Albania Special Weapons News

2008

• Series of Explosions Shake Albanian Capital VOA 15 Mar 2008 -- Albanian officials say at least four people have been killed and over 200 injured, including many children in a series of powerful explosions that rocked an army base on the outskirts of the capital Tirana late Saturday
• Special Fund Aids Albania-U.S. Munitions Destruction Project Washington File 03 Jan 2008 -- The recently completed U.S.-Albania munitions destruction project marked another success in the effort for disarmament and nonproliferation of weapons.

2007

• Weapons Destruction Program Reduces Threat, Enhances Security Washington File 10 Sep 2007 -- Albania's recent destruction of its stockpile of chemical weapons is the latest success in ongoing partnerships between the United States and countries that have deadly weapons that are vulnerable to theft or illicit smuggling attempts by terrorists, criminals or rogue states.
• Albania Completes Destruction of Deadly Chemical Weapons Washington File 17 Aug 2007 -- On September 1, in Tirana, Albanian officials and a U.S. delegation from Washington will commemorate Albania becoming the first country to complete destruction of its chemical weapons.

2005

• U.S. Lauds Libyan, Albanian Efforts to Destroy Chemical Weapons Washington File 17 Mar 2005 -- The head of the U.S. delegation to a key meeting in The Hague to review nations' efforts to destroy chemical weapons says the United States welcomes the ambitious plans of the governments of Libya and Albania to eliminate their stockpiles.
• US / ALBANIA WEAPONS VOA 10 Jan 2005 -- The State Department said Monday the United States will underwrite the destruction of a decades-old stockpile of chemical weapons in Albania. U.S. officials say the Balkan state acquired the deadly agents during the former dictatorship of Enver Hoxha.

  2004

• Bush Earmarks Funds to Destroy Chemical Warfare Agents in Albania Washington File 21 Oct 2004 -- President Bush has obligated funds for the destruction of chemical warfare agents stockpiled in Albania and named the U.S. Department of Defense as the government agency to carry out the project.