€90 million EU financial package for Durrës – Rrogozhina railway upgrade in Albania

The EU funds, consisting of a €60.5 million grant under the Western Balkans Investment Framework and a €30 million loan from EIB Global, will help to modernise the 34 km railway line. The financial package was signed at a ceremony held in Tirana, attended by high-level representatives from the European Commission, the government of Albania and EIB Global. The project will facilitate safer and more efficient and sustainable passenger and freight transportation, contributing to socioeconomic growth and regional integration. During High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas’ official visit to Albania, an EU financial package worth €90.5 million for the reconstruction of the Durrës – Rrogozhina railway section was signed by the European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and the government of Albania. The funds consist of a €60.5 million EU grant channelled under the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) and a €30 million EIB Global loan. The agreement was signed by EIB Global Director of the Enlargement and Neighbourhood Department Lionel Rapaille and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy of Albania Belinda Balluku, in the presence of Vice-President Kallas and Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama. The funds will make it possible to modernise a 34 km railway line between the port of Durrës and Rrogozhina in central Albania, which lies on the multi-modal Pan-European Corridor VIII connecting the southern Italian...