March 29 (SeeNews) - The number of building permits issued in Albania in the last quarter of 2016 totalled 147, up from 45 in the like quarter of 2015, the statistics agency, INSTAT, said on Wednesday.
A total of 98 building permits were issued for residential buildings, INSTAT said in a quarterly report posted on its website.
Most of the permits, 41, were issued for buildings in the country's capital, followed by 34 in Elbasan, a city in Central Albania and 23 in Shkoder, in northern Albania.
The total worth of the approved building projects is 6.63 billion leks ($52.6 million/48.9 million euro).
(1 euro = 135.6 leks)