me kufirin grek. Sipas autoriteteve shtetërore, ndërtimi i kësaj rruge është në kuadrin e ndihmës europiane për zhvillimin e Ballkanit, si pjesë dhe zgjerim i rrugës ndërnacionale ballkanike të Egnatias. Pjesëmarrësit në këtë përurim vlerësuan se Qafë Bota do të bëhet një pikë e rëndësishme doganore, ku do të lëvizin më lirshëm mallrat dhe njerëzit. Përmes 8 urave që do të ndërtohen, kjo rrugë do të lidhë mes njëra-tjetrës edhe krahinat brenda territorit shqiptar, që do të sjellë zhvillim ekonomik e komunikimin mes rajoneve. Ministri shqiptar i Ekonomisë, Genc Ruli tha se: " Nënshkrimi i marrëveshjes së sotme shënon një produkt të ri, në bashkëpunimin e gjatë e të frytshëm mes Shqipërisë e Greqisë. Ky segment rrugor është një portë e re, një portë më shumë në marrëdhëniet ekonomike, por njerëzore, së pari, në marrëdhëniet politike mes dy vendeve, si më e rëndësishmja. Impakti i këtij projekti është i dukshëm në zonat dhe rajonet që shtrihen në të dy anët e kufirit, do të çojë në zhvillimin e resurseve ekonomike dhe njerëzore, kjo rrugë do t'i çojë drejt zhvillimit".

Projekti

Projekti parashikon rehabilitimin dhe përmirësimin e rrugës ekzistuese ndërmjet Sarandës dhe kufirit me Greqinë, synon në përmirësimin e aksesit të zonave ndërkufitare të dy vendeve. Ky segment rrugor, ka një gjatësi prej 40.5 km, është pjesë e korridorit Veri-Jug dhe shërben për të lidhur qytetin e Konispolit me Doganën e Qafë Botës (Sagiada, Greqi).

Kosto totale e projektit është 49.14 milionë Euro, nga të cilat, 32,7 milionë Euro parashikohen për punime ndërtimi, 1 milionë Euro supervizion, 3,2 milionë Euro kontigjencë, 0.66 milionë Euro menaxhim projekti, 2,6 milionë Euro shpronësime dhe rreth 7,18 milionë Euro TVSH dhe kosto të tjera). Për sa i takon kontributeve të palëve në financimin e projektit, Qeveria Greke konform marrëveshjes së projektit, do të financojë me fonde grant (dhuratë) 30,048 milionë Euro, ndërsa kontributi i palës shqiptare për këtë projekt është 17, 292 milionë Euro, të parashikuara për pagimin e të gjitha detyrimeve fiskale (TVSH, Taksë Doganore) dhe kostove të shpronësimeve.

By Besar Likmeta in Tirana

03 March 2008

TriGranit, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest property development company, aims to build a huge tourist resort from scratch on Albania’s northwestern coast.



Although seeing a steady a growth in the last few years, Albania is still falls behind the region when it comes to developing tourism. Its lack of infrastructure and political instability are often cited as a deterrence to a growing industry, which globally generated more than €2 billion per day in 2007.

However with Kosovo’s independence already settled and its more than 80 states recognising or set recognise the Balkan's newest state, amongst whom the Unites States, France, Germany and Italy, TriGranit, a Canadian based company, is looking to take advantage of this new optimism.

The company, basing its European operations in Budapest, revealed a development project worth hundreds of million of euros to construct a city from scratch on Albania's northwestern coast, when Prime Minister Sali Berisha visited Hungary Monday.

After researching the Albanian landscape for more than a year, TriGranit, aim to build a huge development, which apart from hotels, restaurants and vacation homes, will also include public building projects such as roads, hospitals and parks.

Albania’s possible entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization later this year, its increased European Union membership prospects, and of course rising tourism, growing by 10% per year are often cited by investors as its core advantages.

Other major rewards that Albania offers investors are the lack of restrictions on foreign ownership of property, the lack of capital gains tax, no withholding tax, no inheritance tax, no value added tax on property purchases, no state or wealth taxes and no transfer tax.

As a New York Times top ten budget destination for 2008, foreign property developers are taking notice of the small Balkan country, whose mild Mediterranean climate sports more than 300 days of sunshine every year.

The weak US dollar could also provide a major boon for Albania’s tourism industry, as overseas tourists are increasingly looking for budget destinations outside the eurozone.

"Just as the other Eastern European States hit us hard and fast with their capital growth, we believe Albania will do the same. It is becoming a pattern, these under-developed states, that were once surrounded by similarly under-developed neighbouring states, see their neighbours jumping onto the international tourism and property markets with a bang, and start to take steps rapidly to ensure that they are not left behind,” notes David Stanley from Redfern Ltd, one of the United Kingdom's leading overseas property investment specialists.

