Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Oleg Khavich
| Reconstruction began in 2019 and included modernization and renovation of the control center, runways, hangars and storage facilities. The work was funded under the NATO Security Investment Programme. |
[REGNUM] This week, the reconstructed NATO air base in the city of Kučovo (Albania), which until 1990 was called Stalin's City, was officially opened. This unique air base arose as a result of agreements between Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and the leader of communist Albania, Enver Hoxha. Moreover, the impetus for its construction was given by another famous communist - the leader of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito, although in a very specific way.
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