FLASH
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The biggest newspaper in Germany, BILD , has written about the arrests of the directors of the mayor Erion Veliaj.
In the report of the journalist Peter Tiede, it is said that Veliaj is involved in the directors' scandal, which is also shaking Albania, accustomed to cases of corruption.
"Thousands of citizens have been on the streets for days in the capital of Albania, Tirana.
The reason: A major corruption scandal is shaking the metropolis of the Western Balkans. The directors of the municipality have been arrested and the socialist mayor is threatened by the investigation.
It is about millions of euros. Even for Albania, whose citizens are used to corruption, this is a big scandal!
Climax: Thousands of people marched in front of the town hall on Thursday, demonstrating against the socialist mayor Erion Veliaj (44), who is considered the preferred successor of Prime Minister Edi Rama (59). Incendiary devices were thrown and the police had to surround the administrative building.
What drives people to the streets: The city's leading politicians are said to have founded companies through their 'pups', which they then awarded public contracts! The damage known so far: 25 million euros of public money in the second poorest country in Europe!
Suspicion: It is said that the mayor is also involved," the newspaper writes.
"For years there has been a scandal about unfinished or completely overpriced road construction projects. And a conflict over waste incineration plants has been simmering for months: Initially, four million EU euros came to the country for recycling centers and garbage trucks - without a single garbage truck or recycling center ever appearing. Then waste incineration plants had to be built. Almost 130 million euros have been spent so far for Tirana alone. Only that: The plant does not exist at all. The money is gone!” journalist Tiede emphasizes.
"The fact that senior officials are now openly lining their pockets before the eyes of the mayor of the booming city of Tirana - this is a point too many for the demonstrators in Tirana, where thousands of new apartments stand empty. Fact: Money laundering has driven up prices. Land for construction in the city of Tirana is now as expensive as in the main areas of Hamburg...", the article concludes.
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