Balla meets Ambassador Karl Bergner: Traffic Police will be trained according to German standards

Interior Minister Taulant Balla held a meeting with the new German ambassador in Tirana, Karl Bergner. During the meeting, Balla and Bergner discussed the possibility of creating new mechanisms for the promotion of people with high moral and professional integrity, where, according to Balla, German expertise in this regard will be very important. During the […]

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