“Their generally good climate, which is always big business in the tourism industry, means their low prices make them a low cost alternative to some of Europe's hottest tourist destinations," he adds.

According to World Travel & Tourism Council, tourism in Albania generated more than €1.5 billion of economic activity in 2007.

Albania's travel and tourism market accounted for 13.8% of Gross Domestic Product and 137,000 jobs, about 11.2 % of the total workforce.

Albania’s government has been waging a robust campaign to seek foreign investment in its economy.

Last year the government presented the “Albania for €1” initiative, aiming to increase foreign direct investments, after years of stagnation, due to a tumultuous transition from the communist command economy to a free-enterprise democracy.

Under the scheme, publicly-owned land and assets are made available to investors for a token price, in exchange for the promise of substantial capital investment.

The initiative is open to both foreign and domestic investors.

Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s centre-right government is also planning a big round of privatization in 2008, which will spell the end of public ownership of the last major assets currently controlled by the state.

The distribution branch of Albania’s power utility, KESH, the insurance company, INSIG, and the only oil refinery in the country, ARMO, will all be sold off later this year.

The government's sweeping privatization plans follow the introduction of a flat-rate taxation system at the exceptionally low rate of 10% at the beginning of the year.

Besar Likmeta is BIRN Albania Editor. Balkan Insight is BIRN's online publication.

GruppOpir is builting the Vlora terminal. Not sure if posted over here, however they have renders on their website.

http://www.gruppopir.com/opencms/opencms/sites/default/pirgroup/en/pia/about.html?id=4

On the brochure. Do not know how to post pdf pictures.

GruppOpir is builting the Vlora terminal. Not sure if posted over here, however they have renders on their website.

http://www.gruppopir.com/opencms/opencms/sites/default/pirgroup/en/pia/about.html?id=4

On the brochure. Do not know how to post pdf pictures.


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Port Infrastructure Development

First Stage
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Final Stage
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Terminal Layout
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Looks pretty big. Did anybody catch the pricetag on this thing? The wave breakers will also help contain oil in case of a spill, they should have something on the tips to completely shut the inlet.

Could anybody enlighten me on the Durres-Kukes highway? How many bridges and tunnels will there be? Will the bridges and tunnels each 2 lanes or 4 lanes? Is the highway being built from Durres all the way to Kukes, or just a portion of it?

Discussion on that has been exhausted many times http://urbania21.com/forum/showthread.php?t=627

And if you could simply answer my question(s)....

Could anybody enlighten me on the Durres-Kukes highway? How many bridges and tunnels will there be? Will the bridges and tunnels each 2 lanes or 4 lanes? Is the highway being built from Durres all the way to Kukes, or just a portion of it?

there will be two major tunnels the longest in the region of balkans in the rreshen-kalimash section of the highway and they about 6 km each, there is two tunnels one for on caming traffic and one for the ongoing traffic they huv two lanes each.
regarding the bridges im not too sure how many there is but im sure that there is more than jst one i think, im not too sure bt i fink that there is a total of 3km worth of bridges of corse that length is not jst one bridge but all the brigdes put together.
the highway is mainly 4 lanes but in some parts its 2 lanes, i must add to it som of the companies that were meant to do the 2 lane sections did 4 lanes instead which turned out to be quiet a pleasing accident:cheers:

there are no two lanes, the highway is fully 4 lanes. start to finish

Vlora Bay Residences:


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Thanks for taking my pictures from my website - www.freshpropertyco.com - a mention would have been nice :)

^^ I'm sorry for not mentioning the source of the pictures... I will edit my post immediately..

Albania's airport signs €22 million loan with EBRD to extend terminal

TIRANA, Albania: Officials at Albania's Tirana Airport say they have signed a €22 million (US$34.7 million) loan with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to extend the passenger terminal.

Airport officials say Friday that the extension will increase passenger traffic to 1.5 million a year, a 50 percent rise. :cheers:

Construction is set to start this summer and be completed by late 2009.

Last year, the operators of Mother Teresa Tirana International Airport built new passenger and cargo terminals, and improved road access.

A German-U.S. consortium took over airport operations in April 2005, on a 20-year concession

Fourteen airlines connect Tirana directly with 30 destinations.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/28/business/EU-FIN-COM-Albania-Airport-Extension.php

EBRD helps Tirana Airport spread its wings

29/03/2008 12:19
The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD is extending a loan of €22.6 million for the further development and modernisation of Tirana International Airport (TIA).



The project includes extending the new passenger terminal, construction of additional airport buildings and investment in new ground handling equipment and systems.



Tirana International Airport is operated by a consortium led by Germany’s HOCHTIEF AirPort GmbH, under a concession from the Albanian government.


In addition to the EBRD finance, TIA will receive parallel loans of €24.3 million from DEG-Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Alpha Bank and the American Bank of Albania.



