The new project was inaugurated during an event on occasion of the World Bee Day at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Minister of Agriculture Frida Krifca, and the Slovenian Ambassador to Albania, Peter Japejl, symbolically inaugurated an urban beehive on the rooftop of the Ministry of Agriculture in Tirana.

Agriculture Minister said in her remarks that the initiative will promote beekeeping and it is an appeal to reduce environment pollution and improve quality of air and earth.

“We are joining a model we have already seen in the friendly Slovenia, a country that shows utmost care for the bees. Together with the Slovenian Ambassador we are introducing the urban beekeeping project on the rooftop of the Ministry of Agriculture, home to an array of flowers, trees, greenery that serve as good feeding ground for the beehives we are placing on the roof to promote the EU urban beekeeping practice,” Agriculture Minister said.

At the inauguration, Ambassador Japelj presented the exhibition on the painted beehive panels that are Slovenian traditional craft. He also stressed the importance of bees for the pollination, and beekeeping skills in the context of the EU4Skills.

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