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Albania continues to be one of the countries most exposed in the Balkans to natural disasters, but without a real civil protection system. This is the accusation raised by Shemsi Prençi, former head of Civil Emergencies, in an interview with Syri TV.
Prençi speaks of deliberate failure on the part of Albanian institutions, which according to him are neither implementing existing laws nor building functional structures.
" Albania is a high-risk country due to its geographical position. We face floods, fires, landslides, avalanches and roadblocks every year. And these do not come suddenly, except for the earthquake. All the others are predictable. Instead of having an organized system that prepares for them, we only have political statements and propaganda. And this is much more dangerous than the disaster itself ," said Prençi.
He points out that the civil protection strategy has been a mandatory document since 2015, but that the government has shelved it for more than a decade. According to him, this is no longer negligence, but institutional sabotage.
" For ten years now, the Albanian government has been obliged to adopt a national strategy for civil protection, which should be accompanied by a national plan, plans for each municipality and for each responsible institution. And we, in 2026, are still talking about 'document under public consultation'. This is not administrative delay, it is pure sabotage. Because every day without this strategy, we are unprotected, and the ones who suffer are the citizens ," he continued.
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