The Albanian Government approved last week the natural Gas Master Plan and Project Identification Plan, paving the way to important private investments for the construction of gas infrastructure.

The Albanian Energy Law was recently amended introducing specific rules about the power market operator – Albanian Power Exchange (Albanian PX).

The Law provides for a number of violations and the relevant penalties and sanctions.

Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency burst onto the world stage in 2008, when the online posting of a pseudonymous white paper envisioned a new way to transfer value over the internet.

In May 2016, a new bilateral investment treaty ("BIT") was concluded between the Government of Albania and the Government of Kosovo

One of the hot issues that has been discussed in the ambit of the Justice Reform is the role of international factor in the revaluation and monitoring process of the Judges and the Prosecutors. �

A recent amendment to the existing Article 41 of the Instruction no.6, dated 30.01.2015 "On VAT in the Republic of Albania" as amended, has been adopted by the Minister of Finance.

A new Law no. 135/2016 "On safety and health at work, emergencies and rescue in mining and underground works of Hydropower plants" (the "Law") has entered into force on January 27, 2017.

After 22 years of the enactment of the Foreign Investment law in 1993, as amended in 2009, a new law on strategic sectors and strategic investments came into picture.

Amendments to the Double Tax Treaty ('DTT') between Albania and Switzerland have been approved by the Albanian Parliament on 10.03.2016 with Law no. 26/2016.

Albania is the largest exporter of crude oil in the Energy Community and is home to the largest onshore oil field in Europe (i.e. Patos Marinza).

The electronic registry of Concessions/PPPs aims to implement transparency and accountability principles in this sector.

This law will become effective 15 days following the publication in Albanian Official Gazette.

Since October 2016 when the Copyright Law ("New Copyright Law") entered into, three important pieces of secondary legislation were enacted in early 2017: Council of Ministers' Decision No.33, . . .

The political document for Health and Safety at Work and its implementation action plan (2016-2020) (the "Political Document and Action Plan") was recently approved by Council of Ministers.

The Albanian electricity sector has met another milestone towards a more liberalized and functional market. As of 1 April 2021, the Albanian Electricity Balancing Market Rules have entered...

The rules governing the power sector in Albania have undergone substantial changes in the last years.

Bitcoin is a relatively new form of money – entirely digital. It is the first decentralized cryptocurrency, managed by the community of its users, working without having a supervision by central bank or management by an administrator.

While the use of DLT-based financial services is rapidly transforming the whole picture of financial markets for both market investors and market infrastructure providers...

A distributed ledger is a database that exists across several locations or among multiple participants.