{"id":1055,"date":"2019-03-14T10:07:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T10:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitech.thememove.com\/?page_id=1055"},"modified":"2025-01-20T13:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T12:39:41","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tcje.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; background_image=&#8221;1756&#8243; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column][tm_spacer size=&#8221;sm:150;lg:180&#8243;][tm_heading tag=&#8221;h4&#8243; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_size=&#8221;xs:34;sm:44;md:54;lg:64&#8243; line_height=&#8221;1.13&#8243;]About TCJE[\/tm_heading][tm_spacer size=&#8221;sm:120;lg:180&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row lg_spacing=&#8221;padding_top:120;padding_bottom:120&#8243;][vc_column][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:23&#8243;][tm_heading custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; font_size=&#8221;sm:28;md:34;lg:40&#8243; line_height=&#8221;1.4&#8243; max_width=&#8221;600px&#8221;]Who we are?[\/tm_heading][tm_spacer size=&#8221;lg:70&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-4&#8243;][tm_heading style=&#8221;modern-number-01&#8243; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; text_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_text_color=&#8221;#891201&#8243; max_width=&#8221;330px&#8221;]<mark>7<\/mark>Years operating in Albania[\/tm_heading][tm_spacer size=&#8221;sm:30&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-5&#8243;][tm_heading tag=&#8221;div&#8221; custom_google_font=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;lg:18&#8243; line_height=&#8221;1.67&#8243;]TCJE focuses on providing coverage that strengthens democracy and rule of law in Albania. 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