Muso HC Qytezë, the hydropower plant with a 30-year contract, which has produced only one year of energy
A hydropower plant on the Devoll River received the permit in 2008, it took 10 years to build (although the contract was for one year) and has managed to generate energy for just one month. [...]
Mobile companies in Albania and the monopoly of offers in the market
It does not matter if you are a subscriber of Vodafone, ALBtelecom or ONE – again every month you have to pay at least 1 thousand ALL, to have internet on your mobile phone and [...]
Same merchandise, different prices, different labels
Aishe, 60 years old, is a resident of the city of Elbasan, and she regularly buys chicken wings (or chicken thighs) at the shop near the house. She thinks that these chickens were raised in [...]
Hydroelectric powerplants in the Alps, repercussions even for Montenegro!
One of the most beautiful rivers in the Albanian Alps, the river Cem, very soon risks being “prey” of 9 hydropower plants, damaging not only tourism, but also the future of the inhabitants of these [...]
Mental health disease, the silent epidemic of Albanians
Albania is facing an increase of people suffering from mental illness. In the last 5 years (2014-2018) in mental health institutions with beds there have been over 21 thousand hospitalizations which have been managed only [...]
COVID-19, the big blow to Albanian tourism
“Difficult season, we are bleeding money”, this is the universal sentence that you can hear on the entire Albanian Riviera from businessmen who have invested in the tourism industry during this uncommon summer. On the [...]
UT, 160 million ALL for a system that does not work. Students, can’t access digital data
Since 2012, the University of Tirana has installed the information system containing data of the students, the academic and administrative staff of the institution. This system was to provide students with a range of online [...]
“Black Salt” banned to be used, but still sold in the market
“Black salt” is raw salt, which is taken directly from the salt production baths on the coast. It is called black because of the content of foreign elements, mainly and in addition to impurity, it [...]
Can the National Food Authority Guarantee Albanian Food?
Often, before we buy, as we check the products we select in grocery stores or supermarkets, we ask ourselves: how safe are the foods we consume? Has anyone checked them before? If so, who protects [...]
In search for a prison for the criminally insane*
The only country in Europe without a prison-hospital for the mentally ill Albanian courts regularly face various crimes such as murder, lethal assault, physical violence, etc., the perpetrators of which are persons with mental health [...]
Sewage discharged near expensive plants into the sea
Ongoing promises and investments in millions of euros for plants have not yet solved the “gangrenous” problem of sewage pollution. Environmental experts criticize municipalities for lack of priority with serious consequences for the ecosystem and [...]
Unpunished Environmental Crime in Albania
Gropa-Biza-Martanesh Mountain is a protected natural area, but despite this, it has often become a “favorite place” for logging activities. There have been many such cases and only in one of them, registered on July [...]