Bashkia Tirane (Tirana Municipality)
Ownership as documented
not applicable (public institution)
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Name
- Bashkia Tirane (Tirana Municipality)From the research record · cites:
- ALSAI Monthly Newsletter No. 11 (September 2025) (opens in a new tab)KLSH · Sep 2025 · official · EN
- Bashkia Tiranë (Tirana Municipality)From the research record
- Municipality of TiranaFrom the research record · cites:
- SPAK searches Tirana Municipality (Veliaj 2 probe) (opens in a new tab)Albanian Daily News · 28 Jul 2026 · journalism · EN
- Bashkia Tirane (Tirana Municipality)From the research record · cites:
- Ownership
- not applicable (public institution)From the research record · cites:
- ALSAI Monthly Newsletter No. 11 (September 2025) (opens in a new tab)KLSH · Sep 2025 · official · EN
- not applicable (public body)From the research record
- Public institution (not applicable).From the research record · cites:
- SPAK searches Tirana Municipality (Veliaj 2 probe) (opens in a new tab)Albanian Daily News · 28 Jul 2026 · journalism · EN
- not applicable (public institution)From the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- ALSAI Monthly Newsletter No. 11 (September 2025) (opens in a new tab)KLSH · Sep 2025 · official · EN
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- SPAK searches Tirana Municipality (Veliaj 2 probe) (opens in a new tab)Albanian Daily News · 28 Jul 2026 · journalism · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Description
KLSH thematic compliance audit (Sept 2025 bulletin) on pollution of the Artificial Lake: no annual lake monitoring by NEA since at least 2015; no wastewater information or on-site verification by the municipality or subordinate bodies. Named as a key violator in the 2017 budget findings (Exit analysis).
Other accounts in the research (1 field worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Description
- KLSH thematic compliance audit (Sept 2025 bulletin) on pollution of the Artificial Lake: no annual lake monitoring by NEA since at least 2015; no wastewater information or on-site verification by the municipality or subordinate bodies. Named as a key violator in the 2017 budget findings (Exit analysis).From the research record
- Built and later reconstructed the Sami Frasheri gymnasium in Tirana (SPAK abuse-of-office probe, 2022).From the research record
- Municipality headed by Erion Veliaj. SPAK searched its premises in the 'Veliaj 2' probe (reported 28 Jul 2026).From the research record
Contracts and money
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Reconstruction cost, Sami Frasheri gymnasium
€4,500,000
contractSource label: Under investigationStated definition: approximate, as reported by exit.al citing a municipality-commissioned private assessment; not verified; the original 2018 build cost (about EUR 700,000) is in fin-sami-frasheri-original
Date: 2019-2022 · Payer: Tirana Municipality · Payee: not found
- SPAK says it's investigating Tirana school over abuse of office complaint (opens in a new tab)exit.al · 3 Jun 2022 · journalism · EN
Original build cost, Sami Frasheri gymnasium (2018)
€700,000
contractSource label: Under investigationStated definition: approximate, as reported by exit.al; not verified
Date: 2018 · Payer: Tirana Municipality · Payee: not found
- SPAK says it's investigating Tirana school over abuse of office complaint (opens in a new tab)exit.al · 3 Jun 2022 · journalism · EN
Alleged benefit to Veliaj-Xoxa couple (SPAK suspicion)
€1,000,000
otherSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: 'Around 1 million euros' per Citizens.al (23 Jul 2025). SPAK suspicion, not a court finding. Some outlets report about 1.1 million (see next item).
Date: 23 Jul 2025 · Payer: unspecified · Payee: Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa (as alleged)
- Erion Veliaj formally a defendant (23 Jul 2025) (opens in a new tab)Citizens.al · 23 Jul 2025 · journalism · EN
Alleged illegally obtained amount (SPAK, earlier figure)
€1,100,000
otherSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: 'About EUR 1.1 million allegedly obtained illegally' per Citizens.al (10 Feb 2025). SPAK allegation.
Date: 10 Feb 2025 · Payer: unspecified (companies and NGOs linked to Xoxa, as alleged) · Payee: Veliaj-Xoxa couple (as alleged)
- The charges that led to the arrest of Erion Veliaj (opens in a new tab)Citizens.al · 10 Feb 2025 · journalism · EN
Online spending by Xoxa and family (clothing, jewellery) as alleged
€870,000
otherSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: 'About EUR 870,000 spent online' per Citizens.al (10 Feb 2025). SPAK allegation.
Date: 10 Feb 2025 · Payer: Ajola Xoxa and family (as alleged) · Payee: online retailers (not named)
- The charges that led to the arrest of Erion Veliaj (opens in a new tab)Citizens.al · 10 Feb 2025 · journalism · EN
Berisha claim: incinerator contract cost about EUR 1 billion over 30 years
€1,000,000,000
contractSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: Claimed by Sali Berisha (opposition leader). Berisha's own calculation per search summary. Not verified. Documented feasibility-study payments reported separately are much smaller (search summary, not fetched; not recorded here).
Date: unknown · Payer: Tirana municipality (as claimed) · Payee: Tirana incinerator operator (as claimed)
- Berisha attacks Veliaj over Tirana incinerator (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · unknown · political-statement · SQ
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 10 Feb 2025
Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa case (SPAK, 'Veliaj' file)
SPAK arrested Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj on 10 February 2025 (Citizens.al; some outlets say 11 February) on suspicion of corruption and money laundering, and placed his wife Ajola Xoxa under…
Status: On trial at GJKKO; defendant held in pretrial detention (as reported through 15 Sep 2026). No verdict.
From 3 Jun 2022
Sami Frasheri gymnasium, Tirana: SPAK abuse-of-office probe on reconstruction
Tirana Municipality built the Sami Frasheri gymnasium in 2018. It was severely damaged in the November 2019 earthquake, according to a private assessment commissioned by the municipality.…
Status: Probe registered 2022; later status not found
From 28 Jul 2026
'Veliaj 2' probe
Albanian and English outlets report that SPAK carried out searches at the Municipality of Tirana as part of a separate investigation known as 'Veliaj 2'. Albanian Daily News, dated 28 Jul 2026,…
Status: Under investigation (as reported). No charges reported.
From 2015
Tirana urban and construction permits (Veliaj-linked permits and earlier probes)
SPAK's case against Tirana mayor Erion Veliaj and his wife Ajola Xoxa includes allegations that building permits and public funds were distributed to commercial entities closely tied to the mayor…
Status: Veliaj case ongoing (see case-veliaj). Basha-era and other permit probes: outcomes not found in sources reviewed.
From 2015
Tirana: 17 building permits signed under mayor Lulzim Basha (2011-2015)
Prosecutors in Tirana examined 17 building permits signed by then-mayor Lulzim Basha for 2011-2015. Reporting from 2015 says the National Agency for Territorial Planning (AKPT) filed the complaint.…
Status: Probe reported in 2015; outcome not found.
From unknown
Tirana cadastre: property transfers, 17 defendants sent to trial, falsified villa permits
SPAK closed its investigation into property transfers ('tjetërsim pronash') in the Tirana cadastre and sent 17 defendants to trial (Shqiptarja headline). Separately, Tirana prosecutors charged 10…
Status: Sent to trial (reported); outcome not retrieved.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- KLSH
- Date
- Sep 2025
- Publisher
- Albanian Daily News
- Date
- 28 Jul 2026