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Albania is the eighth country to receive a disbursement from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_20_716\">\u20ac3 billion emergency MFA package for ten enlargement and neighbourhood partners<\/a>, which aims to help them limit the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. This disbursement will contribute to mitigating the severe negative socio-economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in Albania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This virus knows no borders: the EU stands on the side\u00a0of Albania and its citizens in these difficult times. 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