The Albanian Embassy organized at the House of Lords of the British Parliament the Award ceremony of Lord Michael Bates

On 12 February 2015, The Albanian Embassy organized at the House of Lords of the British Parliament the Award ceremony of Lord Michael Bates. He was honored with the national medallion of the Order of Scanderbeg. 
Between 2011 and 2012 Lord Bates set out for a walk of peace of 3000 miles from ancient Olympia in Greece to London, including Albania, to raise awareness on the Olympic Truce Resolution of the United Nations. Lord Bates described his walk through Albania as a unique experience of true hospitality, warmth, and simple beauty, of the land and its people.