TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Teams of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, or Frontex, are joining Albania’s police to patrol its land and sea borders for migrants and crime.
European Union Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Frontex head Fabrice Leggeri were in Tirana Tuesday to launch “the first ever joint operation on the territory of a neighboring non-EU country.”
Avramopoulos said the agreement is “a milestone in the EU cooperation with the region.”
Fifty officers, 16 patrol cars and 1 thermo-vision van from 12 EU member countries will deploy along the Albania-Greece border.
Similar agreements have been signed with North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Albania hopes to launch negotiations to join the EU this year.
ATHENS - A series of sweeping changes to laws regulating the market for short-term property rentals via online platforms, such as Airbnb, is being planned by Greece's national economy and finance ministry, which will soon introduce the new measures.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
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