Prime Minister Rama: Municipalities should not abuse tenders. Open Data: Central government has made more violations with tenders than local government

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: 1 Billion Euro Concessions for 4 years, what are the projects and companies, from Gjoka to Bardhi Konstruksion and Bushtrica Hydropower

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 published: Who is Anton Gjini”, who is known as the Albanian ELChapo, laundering money in Albania under the nose of SPAK

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…

Bold News published: Arrested for drugs Anton Gjinaj of Alesio 2014 has received 1 billion ALL in Public Tenders

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…

Daily Gazeta Shqiptarja.com published: Convicted of Heroin Trafficking in Spain – Who is the businessman Anton Gjinaj who was handcuffed in Montenegro and continues to win tenders in Albania

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: “Construction Companies – The Most Paid Clients of the State for the Year 2020”

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…

EXIT.AL portal published: 622 Million Euros paid to Concessions until 2023

EXIT.AL portal published on June 5th an article entitled: 622 Million Euros paid to Concessions until 2023. The article is based on information presented by our organization on projected budgeting values from Public Finances to be paid to several concessionary businesses. The article contains hyperlinks to Passports of some Companies created as part of the activity of the AIS Project with Leviz Albania. More specifically,…

Origin and Stock of Foreign Direct Investment March 2021

Open Data Albania has updated the stock data of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Albanian economy. The data are according to the Bank of Albania. Foreign Direct Investment Stock represents the level of Direct Investment at a given point in time.  The stock of FDI represents the value of assets owned by foreigners in the Albanian economy, in the form of capital and net…

Concessions and PPPs as Contingent Liabilities out of Government Balance Sheet, 2020, Albania and EU Countries

Open Data is researching contingent or potential liabilities to the State Budget arising from Contracts and Public Partnership Agreements and PPPs that the Albanian state has with third parties. Contingent Liabilities (conditioned and potential) are recognized in Public Finance as liabilities related to State Guarantees; Concessions classified outside the current government balance; liabilities of Publicly Owned Companies; Problematic Government Debts; Judicial Decisions and Arbitration. Eurostat…

PPP Concessions Jurisdiction for the settlement of Disputes of the Parties 2017-2020

Open Data Albania is researching the jurisdiction for resolving disputes that may be encountered during the implementation of Concession Contracts or Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) drafted in the last four years, January 2017 – December 2020. The jurisdiction consists of the Court, the Arbitration Chamber or the Institution designated in advance as the Institution where the parties will be referred for review and adjudication in…