The international organization Progressive International has made public the dossier “The Edi Rama Files,” a voluminous compilation of documents, decisions by Albanian institutions, and references from SPAK investigations. It raises claims that some of the largest development projects in Albania were built on a scheme of permits, strategic investor statuses, and decisions signed by Prime Minister Edi Rama.
The publication was shared by the organization’s Secretary General, David Adler, who described the dossier as “explosive” in a post on X. According to him, the material places the Albanian prime minister at the center of a vast real estate network stretching from the coastline to the heart of Tirana.
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“Just last week I was in Tirana to support the Flamingos protest movement. These files show that the project in Zvërnec is only the tip of the iceberg. They reveal an entire system of permits, statuses, and expropriations, directed by a single man: Edi Rama,” Adler wrote.
According to the authors, the document is based on decisions of the National Territorial Council (KKT), government acts, court materials, and SPAK investigation files.
Particular attention is devoted to the resort project in Zvërnec. The authors claim that legal changes concerning protected areas, the granting of Strategic Investor status, and building permits created the conditions for the implementation of this project. The dossier also provides references to the SPAK investigation into the acquisition of land and documents related to this issue.
The material also focuses on the resort in Palasë. According to the authors, the 2014 KKT decision, signed by Edi Rama, is linked to the cadastral zone mentioned in the SPAK investigation. The dossier also includes quotations from wiretaps published in the investigative acts, which, according to them, discuss multimillion-euro payments to secure building permits and the inclusion of properties in tourism projects. These remain claims presented in the dossier and do not constitute final court rulings.
The authors of the material say that the “Strategic Investor” status, created during Edi Rama’s time in government, has been used as a mechanism that has limited owners’ ability to challenge major development projects in court.
The Progressive International dossier calls on the international community to pay closer attention to developments in Albania. In it, the protests launched over the Zvërnec project are described as a civic reaction to the way the country is being governed.
DAVID ADLER’S FULL STATUS
Today, @ProgIntl publishes “The Edi Rama Files” 🚨, an explosive dossier that places Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the head of an illegal real estate empire stretching from the country’s coastline to the capital.
Just last week I was in Tirana to support the “Flamingos” protest movement: Albanians who have risen up against the Trump family’s billion-dollar plan to privatize their protected wetlands.
These files show that this project is only the tip of the iceberg — a vast system of permits, statuses, and expropriations, directed by one man alone: Edi Rama, the European Union’s favorite.
The files offer a detailed investigative look into the political economy of kleptocracy on Europe’s doorstep — and this is the first time these documents have been published and presented to an international audience.
So take a look — spread the word — and stand with the Albanian people, who take to the streets day after day to draw the world’s attention to what the author describes as Edi Rama’s silent but deadly grip on his country.
