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Rama: Top in region for procurement; Fighting corruption, delivering results

Pandi Skaka — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:24:02 +0000

TIRANA, December 11 /ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama stated today that Albania has become a leading country in the region for the modernization and integrity of the public procurement system, ranking first in the Western Balkans according to the SIGMA monitoring report.

Attending the event “Celebrating 30 years of public procurement in Albania-Reflecting on achievements, preparing for the future”, Rama emphasized the transformative change, a beacon of hope in a politically polluted environment.

He underlined that the episodes of problematic cases do not indicate a lack of progress, but on the contrary, the will of the state to fight corruption.

The head of government emphasized that the data of recent years clearly prove this improvement.

“Our progress in the fight against corruption is indisputable. This is also clearly shown by the fact that the data overviews of all new procedures of recent years have a very visible difference with those of a few years ago,” he stated.

According to Rama, this change is not a coincidence, but the result of the work of the Public Procurement Agency and its management.

He added that Albania is now considered the country with the best performance of the public procurement system in the region.

“This fact, clearly highlighted in the SIGMA report, which ranked Albania first in the Western Balkans and by a margin from others, would have been unthinkable not many years ago,” said Rama. /gj.m/a.f/p.s./

Top Channel television shot with firearms, security guard killed during incident

Pandi Skaka — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:24:55 +0000

TIRANA, March 27/ATA/- At around 01:00, some unidentified persons shot with firearms in the direction of the premises of the Top Channel television.

The police said that the security guard, 60, lost his life during the shooting.

The police also said in a press release that it has set up an investigative group under direction of the Prosecutor’s Office to clarify the circumstances of the event, gather evidence that will serve to identify and capture the perpetrators.

The Police has set up checkpoints in some roads in an effort to catch the perpetrators./p.s./

Italy on top of foreign investments during 6-month period

Pandi Skaka — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 07:15:56 +0000

TIRANA, September 29 /ATA/ Italy is ranked as the main foreign investor in Albania during the first 6 months of the current year.

The Bank of Albania reported that in the first 6 months of 2022, Italian investments recorded a value of 75 million Euros, with a 12.5% increase compared to the first 6 months of last year.

The growth of Italian investments was mainly concentrated in the second quarter of the year, where flows reached the value of 45 million Euros, an increase of 19% compared to the same period last year.

According to the Bank of Albania, the Netherlands remains among the main investors in Albania this year as well, although in decline compared to last year.

Dutch investments for the 6-month period were worth 70 million Euros, 34% less compared to the same period last year./p.s./