Albania has dropped to 113th position among 174 countries included in the latest survey on corruption compiled by Transparency International. In last years edition of the ranking, Albania took a 95 place among 182 countries. The ranking is based on a scale of zero to 100 points, where the maximum represents lack of corruption practices, and 0 stands for extremely high level of corruption. Albanias score was 33. In regional comparison Albania was the worst ranked, lagging behind Croatia (62nd), Macedonia (69th), Bosnia (72nd), Montenegro (75th) and Serbia (80th) and Kosovo (105th). |
Albania has called a tender to select a company to supervise the construction and supplies for a sewerage system and waste water treatment plant in Velipoja area, the European Commission informed ... more
The Albanian government has approved changes in the concessionary agreement for the Devoll Hydropower cascade, which formally enables Austrian EVN to exit from the project, the cabinets press ... more
The economy and finance committee of Albanias Parliament has approved a EUR 12.7mn loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to be used to fund a project for upgrading ... more