half – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Sun, 10 Apr 2022 15:20:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Balkan half-marathon held in Tirana https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/04/10/balkan-half-marathon-held-in-tirana/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/04/10/balkan-half-marathon-held-in-tirana/#respond Sun, 10 Apr 2022 15:11:40 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=176227 TIRANA, April 10/ATA/ Although a rainy day, the Balkan half- marathon was held in Tirana today, where Albania is the organizer of the event for the second time.

Attending the half-marathon were 44 competitors from 22 different member states authorized by the Balkan Athletics Federation: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Kosovo, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, San Marino, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.

The race was held at the area of the Grand Park of Tirana and the professional runners did not stop even because there was heavy rain. In the women’s category, Luiza Gega of Albania was the winner, while in the men’s category the winner was Dario Ivanovsi from North Macedonia.

The Balkan Half-Marathon is an annual event organized in different parts of the world./p.s./

 

]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/04/10/balkan-half-marathon-held-in-tirana/feed/ 0 50% of works in Skërfica tunnel are completed/Travel distance from Tirana to Saranda cut by 3 hours https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/06/30/50-of-works-in-skerfica-tunnel-are-completed-travel-distance-from-tirana-to-saranda-cut-by-3-hours/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/06/30/50-of-works-in-skerfica-tunnel-are-completed-travel-distance-from-tirana-to-saranda-cut-by-3-hours/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:44:58 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=154031 TIRANA, June 30 /ATA/ The Albanian Road Authority informed today that the works for building of Skërfica tunnel on Kardhiq-Delvinë road axis have been completed halfway.

Skërficë tunnel on the Kardhiq-Delvinë axis is 1.3 km long, and according to Albanian Road Authority, it is also associated with the emergency tunnel with a length of 670 m, thus fulfilling all safety conditions.

“The work is making progress at a fast pace; the physical realization has reached 50%, the excavation works of the northern portal of the tunnel (entrance) and the southern portal (exit) have been completed”, ARA said.

The completion of this infrastructural work cuts by 3 hours the travel distance from Tirana to Saranda, giving a further impetus to the multidimensional development of the area and the country./p.s./

 

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