French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) and Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama sign documents in Brussels, on February 17, 2020, during the ìTogether for Albaniaî international donorsí conference to help with recovery after the country was hit by a powerful earthquake in November 2019. – The impoverished Balkan state was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake in November, killing 51 people, leaving 17,000 homeless and creating a recovery bill of more than a billion euros ($1.08 billion), according to an official assessment. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
International donors on Monday pledged 1.15 billion euros ($1.25 billion) to help Albania recover from a powerful earthquake last year, the EU chief announced, more than double the sum expected by Tirana.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said the sum — which exceeds the total recovery bill of 1.08 billion euros assessed by the UN — was “beyond my wildest imagination”, having begun the day hoping for pledges…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
