{"id":80112,"date":"2025-09-08T14:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=80112"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:48:21","slug":"kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"389\">Kosovo\u2019s caretaker Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has announced that in the next mandate more than \u20ac1 billion will be allocated for the army, and he also pledged the development of domestically produced military drones branded \u201cMade in Kosovo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"541\">Kurti stated that during the upcoming mandate, the Ammunition Factory will become operational and the country\u2019s military industry will be developed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"779\"><em data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"765\">&#8220;The strengthening of the army will be achieved through the purchase of weaponry, training, and education within the country, in cooperation with Albania and at the most renowned military academies in partner countries,&#8221;<\/em> Kurti said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"901\">He further added that a joint military unit with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania will also be established.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1170\">The caretaker Prime Minister underlined his goal to deepen and expand international cooperation, both bilaterally and multilaterally, with NATO member states. He also noted that within the new mandate, Kosovo expects to have 1,000 women serving in the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1352\">Kurti also spoke about Kosovo\u2019s integration into the European Union, stressing that the goal is for Kosovo to successfully close all chapters of the EU accession process by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s caretaker Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has announced that in the next mandate more than \u20ac1 billion will be allocated for the army, and he also pledged the development of domestically produced military drones branded \u201cMade in Kosovo.\u201d Kurti stated that during the upcoming mandate, the Ammunition Factory will become operational and the country\u2019s military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":80113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,1803],"tags":[150,243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones - 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\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kosovo\u2019s caretaker Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has announced that in the next mandate more than \u20ac1 billion will be allocated for the army, and he also pledged the development of domestically produced military drones branded \u201cMade in Kosovo.\u201d Kurti stated that during the upcoming mandate, the Ammunition Factory will become operational and the country\u2019s military [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-09-08T12:17:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-08T12:48:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"877\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"485\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-08T12:17:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-08T12:48:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Kryesor 1\",\"kryesore 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Kosovo\",\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/\",\"name\":\"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-08T12:17:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-08T12:48:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png\",\"width\":877,\"height\":485},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones\"}]},{\"@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":"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones - 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\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones - Euronews Albania","og_description":"Kosovo\u2019s caretaker Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has announced that in the next mandate more than \u20ac1 billion will be allocated for the army, and he also pledged the development of domestically produced military drones branded \u201cMade in Kosovo.\u201d Kurti stated that during the upcoming mandate, the Ammunition Factory will become operational and the country\u2019s military [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2025-09-08T12:17:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-08T12:48:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":877,"height":485,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones","datePublished":"2025-09-08T12:17:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-08T12:48:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/"},"wordCount":198,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png","keywords":["Kryesor 1","kryesore 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Kosovo","Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/","name":"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png","datePublished":"2025-09-08T12:17:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-08T12:48:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kurti-3.png","width":877,"height":485},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-pledges-over-e1-billion-for-the-army-and-development-of-made-in-kosovo-drones\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kurti Pledges Over \u20ac1 Billion for the Army and Development of \u201cMade in Kosovo\u201d Drones"}]},{"@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\/80112"}],"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=80112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80114,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80112\/revisions\/80114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}