00:02The European Commission has warned the Albanian government over a 1.4 billion euros real estate project linked to U
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00:19in a protected Albanian nature reserve have entered the second week.
00:23A European Commission spokesperson urged Tirana to act to avoid jeopardizing the country's bid to join the EU as accession
00:32talks require a candidate country to align with environmental rules.
00:36Albania should refrain from action that could undermine the fulfillment of the closing benchmark and we expect the Albanian authorities
00:45to act without delay.
00:47The spokesperson added that the Commission has expressed concerns to Albania's Minister of the Environment about the potential shortcomings of
00:56the project and that the Minister had assured Brussels that construction work has been suspended.
01:02Albania's Prime Minister Edirama has however defended the project, telling Euronews last Friday that resistance to the plans was part
01:10of what he called a quote hybrid war waged by people taking advantage of well-meaning sentiments regarding the environment.
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