Joint programs between
Tirana, the European Capital of Sport 2023, and Ascoli Piceno,
the European City of Sport 2025, but also the promotion of
sustainable tourism, the development of economic-cultural
exchanges, the increase of school and university educational
trips and the enhancement of their respective artistic-natural
heritages were the critical issues of a series of institutional
meetings of Ascoli Mayor Marco Fioravanti in Tirana on January
15.
The first citizen met Deputy Minister of Tourism and
Environment Vilma Bello, Deputy Minister of Sports Endri Hoxha,
Deputy Minister of Education Nina Guga, and Tirana Mayor Erion
Veliaj.
"It was an important day, which allowed us to create a closer
tie with Tirana and Albania," Fioravanti commented, "a synergy
aimed, on the one hand, at making both communities aware of the
understanding of each other's cultures and on the other hand, at
making our beautiful city, which Mayor Veliaj has visited, more
and more known."
During the day in Albania, the mayor visited the Italian
School in Tirana, opened in 2018 by Ascoli's Sara Alesi, Daniela
Corrias, and Concetta Marotta. The institute, the only
Italian-language comprehensive school in Albania, has about 100
pupils of different nationalities, from 5 years old to secondary
school.
Among the meetings was one with Italy's ambassador, Fabrizio
Bucci. "It was an opportunity," Fioravanti said, "to discuss the
increase in relations between the two nations, especially given
the many Italians now living in Albania and the growth of
Italian companies in the country, which is investing in services
and economic development."
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