E fundit!

16:47 TODAY

"Digital gates, soon at Rinas airport"/ Rama: Albania needs elite tourism

Prime Minister Edi Rama delivered his speech at the inaugu...

The truth about Kakomena/ Facts about an investment that waited 22 years

2026-06-19 13:13:33, Aktualitet CNA

For years, the Kakomë issue has been accompanied by allegations that have created the perception that the land where the tourism development is planned has been the subject of an unresolved ownership conflict. In reality, according to official documents and final decisions, these claims have long been dismissed by the competent institutions.

For this reason, the company "Riviera Kakome" sh.pk, has reacted with the aim of informing public opinion fairly and briefly about the truth about Kakome.

On 05.07.2004, the Territory Control Council of the Republic of Albania granted the company “Riviera” sh.pk the Kakomë land for a 99-year lease. At the same time, the construction of a tourist resort was approved, which would be realized in cooperation with the French company “Club Med”.

This decision was contested by the entity “Nivica Village Community”, on behalf of the residents of the village of Nivica. This village is located about 10–15 km from Kakomë Bay. The claim of this entity was related to the protection of the right of ownership over forest land and pastures.

Initially, the entity “Community of Nivicë Village” requested from AKKP (Agency for the Restitution and Compensation of Property) recognition of the right of ownership, claiming that it should be recognized as the owner of an area of ??several hundred hectares, designated “forest and pasture”. AKKP Tirana, with decision no. 244, dated 07.09.2007, dismissed this request as unfounded.

Subsequently, the entity “Nivica Village Community” challenged this decision by filing a lawsuit against AKKP Tirana at the Tirana Judicial District Court. With decision no. 7153, dated 27.08.2008, the court again rejected the request for recognition of ownership.

Subsequently, trials were held at all levels of the judiciary: the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. The entity “Community of Nivicë Village” also appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, but the request was also rejected there.

In all court decisions from the period 2009–2012, it is clear that the claim of several residents of the village of Nivicë and the entity "Community of the Village of Nivicë" for recognition of the claimed area as forest land and pasture has been dismissed as unfounded.

Another significant fact, which has not been made known to the public and which is essential, is that in all the requests submitted by the entity “Community of Nivicë Village” and some residents of this village, the boundaries of the claimed pastures have been clearly defined. The “Kakome Monastery” has been defined as the western boundary of these pastures.

Meanwhile, the land that the company "Riviera Kakome" sh.pk has purchased from the Albanian state in the Bay of Kakome begins several hundred meters west of the Kakome Monastery (specifically about 250 meters), i.e. far outside the border claimed by the residents and the entity "Nivica Village Community".

The conclusion is simple: the Kakomë land with an area of ??29.07 ha was not part of the pastures claimed in court. So, we are faced with a completely unfounded, unreasonable claim and outside of any legal and moral logic.

We estimate that those who have claimed and defended at all levels of the trial the ownership of the pastures claimed as property of the village of Nivicë, have preferred not to tell the truth, but to misinform public opinion. The claimed borders are the foundation of the entire problematic of the Kakomë project, so the concealment of such an essential truth cannot have been done without intent.

For this reason, the company "Riviera Kakome" sh.pk, being aware of the truth, has shown patience and calm, albeit at considerable economic cost, waiting for more than 22 years and without causing any damage to the property, until all claims were resolved and the truth became completely clear.

We believe that the above should be made known to the public. All that is stated is based on regular documentation and anyone interested can consult and verify it for any ambiguity or further clarification.

The company “Riviera Kakome” sh.pk (created according to the law from the division of the company “Riviera” sh.pk), after the conflict was resolved with final court decisions, proceeded with the purchase of the land with an area of ??29.07 ha. Therefore, the land was purchased and was not obtained for free from the state.

This practice was in accordance with relevant legislation and similar to the procedures followed for the purchase of tourist village lands in other areas of the country, including the Golem and Qerret areas.

However, the development process was hindered by several illegal AMTPs, issued by the Himara Municipality. The case for these AMTPs has also been finally resolved and, by court decision, the responsible persons have been punished.

Meanwhile, for the people who had ownership documents obtained from the privatization of the military unit that was located there before the 1990s, a regular exchange contract was concluded.

In conclusion, we would like to emphasize that the current owners of the property purchased by the state, after the completion of the legal proceedings, have spent over 9 million euros just for the purchase of this property, not including expenses for projects and infrastructure on the land, such as roads, sewers and manholes.

Everything has been undertaken with the aim of building a resort that would be among the best in the Mediterranean, but which, for often illegal and absurd reasons, has been delayed in its realization./TPZ