Open Data Albania is investigating Anti Covid 19 vaccination in Albania: planning; number of doses contracted; doses administered and applied. The same analysis also reveals State Expenditures for purchase through contracting. Information in this article refers to official publications of the Prime Minister; Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance and Economy. In order to obtain records on contracting expenses, the analytical team at Open…
An update on Albania’s situation with Covid-19, for the week 01.09.2021 – 06.09.2021, which AIS / Open Data Albania is providing. Find Data and Charts on Covid-19 updated on a daily basis at http://open.data.al/covid-19/ As per the last public statement, the number of Vaccinated in the country is:– Complete vaccination with 2 doses 655 594 Persons– Vaccination with the First Dose 844 304 Persons– In Percentage, it results that 23.1 % of the Population is Fully Vaccinated.– …
Open Data Albania is researching the accreditation of higher education institutions and study programs in Albania. Data for this article were obtained from the Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education (ASCAL) and from the General Directorate of Accreditation (DPA). Accreditation is a quality assessment procedure in higher education that ASCAL uses based on national and European standards. Institution or Study Programs are evaluated following this…
Open Data Albania is researching Deaths, Births and Population Increases by gender and age group 2011 to 2020. Sources of information include INSTAT publications according to the reports of the General Directorate of Civil Status. The Civil Status Institution keeps the complete register of resident citizens in the country and abroad. In this ten-years period, an average of 32,215 people have been born every year.…
As of August 31, 2021, the number of Vaccinated in the country is: – Complete vaccination with 2 doses 633 878 Persons– Vaccination with the First Dose 824 170 Persons– In Percentage, it results that 22.4 % of the Population is Fully Vaccinated.– The Albanian state has so far applied Vaccination with AstraZeneca; Pfizer BioNTech ; Sinovac CoronaVac ; Gamaleya – Sputnik V . (Linked…
The State Election Commissioner initiated an administrative investigation into alleged Misuse of Public Funds in Elections through individual grants issued in the framework of the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Fund. Through its letter registered by Protocol No. 6092 , the Commissioner asked both the Central Government, and the Local Government in Durrës to provide information about the subject and facts involved in AIS/OpenData Albania Report . By…
Open Data Albania is investigating into the volume of transported goods at Port of Durrës. The need for investigation is related to the decision of the Albanian Government to terminate the existence of Durrës Port as a Merchants Port, transforming its territory into a luxury residential area and a port for vessels for individual use only. The data provided by the Institute of Statistics have…
Open Data Albania is investigating into a new category of contingent liabilities of the Albanian state, such as 2 packages of Sovereign Guarantee for Lending to Businesses Affected by the Consequences of the Covid 19 Pandemic. Through the approval of several legal acts in 2020, the Government has approved a state guarantee line amounting to a total of 26 billion Albanian Lekë or approximately 211…
Open Data Albania is investigating into the obligations of the Albanian State established by the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, for the period 2018-2020. This court deals with lawsuits against the State in cases where one of the fundamental human rights is allegedly violated, and trial at the national level is already exhausted. The Albanian state was sued by its citizens in the period…
The Informative Edition of the Voice of America broadcast on Friday, June 9, a chronicle on the Albanian Government’s Position on Corruption in Public Tenders. After several arrests of senior officials, Prime Minister Rama in a meeting with mayors raised the issue of Local Government performance in relations to tenders as problematic for corruption. VOA asked the director of Open Data Albania for a comment.…
News Bomb published on June 10, 2021, an Article entitled “1 Billion Euro Concessions for 4 years, what are the projects and companies, from Gjoka to Bardhi Konstruksion and Bushtrica Hydropower“. The article illustrates concession costs by companies, using Passports with information created on the Open Corporates Albania Portal, under the Public Contractors Category. The article informs the public about major contractors by introducing them…
AZLajme is a new media portal, which on April 14th published an article entitled “Who is Anton Gjini”, who is known as the Albanian ELChapo, laundering money in Albania under the nose of SPAK. The article refers to the information provided on the Passport of the company Alesio 14, owned by Anton Gjinaj, including the tenders the company has won with some of the main…
The investigative journalism portal, Bold News, wrote on April 14, 2021 an article entitled Arrested for drugs Anton Gjinaj of Alesio 2014 has received 1 billion ALL in Public Tenders. Considering it important news regarding the integrity of the public contractors in contracts with the state (municipalities), the editorial office of Bold News has produced a video on the information in question. Bold News uses…
On April 14, 2021, the Daily Gazeta Shqiptarja.Com in its print and online version published an article entitled “Convicted of Heroin Trafficking in Spain – Who is the businessman Anton Gjinaj who was handcuffed in Montenegro and continues to win tenders in Albania”. The article identifies a person arrested for international trafficking, who in Albania owns a construction company with public contracts signed with the…
The EXIT.AL portal published on January 26th, 2021 an article entitled “Construction Companies – The Most Paid Clients of the State for the Year 2020”. The article lists some companies that have been awarded budgetary tenders highlighting that a group of them has signed a large number of contracts. Describing each company and the volume or records of its contracts, the Article uses Business Company…
