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Producers to manage waste in Albania
Gazeta Tema
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September 4, 2025
TIRANA, Sep 4 (TemA) – Businesses that make or sell products in Albania will have to finance and run systems to collect and treat the waste they create, under legal changes aligned with EU rules. The draft shifts full costs to producers and...
Goals and Highlights: Gibraltar 0-1 Albania in Friendly Match
VAVEL
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September 4, 2025
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Climate change driving conditions for Iberian wildfires: Study
Al Jazeera
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September 4, 2025
Portugal and Spain account for two-thirds of one million hectares of land destroyed by wildfire in Europe in 2025. Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 Climate change is helping to make wildfires that ravage hundreds of thousands of hectares of land...
Goals and Highlights: Gibraltar 0-1 Albania in Friendly Match
VAVEL
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September 4, 2025
Thank you very much Thank you very much for joining us for our live coverage of the Gibraltar vs. Albania friendly match. We wish you a pleasant evening and invite you to stay connected to VAVEL.com to keep up with the best of world sports. END OF...
Travel expert reveals 'gorgeous' destination with '90s prices' and 26c weather in September
Wales Online
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September 4, 2025
Travel expert Simon Calder has harboured a soft spot for one particular destination since the 1980s. The location is now emerging as a hot spot - yet Simon says "prices are really back to kinda 1990s levels." Albania is becoming an increasingly...
How climate change is fueling wildfires in Spain, Portugal
Deutsche Welle
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September 4, 2025
Intense wildfires that burned through large swathes of Spain and Portugal this summer — claiming at least eight lives and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate — were massively fueled by climate change, according to a new reportpublished on...
Fossil-Fueled Climate Heating Set the Stage for Devastating Fires in Spain and Portugal This Summer
Inside Climate News
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September 4, 2025
A new attribution report published Thursday shows that global warming made the extreme hot and dry conditions preceding this summer’s wildfires in Portugal and Spain 40 times more likely and 30 percent more intense than in pre-industrial climate...
Dirty Water: Albania’s Polluted Rivers Need Cleaning Now, Activist Says
Balkan Insight
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September 4, 2025
Over the past year, Denisa Kasa has been walking along, documenting, raising awareness about and organising clean-ups of six rivers in Albania. Initially, the 25-year-old activist started walking along the river Erzen, which stretches for 108...
Wildfires in Spain and Portugal made 40 times more likely by climate change
Deutsche Welle
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September 4, 2025
Intense wildfires that burned through large swathes of Spain and Portugal this summer — claiming at least 8 lives and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate — were massively fueled by climate change, according to a new report published today. It...
Climate change costs Albania $198 million
Gazeta Tema
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September 2, 2025
TIRANA, Sept 2 (TemA) – Albania loses $198 million a year to climate change, IMF estimates show — about $16.5 million a month or $550,000 a day. Wildfires and floods drive most losses; earthquakes add to the toll. Nearly 5,000 people suffer...
Albania to chair EU interregional committee for first time
Gazeta Tema
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September 2, 2025
TIRANA, Sept 2 (TemA) – Albania will for the first time chair the Monitoring Committee of “Interreg Europe,” a flagship European Union programme for interregional cooperation, the State Agency for Strategic Programming and Aid Coordination said...
Wildfires burned over 57,000 hectares of forests — what environmental experts warn
Euronews Albania
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September 3, 2025
This year across Albania, wildfires scorched around 57,000 hectares of forests and pastures — 22% more land compared to 2024. The annual report of the National Environmental Agency states: “Forests are expected to be significantly affected by...
Albania and the European Union: Compliance, Politics, and Hope
Gazeta Tema
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September 2, 2025
I still vividly remember December 1990, when as a student I joined thousands shouting "I want Albania to be like Europe." Three years later, I found myself on the other side of that equation, working for the EU delegation in Tirana as Europe began...
Adriatic Sea, a neglected cradle of biodiversity
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
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Adriatic coast of Trieste - Photo M. Abbà The Adriatic and Ionian Seas protect only 3.4% of their waters, compared to a European average of 10.8%. Experts call for coordinated action by the ten countries of the basin to combat overfishing and mass...
Albania loses its hidden-gem luster
Politico Europe
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September 1, 2025
“These are major investments,” Blendi Klosi, the member of parliament who proposed the extension, told Albanian media. “This initiative benefits only a specific segment of the sector—those aiming to raise the industry to higher standards.” The...
Albania honours UAE team for bravely combating wildfires
Gulf Today
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August 31, 2025
The Albanian government recognised the efforts of the rescue teams that took part in extinguishing the recent forest wildfires, including the UAE team. The recognition ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Edi Rama along with senior military...
UAE rescue team wraps up Albania wildfire mission
Sharjah24
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700 water-drop operations carried out Mohammed Al Sharif, official spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence, said the team conducted 700 water-drop operations, delivering nearly 1,300 tonnes of water and fire retardants across 28 aerial sorties....
Meet a 17-Year-Old Photographer Revealing the Hidden Side of Wildlife
PetaPixel - California
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September 1, 2025
While many teenagers are absorbed in screens, Denat Lahi spends his nights and early mornings tracking foxes and pine martens. At just 17, Denat Lahi is already carving out a name for himself in wildlife photography, bringing both precision and...
Can Albania really become a cashless economy?
Deutsche Welle
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September 1, 2025
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama won a fourth mandate in May, promising Albanian citizens that he would lead the country into the European Union by 2030. In mid-July, he announced another major plan for the same timeframe: "We have an ambition:...
Albania Honours UAE Firefighting Team For Helping Battle Raging Wildfires
MENAFN
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August 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Albanian government honoured the efforts of the rescue teams that took part in extinguishing the recent wildfires in its forests, including the UAE team. The ceremony was held in the presence of Prime Minister Edi Rama...