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Visit of Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner, to Albania

On 5 December 2019, Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, visited Albania to assess the damage after the earthquake which struck the country on 26 November. This visit follows the announcement by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, of €15 million in EU funds to support the Albanian people following the devastating earthquake. Janez Lenarčič visited a damaged school in Durrës, as well as a temporary shelter camp in Vorë, together with Edi Rama, Albanian Prime Minister, Bledi Çuçi, Albanian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, and Luigi Soreca, Head of the EU Delegation to Albania. On this occasion, the Commissioner met wit experts from the European Civil Protection Team, as well as Italian and Greek structural engineers, all deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

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ID P-041830

Date 05/12/2019

Photos 31

Category Report

Tags European Commission - visits made EU relations with Member States Albania See more

Personalities Janez Lenarčič Bledi Çuçi Luigi Soreca See more

Location Durrës Vorë

Luigi Soreca, Janez Lenarčič, and Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism (from left to right), at the damage assessment coordination cell in the city of Durrës

Janez Lenarčič, on the right, with the damage assessment coordination cell members in the city of Durrës

Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, on the left, and Janez Lenarčič, in the centre, with a member of the damage assessment coordination cell in the city of Durrës

Janez Lenarčič, 2nd from the left, Luigi Soreca, 3rd from the left, and Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, 4th from the left, at the damage assessment coordination cell in the city of Durrës

Luigi Soreca, 1st from the right, and Janez Lenarčič, 2nd from the right, at the damage assessment coordination cell in the city of Durrës

Handshake between Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, on the left, and Janez Lenarčič, at the damage assessment coordination cell in the city of Durrës

Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, 1st from the right, Janez Lenarčič, 2nd from the right, and Luigi Soreca, 4th from the right, at the damage assessment coordination cell in the city of Durrës

Janez Lenarčič, on the right, with the damage assessment coordination cell members in the city of Durrës

Edi Rama, on the right, and Janez Lenarčič

Bledi Çuçi, Edi Rama, Janez Lenarčič, and Luigi Soreca (from left to right in the foreground)

Roundtable with, from left to right, in a clockwise direction, Bledi Çuçi, 1st, Edi Rama, 2nd, Luigi Soreca, 6th, and Janez Lenarčič, 7th

Janez Lenarčič, on the left, with members of the European Civil Protection Team and Albanian emergency workers, during a visit to a damaged school in Durrës

Janez Lenarčič, in the centre left, and Luigi Soreca, in the centre right, during a visit to a damaged school in Durrës

Janez Lenarčič, 2nd from the right, and Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, 4th from the right, during a visit to a damaged school in Durrës

Edi Rama, in the centre right, and Janez Lenarčič, in the centre left, during a visit to a damaged school in Durrës

Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, 1st from the left, Bledi Çuçi, 3rd from the left, Edi Rama, 4th from the left, and Janez Lenarčič, on the right, visiting damaged buildings in Durrës

Edi Rama, in the centre left, and Janez Lenarčič, in the centre right, visiting damaged buildings in Durrës

Edi Rama, on the left, and Janez Lenarčič, visiting damaged buildings in Durrës

Janez Lenarčič, in the centre, looking at damaged buildings in Durrës

Bledi Çuçi, Edi Rama, and Janez Lenarčič, in front of a demolished building in Durrës

Edi Rama, Janez Lenarčič, and Bledi Çuçi, visiting damaged buildings in Durrës (from left to right in the foreground)

Bledi Çuçi, 1st from the right, Janez Lenarčič, 2nd from the right, Edi Rama, 4th from the right, and Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, on the left, visiting damaged buildings in Durrës

Bledi Çuçi, Edi Rama, Janez Lenarčič, and Luigi Soreca, speaking with residents of Durrës (from left to right)

Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, on the right, and Janez Lenarčič, in the centre, during a visit to a temporary shelter camp in Vorë

Janez Lenarčič, in the centre, during a visit to a temporary shelter camp in Vorë

Edi Rama, on the left, and Janez Lenarčič, being interviewed by journalists during a visit to a temporary shelter camp in Vorë

Peter Glerum, Team Leader of EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Luigi Soreca, and Janez Lenarčič, during a visit to a temporary shelter camp in Vorë (from left to right in the 1st row)

Janez Lenarčič, in the centre, and Luigi Soreca, on the right, during a visit to a temporary shelter camp in Vorë

Janez Lenarčič, in the centre, during a visit to a temporary shelter camp in Vorë

Janez Lenarčič, 3rd from the left, and Luigi Soreca, 4th from the left, during a visit to a temporary shelter camp in Vorë

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