Emel is the first baby born in Albania in 2020. The girl was born just 1 minute after midnight at the Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana. Emel is the second child in her family. A few moments later, another baby has been born, this time a boy.
"She was born a few minutes after midnight," said the girl's father.
While the doctor Fatmir Kopani said that mother and daughter enjoy full health.
In Kosovo, the first child for 2020 is a male, while in Macedonia the first birth was that of twins made of one boy and girls in the Skopje maternity.