Voter turnout in Local Government elections 2015

Open Data Albania has researched on the turnout in local government elections of 21 June 2015. During this research, it considered indicators about voters contained in the voter register; voters who took part in the voting process and percentage of the voters turnout in the process. Data were analyzed both at national and regional level. At national level, the total number of voters in the…

Financial liabilities toward the Audiovisual Media Authority December 31, 2014

Open Data Albania is investigating the financial liabilities that the distribution operators of audiovisual media have toward AMA and unauthorized transmissions in 2014. During this year, financial liabilities toward AMA amounted to ALL 271 296 702. Out of this amount, ALL 97,820,970 are liabilities for licenses accumulated over the years, ALL 4,334,400 are fees for radio television services and ALL 169,141,332 for penalties. Source: http://ama.gov.al/preview/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/RAPORTI-VEJTOR-AMA-2014.pdfComments…

Production and consumption of tobacco and cigarette 2005-2014

Open Data Albania has updated data on production, import and export of tobacco during the past ten years. The data are part of official statistics. Information on domestic production is an aggregated statistics resulting from the field work of specialists of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Management. Production of tobacco in Albania has had a long-standing tradition. Tobacco as raw material for…

Public investments performance in 2014

Public investmentsare one of the most important elements that affect a country’s economic development. Open Data Albania has analyzed theircurrentperformance in 2014, through comparing them with some other financial indicators such as Budget Total Expenditure and Gross Domestic Product. Investment of ALL 67.2 billion, which accounted for 14.7% of total budget expenditures and 4.82% of GDP were projected for 2014. The bulk of investments, about…

2013-2014 budget expenditures for compensation of former political persecuted

Open Data Albania has considered the projected expenses and payments made in compensation of the former political persecuted from the state budget during 2013-2015. In 2013, ALL 3 billion were projected as a compensation for the ex-persecuted, the highest amount allocated for this category from the state budget over the years. The funding provided at the beginning of the year didn’t change the review of…

Electricity output from hydropower companies in 2014

Open Data Albania is investigating the report released from Energy Regulatory Authority ERE on the amount of electricity generated in 2014. The public sector has produced an amount of 3,406,226 MWh of electricity and the private sector an amount of 318,204 MWh. This indicates that the public electricity output runs at 72% of the total electricity output during this year. Source: http://www.ere.gov.al/mat.php?idr=184&idm=190&lang=1Comments and analyses: ODA…

Beneficiaries from the penalties forgiveness according to the post-elections law for March 1 to 31 August 2013

Open Data Albania is investigating for those taxpayers, who have benefited from penalties forgiveness pursuant to Law 39/2014 “For forgiveness of administrative penalties in the form of fines imposed on the basis of tax audits and verifications, carried out for March 1 to August 31 2013  period “. The law provides for the forgiveness of penalties imposed as part of the tax dues by the…

The economic damage in KamëzMunicipality during 2008-2015 according to Supreme State Control auditing

Open Data Albania has carried out researches on the economic damage caused by the municipalities the mayors of which were reconfirmed for a new term in 2015 local government elections. The economic damage is an indicator that was taken out of audit reports of the Supreme State Control. Kamëz Municipality headed by the re-elected major, Mr.Xhelal Mziu was audited fourtimes by SSC during the period…

Stockholder’s capital in Business Entities that operate as Audiovisual Media September 2015

Open Data Albania is updating data on the operation of TV Media. This research highlights the number of licenses by category of television media and the commercial entity that owns these screens. The data in the survey were extracted from Audiovisual Media Authority, AMA and the National Registration Center, NRC. In Albania, televisions are categorized according to the way television signal of the respective coverage…

The economic damage in the area of Public Procurement in the years 2013-2014

Open Data Albania has considered the economic damage caused to the Public Procurement sector in 2013-2014. The economic damage is an indication identified during audit processes of the Supreme State Control, as a result of abuses in calculating the value of the contract, the acceptance of bids, review of the bids in competition, etc. Data on economic damages for the years 2008-2013 were obtained from…

Economic damage in Durrës Municipality during 2008-2013 according to the Supreme State Control auditing

Open Data Albania has considered the economic damage caused by those municipalities whose mayors were reconfirmed for a new term in 2015 local government elections. The economic damage is an indicator that was taken out of audit reports released by the Supreme State Control during 2008 ? 2014 period. Durrës Municipality headed by its reelected major Mr. Vangjush Dako is audited five times by the…