TIRANA, January 20 The Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) has invited bids for the construction and installation of a 5.11MWp solar power plant over the Qyrsaqi dam at Vau i Dejes Hydropower plant (HPP) at a limit fund of Lek 470 million, VAT not included. According to the bid published by the Public Procurement Agency under...
TIRANA, January 15 Albanian citizens living in Italy and Turkey can now apply for the biometric document service at the new offices open in Bari and Istanbul, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs confirmed. The offices are two of the six new bureaus that will open in different European countries. The other offices expected...
TIRANA, January 12 The Bank of Albania will incorporate three new notes into the monetary system during 2021. The new denominations of Lek 1,000 and Lek 10,000 that were expected to enter circulation in 2020 were postponed to 2021. They will enter circulations along with the new Lek 2,000 note. The denominations are part of...
TIRANA, January 11 Albania’s coronavirus vaccination campaign started on Monday as frontline doctor Najada Como took a break from her rounds at the COVID hospital to get vaccinated. Around 975 vaccine doses have arrived in Albania from an undisclosed EU country and 10,750 jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech are expected to arrive by the...
Last summer, the Albanian government effectively opened its doors to more regular cryptocurrency activity than we’ve seen in the past. The passing of the Albania “Crypto Law” by the Parliament “defined a legal framework for cryptocurrencies” and turned the country into one of a growing number that more or less support the spread of...
TIRANA, January 7 The Albanian Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy is inviting bids for a public-private partnership (PPP) 35-year concession contract for the design, construction, maintenance, and transfer of a tourist port in the city of Vlora. The bid was made public on Wednesday by the Public Procurement Agency. Based on the bid documents, the...
TIRANA, January 7 Albania and Turkey on Wednesday agreed to upgrade their bilateral ties to a strategic partnership level as the two countries signed agreements on healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture as well as a declaration on the establishment of a High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council. The agreements were signed during a joint press conference between Albanian...
TIRANA, January 6 Starting January 1st and onwards, the national minimum wage in Albania increased from Lek 26,000 to Lek 30,000. The decision to adjust the minimum wage to Lek 30,000 per month or Lek 172.4 per hour was adopted by the Albanian Council of Minister in mid-December. The decision defines that every employed individual,...
TIRANA, January 5 Entrepreneurs, local entities, tour guides, nonprofits, citizens, and people working in the tourism sector who have an idea for new experimental itineraries for smart tourism destinations can apply for the NEST project (Networking for Smart Tourism Development). The first call of the project funded by the Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme will...
TIRANA, December 14 The Albanian Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy (MIE) has invited bids for the construction of the Llogara tunnel, in the road section Orikum-Himara, part of Sh8 motorway Vlora – Saranda. The bid was made public during the weekend through Facebook, while the official application procedure was published on Monday by the Public...
