The criminal silence of the Municipality of Tirana

2026-06-27 14:23:00, Denoncim CNA

Four months ago, on March 11, CNA sent an official letter to the Municipality of Tirana, requesting information regarding the advertising surfaces placed at events held by the Municipality of Tirana.

The criminal silence of the Municipality of Tirana

So, simply put, we asked for information on how many advertisements, banners, and LED walls were placed at various events, in "Skënderbej" Square, "Mother Teresa" Square, but also for other places where various activities were held.

With official requests, referring to the Constitution and the law, we requested the areas used for advertising, the contracts that the Municipality of Tirana has made with the company that will manage the activity.

In addition to contracts or surfaces, we requested information on the data and revenues generated, that is, the revenues that the Municipality of Tirana benefited from, that is, the revenues that the citizens of Tirana benefited from the development of these activities, because the municipality was both a sponsor and a beneficiary.

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We have sent several letters to the Municipality of Tirana and the Commissioner for the Right to Information and Personal Data Protection regarding this issue, and we have also written publicly regarding this issue. We have received zero responses, only wordplay.

The Municipality of Tirana, instead of being transparent and providing answers to a request that is not only of interest to the media, is silent, hiding what only municipal officials know.

The requested information is of interest to the public, to taxpayers, who want to know what happens to the revenues that the municipality collects and is supposed to manage or increase.

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What is the reason that the Municipality of Tirana hides the data requested by CNA?

Are the contracts for renting advertising space in various activities, developed by the Municipality of Tirana, on paper many times smaller than in reality? Are they passed through marketing companies directly and indirectly linked to the brother of the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj?

In fact, the concealment of this data by the Municipality of Tirana makes all municipal officials collaborators who do not respond, but in various ways avoid requests and do not provide transparency.

In the only response sent by the Municipality of Tirana, they sent us an example of a blank contract, showing how it is applied.

By failing to respond, officials are abusing their power. Even though their president is in prison, and even though directors or officials of this institution are under investigation, they still dare to hide information.

This constitutes another scandal involving the Municipality of Tirana, failing to respond to requests for transparency on what could be another affair./ CNA