EBRD’s financing will support the next stage in the modernisation of Tirana International Airport. A total of €10.6 million will be used for capital investments, and the remaining €12 million for restructuring of the original loan to TIA provided by EBRD in 2005. The refinancing reflects TIA’s improved risk profile and the ability to provide new terms to TIA is a reflection of the capacity to create a stable and profitable public-private partnership (PPPs) comparable to those in more mature markets. As such, the project is a landmark deal for transactions of this sort in Albania.



TIA operates on the basis of a 20-year concession awarded via competitive tender in 2004. The Bank’s original €21 million loan provided in 2005 allowed for essential modernisation work of the airport which was built in 1957 and had seen limited investment since. Proceeds of the EBRD loan were used for construction of a new passenger terminal and cargo terminal, as well as a new access road to the airport that substantially shortened the travel time from the city of Tirana to the airport.


The first part of the modernisation was successfully completed in March 2007 with the opening of the new terminal and the airport has since attracted several new high profile airlines.

The second phase of airport modernisation, which follows strong recent growth in passenger numbers and cargo volumes*, is expected to be completed by 2009.

Sue Barrett, EBRD Director for Transport, said this project is crucially important to Albania’s economic development. The terms of the new loan send a clear and positive message about the state of development of the commercial, political and legal environment for PPPs in Albania. Its innovative structure makes it a showcase for private-sector investment in medium-sized airport operations in the region. This is a model that could well be replicated elsewhere in south-eastern Europe, Ms Barrett said.

This loan agreement is of great value for the airport company, Andrea Gebbeken, Chief Executive Officer of TIA said, but just as importantly it is a showcase project for Albania’s ability to attract financing for important infrastructure investments. The success of this new loan is a result of good partnership, strong commitment and goodwill among all involved parties, Ms Gebbeken added.

The EBRD is the largest institutional investor in Albania, having invested €372 million in 40 projects in Albania, ranging in a number of important sectors, including national infrastructure, the financial sector and the private corporate sector.

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Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare ka nisur dje investimet në Kamëz dhe Bathore për vendosjen e rrjetit të tensionit të ulët, investim që kap shifrën e rreth 11 milionë dollarëve. Ky investim i pari në Bathore dhe Kamëz nga ana e KESH-it, do të mundësojë vendosjen e 20 kabinave elektrike si dhe rrjetit me tension të ulët e të mesëm, i cili përbën një teknologji bashkëkohore në këtë drejtim. Investimi i nisur do të vazhdojë edhe gjatë muajve në vazhdim për lagjen ku po punohet aktualisht dhe më pas do të shtrihet në të gjithë këtë bashki. Kjo do të shoqërohet edhe me kontrollin dhe montimin e matësve të energjisë tek subjektet dhe familjarët në këtë zonë e njohur për nivelin e lartë të mospagimit të energjisë ndër vite. Rrjeti i ri që do të realizohet do të jetë një rrjet i veshur “ABC kabllor”, që do ta bëjë të pamundur ndërhyrjen e banorëve në rrjet. Gjatë ditës së djeshme kur nisi ky investim, njëkohësisht vijoi edhe puna për prerjen e lidhjeve të paligjshme në Bathore. I pranishëm në nisjen e projektit ishte dhe kreu i KESH-it, Gjergj Bojaxhi, i cili u shpreh se “një projekt i tillë do të shoqërohet me përmirësimin e cilësisë së shërbimit por edhe me një mbikëqyrje më të rreptë ndaj debive”. Aktualisht në këtë zonë numërohen 4.500 abonentë, ndërsa arkëtimet janë vetëm 20 për qind.

^^ Zgjedhjet jane vitin tjeter dhe i duhen turmat e "mbeshtetesve" neper mitingjet elektorale. :D

^^ Zgjedhjet jane vitin tjeter dhe i duhen turmat e "mbeshtetesve" neper mitingjet elektorale. :D

ma more nga goja!

Fusha e stadiumit "Skënderbeu" të qytetit te Korçës do të rehabilitohet sipas parametrave bashkëkohorë, duke e shtruar atë me një tapet të ri të gjelbër. i pritur prej disa vitesh, ky investim ka filluar të zbatohet nga dita djeshme falë një investimi të bashkise se qytetit dhe biznesit vendas, në bashkëpunim me Federatën Shqiptare të Futbollit.

Një fond prej 25 milion lekësh, nga të cilat 10 milion kontribut i bashkisë së Korçës dhe i biznesit vendas, është akorduar për të rehabilituar fushën e stadiumit "Skënderbeu". Kryetari i bashkisë së Korçës, Niko Peleshi, tha se rehabilitimi i fushës së stadiumit do të realizohet brenda vitit 2008. Sipas tij, ky eshte një investim që mund të motivojë edhe më shumë ekipin e qytetit në të ardhmen, për të prezantuar një futboll sa më cilësor mes skuadrave më të mira të vendit.