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Residents oppose the TID project in Durrës/ Rama: It is being misinterpreted!

2026-02-22 10:20:50Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Residents oppose the TID project in Durrës/ Rama: It is being
Edi Rama

Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke on the "Flasim" podcast about a number of issues, focusing on the trial in The Hague, the political situation in the country, as well as the opposition protests.

While also talking about the TID project in Durrës, he said that it is being misinterpreted. Speaking about the project to revitalize the historic “Epidamn” Boulevard in Durrës, Rama emphasized that the Archaeological Zone A is a treasure trove of national and world heritage, with monuments such as the Roman Amphitheater, the Byzantine Forum and the Roman Baths.

Rama stressed that the project is not unexpected, but is based on the government program and the 2022 Integrated Management Plan, and is a legal and international obligation, including the aim of being included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

He said that the interventions, including the necessary expropriations, are of a fair and sensitive nature towards the residents, putting "the national interest and the preservation of historical heritage, as is the case in similar international projects in Rome and Athens, first."

Excerpt from Rama's speech

The project to revitalize the historic heart of Durrës is being accompanied by endless misinterpretations and misinformation, while its realization is strategic in nature for the future of the old Mediterranean city and of European Albania as an important tourist destination in the Mediterranean.

Archaeological Zone A, where the project will take place, is not an ordinary urban space and any property debate over that area should not go beyond the framework of the fundamental fact: That area is the property of the treasury of our national heritage and part of the world heritage. The Roman Amphitheater, the Byzantine Forum, the Roman Baths are monuments of European civilization, not simply monuments of our national heritage register. The objective of entering this area into the UNESCO World Heritage List takes this project beyond the national dimension. It makes it an international obligation.

This project was not born today nor did it take shape in the dark, but was based on a long-standing program of this government for that area, as well as an Integrated Management Plan, drafted by the Ministry of Culture and put out for public consultation in 2022. The Law on Cultural Heritage obliges the state to intervene against degradation or informal construction in cultural heritage areas. This is exactly what we are doing.

International history shows that no country has discovered, conserved, and highlighted heritage of this magnitude without undertaking expropriations.

In Rome, thousands upon thousands of properties were expropriated for the opening of the Imperial Forums. In Athens, massive expropriations were carried out for the area around the Acropolis and the creation of the archaeological park.

We will do exactly this, with sensitivity and justice towards the residents, but with determination towards the national interest.


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