Title: Tenders in Elbasan Hospital feeding companies linked to crime Published: 26th May 2023
Reporter / Birn Albania: PPP’s policy leaves behind a financial hole
Title: PPP’s policy leaves behind a financial hole Published: 10th October 2023
Citizens Channel: Macadamizing the South, the Law on Strategic Investors granted 5.8 million m2 of land to companies affiliated to the ruling Majority
Title: Macadamizing the South, the Law on Strategic Investors granted 5.8 million m2 of land to companies affiliated to the ruling Majority Published: 9th August 2023
Voice of America Diary, in Albanian: 4 years after the earthquake, no responsibility for the damages (problems with the financing of the reconstruction program)
Title: 4 years after the earthquake, no responsibility for the damages (problems with the financing of the reconstruction program) Published: 11 December 2023
Voice of America Diary, in Albanian: Experts from Civil Society express Concern about Election Campaigns’ Funding Sources
Title: Experts from Civil Society express Concern about Election Campaigns’ Funding Sources Published: 03 March 2023
Voice of America Diary, in Albanian: Elections, Observers and NGOs: In Albania, local elections will be held overlooking old repetitive violations
Title: Elections, Observers and NGOs: In Albania, local elections will be held overlooking old repetitive violations Published: 13 February 2023
Voice of America Diary, in Albanian: Analysis by AIS/Open Data Albania: 5 Families and 27 Individuals own most of the broadcasting medias in Albania
Title: Analysis by AIS/Open Data Albania: 5 Families and 27 Individuals own most of the broadcasting medias in Albania Published: 4 July 2023
TopChannel News: “AI” Procurement. Reservations on the new Law passed by the Parliament. One of the Law’s articles leaves the door open to abuse
Title: AI Procurement. Reservations on the new Law passed by the Parliament. One of the Law’s articles leaves the door open to abuse Published: 11th February 2024
SCAN TV News Program: Tenders are being Procured via Special Laws, AIS Director: High Risk Tendering and Contractors with Unknown Final Owners
Title: Tenders are being Procured via Special Laws, AIS Director: High Risk Tendering and Contractors with Unknown Final Owners Published: 10th March 2023
SCAN TV News Program: The Government’s decision on the creation of the Central Purchasing Agency, AIS: Incompatible with the Law
Title: The Government’s decision on the creation of the Central Purchasing Agency, AIS: Incompatible with the Law Published: 13th September 2023
MCN Television, FactChecking program: 40 percent of concession contracts in Albania connected to offshore companies
Title: 40 percent of concession contracts in Albania connected to offshore companies Published: 28th October 2023
AIS organization, in the media for Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2023.
Dear Friends, The Director of the AIS/OpenData Organization received an invitation from A2 CNN Albania to comment on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2023, which was officially released on January 30. During her appearance on “Ditari i Lajmeve” (The News Diary), Ms. Brahaj highlighted that despite Albania received one-point increase in the evaluation for this year, the country remains stagnant in terms of anti-corruption…
Started – February, Month of Civil Engagement for EU Integration
AIS / Open Data Albania presented a Policy Paper on Integrity Control of Public Contractors, EU practice and the Albanian Context Aranita Brahaj, the head of the Organization, emphasized that many companies in the country that have acquired the status of Contractor in Public Procurement; Investor in State Assets or Public Licenses in Strategic sectors, are Shell or Offshore companies with unidentified beneficial owners, located…
Reporter.al/ The major beneficiaries of the Reconstruction program
Companies linked to Socialist Party officials and a handful of businesses known for winning concessions or licenses are among the biggest beneficiaries of Reconstruction tenders, while work is dragging on beyond schedule. It’s 12:00 on a sunny March day and Evelina Zguro takes advantage of her lunch break to take a look at the pit, upon which her apartment building has just started to be…
The German media ‘flogs’ Rama’s government: Problems with corruption, justice, freedom of the press and still ready for the EU?
Albania celebrated a historic moment after almost three decades: in 2003, Tirana submitted its application for membership. In the days following the announcement, a larger-than-life EU flag adorned the government building in Tirana’s Skënderberg Square. EU affinity is high in the country with 2.8 million inhabitants. According to the Balkan Public Barometer, 89 percent of Albanians evaluate EU membership as positive. In conversations with locals, proximity to the…