The EU and Germany will give Albania $88 million to turn the 資本／首都's 3 main bus lines electric
TIRANA, Albania (AP) - The European Union and Germany said Wednesday they would give Albania a 連合させるd 81.09 million euros (about $88 million) to turn the three main bus lines in the 資本／首都 Tirana electric, part of helping the Balkan country 会合，会う 必要物／必要条件s to join the 27-nation 圏.
The 圏 will give the Green 輸送（する） Tirana 事業／計画（する） 31.09 million euros ($34 million) as a 認める while Germany´s KFW 開発 Bank will 貸付金 it 50 million euros ($54 million). The Tirana municipality will also 投資する 29.17 million euros ($31.6 million).
This will be the first electric Bus 早い 輸送（する） system, known as "e-BRT," in Albania.
The 事業／計画（する）, 推定する／予想するd to start this year, 目的（とする）s to 意味ありげに 改善する public 輸送（する） service and 減ずる 炭酸ガス 放出／発行s 同様に as 空気／公表する 汚染物s.
Tirana´s 地位，任命する-共産主義者 全住民 has 増加するd more than three-倍の: from 300,000 in 1990 to one million. Its 現在の 輸送（する） lines operate second-手渡す buses that slowly 運動 around the city's packed streets, with few 献身的な 小道／航路s to them.
The Western Balkans countrie s - Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia - are at different 行う／開催する／段階s in their 使用／適用s for EU 会員の地位 which has 失望させるd 居住（者）s 予定 to its slow pace. Russia's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国, which started in Feb. 2022, has propelled European leaders to 押し進める the six to join the 圏.
FILE - Traffic passes in Albania's 資本／首都 main Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. The European Union and Germany say they will give Albania nearly $88 million to turn the three main bus lines in the 資本／首都 Tirana electric, part of helping the Balkan country 会合，会う 必要物／必要条件s to join the 27-nation 圏. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina, とじ込み／提出する)
Russia 伝統的に 持つ／拘留するs sway in the Balkans, 特に の中で 正統派の Christian セルビア人s.
Recently, EU 公式の／役人s 申し込む／申し出d a 6 billion euro (about $6.4 billion) 一括 for the Balkan nations to encourage 改革（する） and 誘惑する them away from ロシアの 影響（力）.
FILE -The main Durresi avenue is seen from above in Tirana, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The European Union and Germany say they will give Albania nearly $88 million to turn the three main bus lines in the 資本／首都 Tirana electric, part of helping the Balkan country 会合，会う 必要物／必要条件s to join the 27-nation 圏.(AP Photo/Hektor Pustina, とじ込み／提出する)
