Protecting Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia

Many activities were organized in Pogradec, #LakeOhridRegion, for the European Mobility Week 2017, from 16-22 September. The Municipality of Pogradec and the Women Association “Une Gruaja” worked together ahead to raise awareness for the importance of European Mobility Week, publishing posters, announcing calendar of activities and calling people to participate in these events. Students were the first to respond the calls and were the protagonists of these activities, painting banners and slogans for protection of environment and distributing them in the city. They gathered plastic bottles in the main promenade by the lake, which were used to create the a Plastic Swan.  Two-day workshop held in 18-19 September with the students of “Gjoke Pjeter Shqiptari”, and other schools of the city. The aim of workshop was to explain the students what is the Mobility Week and what kind of activities are organized all over the world.  One other interesting topic is a introduction

The Albanian side of Lake Ohrid will be part of UNESCO in 2019. The Experts from the Albanian Ministry of Tourism and Environment and Ministry of Culture are finalizing the Nomination File. This was the message from Press Conference held at the end of The Sixth Transboundary Meeting of the project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared Transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region” which took place on 14- 15 September, in Pogradec Albania. This sixth meeting was part of a joint European Union and UNESCO initiative, in close cooperation with the Albanian and Macedonian authorities, to strengthen transboundary cooperation for the management of the Lake Ohrid region’s natural and cultural heritage. After the meeting, there was a press conference to inform the public about the work that has been done and the further steps for protecting and managing the transboundary Lake Ohrid, which is shared between Albania and FYR of Macedonia. Project officer A

Nuk duhet të jeni buzë detit që të shijoni plazhet dhe sportet e ujit. Resortet buzë liqeneve ofrojnë gjithashtu plazhe, shëtitje me varkë, ngjitje në mal dhe pamje spektakolare. Kështu e përshkruan britanikja "The Guardian" në një artikull pamjen rreth liqeneve duke listuar 10 qytetet dhe fshatrat më të bukur në Europë buze liqeneve. Dhe në vend të parë është Ohri, qe rrethohet nga liqeni më i thellë dhe më i vjetër në Europë, Liqeni i Ohrit. "I ndodhur në kufirin mes Shqipërisë dhe Maqedonisë, Ohri shtrihet rreth liqenit me të njëjtin emër, një nga më të thellët në Europë.  Kisha e Shën Jovan Kaneo që ndodhet në çatinë e një porti plot me barka shumëngjyrëshe, dhe shumë plazhe të vogla të shpërndaraa. Pak milje më tutje është muzeumi i Kockave, i rikonstruktuar si një fshat që të kujton erën prehistorike të vendbanimeve rreth liqenit. Emri i referohet jo kockave njerëzore por shumë gjetjeve të kafshëve në ujë, të cilat janë të shfaqura brenda këtij muzeumi. Viz

Lake Ohrid region is one of the most beautiful, yet unexplored areas in Albania. Apart from the Lake, there is a very beautiful mountainous area around it which offers a spectacular nature. It is ideal for sports such as climbing and hiking and other adventure tourism activities    A group of young and passionate boys and girls are exploring every day the unknown part of Pogradec and Korca Region through tours organized by Visit Pogradec, a local tour agency. As bike tours around Lake Ohrid, are  becoming more popular, there are lots of opportunities for hiking in paths where no one dared to go before. Some weeks ago, Visit Pogradec organized a climbing tour to the highest peaks of the Korca region. One of them was the tour to Valamara, a mountain peak in District of Korca, which reaches a heigh 2373 m. To reach the top of the mountain the group of hikers did 47 km. The view was fantastic, and the nature amazing. Near the main ridge of Valamara there are very few tr