The Rural You project, funded by the European Union, is creating new opportunities for young people in the North of Albania. Martina is one of them. With her "Trasta Trend" project she is promoting sustainable living by handing out reusable bags and raising awareness about reducing plastic waste.

Three years ago on this day, the European Union hosted in Brussels the International Donors’ Conference - “Together for Albania” - to support reconstruction efforts after the earthquake that struck Albania in November 2019. Today, our flagship EU4Schools and EU4Culture programmes count 38 new schools fully operational and three cultural heritage sites fully restored.

Today, the Council of the European Union, the institution gathering the ministers of EU Member States, adopted the new priorities that will guide the cooperation between the EU and the CoE in the next two years. In the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and global threats to rules-based multilateralism, human rights, democracy and the rule of law, the document calls for enhanced...