The European Investment Bank Group’s development arm, EIB Global, is providing Albania with €50 million in financing to strengthen basic infrastructure and services in three northern municipalities: Shkodër, Lezhë and Malësi e Madhe. The project will boost the sustainable regional development of northern Albania, environmental protection, connectivity, tourism and attract new investments. The EIB Global loan also supports a project to establish the first direct tourism-based link between the Albanian Alps and the Adriatic coast.