Overview

• Prime Minister Edi Rama introduced Diella, a non-physical AI-generated official tasked with managing and awarding all public tenders.
• Rama pledged a step-by-step shift of tender decisions out of ministries, promising processes that are 100% corruption-free and fully transparent.
• Diella originated in January as the e-Albania virtual assistant and has helped issue 36,600 digital documents and deliver nearly 1,000 services, according to official figures.
• The government has not explained human-in-the-loop arrangements or safeguards against manipulation, drawing skepticism from social media users and prompting governance questions.
• Parliament is scheduled to convene Friday, with timing for formalizing the new cabinet still unclear, as procurement reform remains central to Albania’s EU accession ambitions.