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Albania’s 2024 gender gaps and gains
TIRANA, Sept 13 (TemA) — Women made up 50.5% of Albania’s population at end-2024, men 49.5%. Both declined versus 2023 (women −1.0%, men −1.3%). Births skewed male at 108 boys per 100 girls, above the natural 105. Infant mortality fell to 5.3 per...

Albania taps AI-generated bot as anti-corruption ‘minister’
TIRANA, Albania -- Albania's prime minister on Friday tapped an artificial intelligence-generated "minister" to tackle corruption in his new Cabinet, a project launched with the help of Microsoft. Officially named Diella -- the female form of the...

Albania names AI bot minister to cut graft
Prime minister says ‘Diella’ will handle government procurement projects PUBLISHED : 13 Sep 2025 at 14:59 PRISTINA, Albania — A new cabinet minister in Albania tasked with handling public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats or...

Albania’s Demographic Collapse: A Silent National Emergency
Change font size: - + Reset By Tirana Times Albania is facing a demographic collapse of historic proportions. What was once described as a temporary “wave of migration” in the 1990s has hardened into a permanent, structural crisis that now...

Albania Appoints AI–Generated Minister to Fight Corruption
Sat 13 Sep 2025 | 06:35 AM Albania appointed an artificial intelligence–generated robot as a government minister tasked with overseeing public procurement and combating corruption. The AI robot, named “Diella”, which means “sun” in Albanian, was...

Albania appoints bot as world's first AI minister
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In Albania, Christians and Muslims Unite to Protect Religious Heritage
The tradition of locals taking care of the church continues, with Andon’s wife Jonka. She remembers how, even during Communism, she sneaked into the church to light a candle. “In August at [the Dormition of the Mother of God] feast, not only the...

Albania's PM appoints an AI-generated 'minister' to tackle corruption
Diella uses AI’s up-to-date models and techniques to guarantee accuracy in offering the duties it is charged with, according to Albania’s National Agency for Information Society's website. Diella, depicted as a figure in a traditional Albanian...

Albania appoints AI minister to handle tenders
Saturday, September 13th 2025 - 00:47 UTC Diella will make the Albanian government corruption-free, Rama argued Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama has appointed a new “minister” created with artificial intelligence to manage public tenders. Named...

Albania’s World-First AI Minister Diella Fights Procurement Corruption
In a groundbreaking move that could redefine governance in the digital age, Albania has appointed an artificial intelligence bot named Diella as its newest cabinet minister, tasked specifically with overseeing public procurement to combat...

Albania Turns to Artificial Intelligence Amid Deep Corruption Crisis
Change font size: - + Reset TIRANA, Albania (Tirana Times, September 11, 2025 ) – Albania’s government has unveiled what it calls a bold step in its fight against endemic corruption: the appointment of the country’s first artificial intelligence...

Albania taps an AI ‘cabinet minister’ to tackle corruption
Albania’s prime minister on Friday tapped an Artificial Intelligence-generated “minister” to tackle corruption in his new cabinet, a project launched with the help of Microsoft. Officially named Diella — the female form of the word for sun in the...

Albania names world’s first AI-Minister to clean up Albania’s government
ALBAWABA - Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, has named a virtual, AI-generated minister to his new cabinet. This is the first time in the world that a political leader has done this. Dela, which means "the sun" in Albanian, is the digital...

Polimmick: Discord in Nepal & Divided States of America; Diella in Albania
Apparently, Nepalese youths first organised large-scale protests and demonstrations via Discord, and then through a poll on the social media platform elected Sushila Karki as Nepal's first female prime minister. Surprisingly, the chat app has also...

Albania appoints world’s first AI government minister to tackle corruption
In an unprecedented move, Albania has appointed the world’s first artificial intelligence-generated government minister, aiming to eradicate corruption and streamline public administration. The digital assistant, named Diella-meaning “Sun” in...
Albania appoints AI-generated ‘minister’ to curb corruption
Published on: September 13, 2025 3:21 AM Albania´s prime minister on Friday tapped an Artificial Intelligence-generated `minister´ to tackle corruption in his new Cabinet, a project launched with the help of Microsoft. Officially named Diella –...

Albania appoints first AI minister to oversee public procurement
Albania has appointed an AI bot to serve as a senior government official in charge of public procurement to help weed out corruption in the country. Called Diella, which means “sun” in Albanian, the bot will award all public tenders involving the...

Albania hopes world's first AI-generated minister can cut back corruption
Albania is looking to artificial intelligence to tackle corruption in public finance, as Prime Minister Edi Rama appoints the world's first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders. Presenting his new cabinet on Thursday...

Albania Appoints AI Bot to Oversee Public Procurement
Albania has introduced its first artificial intelligence cabinet member, an AI bot named Diella, to manage public procurement and award government tenders. Prime Minister Edi Rama, set to begin his fourth term, said Thursday the move aims to...