Former Energy Minister Dritan Prifti passed away at the age of 49 after suffering from a serious disease.

For more than a year, Dritan Prifti has been taking treatments after suffering from a rare blood disease.

Prifti had recently undergone a difficult surgery abroad following which he did not experience any improvements.

The former Minister of Energy received his treatment initially in Italy and was then transferred to a specialized clinic in Germany. Dritan Prifti returned in Albania yesterday after medical treatment abroad./tvklan.al