Zamir Dedej

In this impoverished, struggling country, there is wealth lying just about everywhere you look, and yet no one is earning a cent from it. Even the most obvious no-brainer - solar thermal energy - is found on rooftops only sporadically in the north and not at all in the south. The contrast to Italy and Greece, where rooftop solar thermal systems are common, is glaring.

A spokesperson for Albania's General Prosecutor's office has told BIRN that  prosecutors will review all the procedures over the award of a concession to an Austrian company to build a controversial hydro-power plant.

"All the people that might have knowledge of the project will be questioned as part of the investigation," Albi Serani said.