The Albanian government has planned 22 projects in the field of Information Technology ICT, with funding from the State Budget for the period 2022-2024. “Open Data Albania” shows that the value of investments in technology reaches the figure of 9.95 billion ALL. These projects are mainly related to the improvement of hardware and software infrastructure, construction of systems and ICT infrastructure; optimization of security infrastructures, etc. Of…
For 2022, 822 public investments are planned, which will be financed from the state budget. This is what “Open Data Albania” says, while adding that their total value is 493 billion ALL. While 141 other investments are with foreign financing, with a total value of ALL 370.3 billion. The new foreign-financed investments are mainly projects of the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment…
The list of 100 tenders with the highest value that have been developed during 2021 has been published. The list issued by “Open Data Albania” shows that the tender with the highest value announced and finalized by public authorities in the country during 2021 is the construction of the Llogara Tunnel in the road section Orikum-Himara part of the highway Vlora – Saranda. This tender…
An Investigation that lists Actions and Omissions of Senior States Officials that Favor Certain Businesses in Arbitrage. How millions of Euros of Albanian people end up in certain people’s “pockets” due to corrupt contracts and decisions. Are they done on purpose? #OpenDataAlbania collaborated with the journalist Sabina Veizaj on the Top Story program for listing the liabilities in arbitrage and identifying the corrupt model that…
The National Media Top Channel has launched one of its news editions in July 2021 with the title: Vetting for Public Tenders. Corruption in Tenders and Procurement has been a very sensitive aspect of the Political and Public Debate for weeks before the beginning of the Third Mandate of the ruling Socialist Party led by Edi Rama. Transcript of the interview: Journalist: The biggest weaknesses…
Corruption in Albania in the field of Public Procurement has brought over $ 120 million in financial damage to the state budget over the last decade – this is how Voice of America opens its special report on the Procurement Sector in the country through its reporter Mimoza Picari. The Voice of America findings are based on official reports from the State Audit Institution and…
TopChannel: Albania, fewer men. For every 100 males born, 107 males die Link to the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G29MdH57D9c Hapur.al publish: Albanian population is shrinking. For every 100 male births in 2020, there were 7 more deaths Link to the article: https://www.hapur.al/2021/09/02/shqiptaret-po-pakesohen-per-cdo-100-male- born-lose-life-107-men / Faxweeb.al publish: Albania in a demographic crisis. Population is shrinking. For every 100 new births, 107 deaths have been recorded, and the ratio…
Exclusive / List: This is where the caste that rules and steals Albania for 28 years has hired children, women and lovers The relatives of politicians and judges have invaded the public administration, educated Albanians work as waiters, in factories, call centers and seek asylum, this is the Albania of injustice of Edi Rama, Sali Berisha, Ilir Meta, Lulzim Basha and Monika Kryemadhi The public…
Politicians’ families occupy state institutions: Husbands and children of DP-SP Members of Parliament, positions in ministries and diractorate offices
Yet, the Tirana mayor’s true motto seems to be “those who steal and abuse power also want to have fun.” Erion Veliaj has begun organizing several concerts in Tirana to celebrate the three-year anniversary of coming to power as mayor of Tirana. In these three years, his municipality has paid millions of euros for concerts and entertainment with little public interest, while Veliaj swears that…
Shqiptarja.com Cabinet Ministers and MPs are time and time again the object of attacks from the opposition camps regarding their wealth, but also family members assets and businesses. They accuse each other of nepotistic appointments and hiring of party militants, but in too many cases, it is the politicians’ own families who benefit from the best positions in the administration and who find it easier to find a job. “Shqiptarja.com” Newsletter has monitored last year’s…
Various reports on the employment of family members, spouses and children of MPs and high officials have recently been published in the media. The articles shed light on nepotism, preferential hiring and lack of meritocracy. The details published in said media reports have been extracted from datasets and documents published in the data base created by AIS Money and Power. This database oofers oppen access…
The Government has to amend article 27 of the law ‘On social securities’ which stipulates that the payment on maternity leave has to be made based upon the net payment and not based on the gross payment, consequently this consists to be an explicit violation of women?s rights.’. This request was made by the chairwoman of the Parliamentary Commission on Labour, Social Issues and Public…
Some important institutions financed from the state budget have purchased services from Abissnet, Koço Kokëdhima?s company, while he was still owner of them and MP. Some tribunals, municipalities, universities, medical institutions, state agencies and other institutions have purchased the services of this company, while the law prohibits the members of parliament to benefit from the properties of state or local government and otherwise, it provides…
Data gathered from BIRN from the expenses database of Spending Data Albania suggests that during this year Tirana spent more money for ads than any other municipality. For the first nine months of 2014 the Municipality of Tirana has spent more than 20.4 million Lek (145 thousand Euros) for advertisements in some daily newspapers, while all other municipalities taken together have spent a total of…
