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Foreign Ministry is building a talent pool, a step toward cultivating next generation

Pandi Skaka — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:58:58 +0000

TIRANA, April 10 /ATA/ Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has launched a call for expressions of interest to establish a Structured Talent Pool, aiming to enhance the capacity and expertise of the Foreign Service.

According to the official report, this initiative aims to build a flexible mechanism to face the challenges of an increasingly dynamic and complex international environment, enabling the mobilization of specialized expertise and additional capacities in the function of foreign policy.

The ministry seeks professionals in IR, justice, economics, security, communications, and social sciences. Qualified candidates will be certified and placed in a talent pool for temporary, need-based assignments. /gj.m/r.e/a.f/p.s./

Rama: Public swimming pool in Durrës, entertainment and training place

Pandi Skaka — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:32:19 +0000

TIRANA, August 16/ATA/ The reconstruction of the public “Taq Dafa” swimming pool in Durrës has revived the tradition of swimming among young people in the coastal city.

The improved conditions have made the swimming pool into an increasingly attractive place not only for professional swimmers, but also for the amateurs.

Prime Minister Edi Rama shared today in the social media images from the reborn public swimming pool in Durrës, where children and adults can have fun and exercise.

The “Taq Dafa” swimming pool in Durrës has been completely reconstructed, meeting all the requirements for an Olympic swimming pool.

The pool has a length of 50 meters and a width of 21 meters, with a depth that varies from 2 meters on the north side to 1.4 meters on the south side.

It was opened in 2015 and has played an essential role in encouraging physical activities, especially for the children and young people of Durrës, who are passionate about swimming. /m.m/p.s./

A villa and a swimming pool of Roman period discovered in Durrës

Pandi Skaka — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:49:06 +0000

TIRANA, May 9/ATA/ During the archaeological excavations at the site of the “Gjergj Kastrioti” school in Durrës, there has been discovered the traces of a villa and an indoor swimming pool that belong to the Roman period, the first of its kind discovered by archaeological excavations in Albania.

These archaeological findings are thought to date back to the 1st-4th centuries AD.

The National Institute of Cultural Heritage said that, “The archaeological excavations, which at the current stage cover an area of 1200 m2, have given a special panorama of the urban organization of the area, where we are probably dealing with a part of the city where the elite strata of the society lived”.

“The villa is decorated on its entire surface with colorful frescoes of a high artistic level”, said the Institute.

Archaeologists believe that this villa was destroyed by the earthquake of the 4th century AD, which is mentioned in ancient sources.

Last year, during opening of the foundations for reconstruction of the “Gjergj Kastrioti” high school, within the framework of the EU4Schools program financed by the EU and implemented by UNDP, there was discovered a part of the rare antique mosaic. This mosaic, composed of dark blue and white stones with geometric and floral figures, dates back to the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century and is part of a luxurious villa that was located near Durrës amphitheater. /k.s/r.e/p.s./