{"id":24744,"date":"2021-11-10T11:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24744"},"modified":"2021-11-10T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:35:12","slug":"ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a meeting that was called earlier today by the Council of Ministers, the former General Director of the State Police, Ardi Veliu, was appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy. Veliu stepped down from his function as Chief of Police on October 5, after having served for the last 4 years.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the police ranks, Veliu has now decided to dedicate himself entirely to politics, even though this appointment contradicts the desire he expressed in his letter of resignation, where he said that he would now prefer to devote his time to his children and family.<\/p>\n<p>Ardi Veliu\u2019s place as Chief of Police was taken by Gledis Nano. Earlier, Nano served as Chief of the Anti-Terror Division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/05\/chief-of-police-announces-official-resignation-who-is-ardi-veliu\/\">Chief of Police announces official resignation, who is Ardi Veliu?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2021\/10\/05\/panels-take-on-velius-resignation-he-was-terminated-ramas-squeezed-lemon\/\">Panel\u2019s take on Veliu\u2019s resignation: He was terminated; Rama\u2019s \u2018squeezed lemon\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/shock\/2021\/10\/05\/veliu-has-been-acting-like-a-thug-a-socialist-party-soldier-dressed-in-police-uniform-says-analyst\/\">Veliu has been acting like a thug \u2013 a socialist party soldier dressed in police uniform, says analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a meeting that was called earlier today by the Council of Ministers, the former General Director of the State Police, Ardi Veliu, was appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy. Veliu stepped down from his function as Chief of Police on October 5, after having served for the last 4 years. After leaving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a meeting that was called earlier today by the Council of Ministers, the former General Director of the State Police, Ardi Veliu, was appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy. Veliu stepped down from his function as Chief of Police on October 5, after having served for the last 4 years. After leaving the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1068\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"739\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":88,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/\",\"name\":\"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg\",\"width\":1068,\"height\":739,\"caption\":\"Former chief of police, now deputy minister of infrastructure, Ardi Veliu\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy - Euronews Albania","og_description":"In a meeting that was called earlier today by the Council of Ministers, the former General Director of the State Police, Ardi Veliu, was appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy. Veliu stepped down from his function as Chief of Police on October 5, after having served for the last 4 years. After leaving the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1068,"height":739,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy","datePublished":"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/"},"wordCount":173,"commentCount":88,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg","keywords":["Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/","name":"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-10T10:35:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210329_185412_290321065-5_ncy3W4r-1068x739-1.jpg","width":1068,"height":739,"caption":"Former chief of police, now deputy minister of infrastructure, Ardi Veliu"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ardi-veliu-gets-appointed-deputy-minister-of-infrastructure-and-energy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ardi Veliu gets appointed deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}