The increase in water tariffs is being used in some cases more to cover the consequences of mismanagement and inefficiency of water utilities than to improve their performance. The Supreme State Audit raises this concern in the audit of the Water Regulatory Authority, highlighting extremely high levels of Non-Revenue Water in Lezhë, Fier and Shkodër. … Read more
A company founded by Socialist MP Vasil Llajo, and currently managed by his former subordinates, has been announced the winner of a tender with a fund of around 6 million euros for orthopedic equipment for the Trauma Hospital. The Centralized Purchasing Operator, the structure that conducted the tender, announced in the Public Procurement Bulletin that … Read more
Albpetrol, Albgaz and Albanian Railways together recorded a net loss of 485.1 million lek in the first quarter of 2026, around 34% more than in the same period a year earlier. The deterioration came mainly from Albpetrol, whose loss almost doubled, while the decline in the three companies’ revenues was significantly faster than the decrease … Read more
From Boldnews.al In a post on her social network, with three relatively long paragraphs, Elisa Spiropali floated the idea of ”New Albania” in mid-July, an “essay on the norms of autocracy”, but brought to the conditions of Albania, where democracy is a theory and autocracy is a pronounced practice, the words of the former speaker of … Read more
The Albanian government will purchase three firefighting aircraft from a company that has been convicted of corruption in European Union countries. Although the 15 million euro tender conducted by the Ministry of Defense is classified at the highest level of confidentiality, Kapital has obtained official documents that raise suspicions of a major scandal. Secret tender … Read more
Are Albania’s most protected areas turning into its most vulnerable spaces? Nature protection is openly clashing with claims for economic development, turning the debate over protected areas into one of Albania’s most serious tests towards the European Union. While the government claims progress in EU accession negotiations, the debate over the fate of protected areas … Read more
Our country is under the “power” of extremely high temperatures, thus bringing the risk of fires. And while the whole world is facing a hot summer, the Institute of Geosciences has recently announced that tomorrow we will have another increase in temperatures. The areas most at risk from fires will be: Shkodër, Kukës, Dibër, Lezhë, … Read more
A macabre event in Mystras, Greece, has shocked public opinion. New details reveal that the 55-year-old son allegedly kept his dead father’s body in a freezer for about 2.5 years, to continue receiving his and his late mother’s pension. According to preliminary investigations, the 55-year-old’s mother had passed away earlier, while her pension was being … Read more
Five young people from Tirana and Kavaja have been arrested in the village of Gjashtë, Saranda, after they were caught with two pistols, ammunition and a silencer. The police operation was codenamed “Silenciotori”, as according to the police, the group was suspected of preparing to carry out an assassination. The two main people arrested are … Read more
Modelja e njohur shqiptare Angela Martini, së fundmi ka rënë “pre” e një grabitjeje, e ndodhur në rezidencën ku ajo jeton së bashku me partnerin dhe djalin, në Los Angeles. Ngjarjen e ka zbuluar vetë bukuroshja shqiptare, e cila përmes disa postimeve të bëra në rrjet tregon se disa persona të maskuar janë futur në … Read more