Albania & Kosova: Birra Tirana won the tender for beer factory “Birra Peja”

Companies from Albania and Kosova were very active during the last tender organized by the Kosova Trust Agency (KTA) for the sale of the Beer factory “Birra Peja” and Grand Hotel, the KTA announced, AENews communicated on February 16.

Albanian company Birra Malto sh.a., owner of the Birra Tirana brand (Tirana Beer), offered EUR 5.2 million for the Birra Peja factory. The offer included also a commitment to invest another EUR 12 million in the future.

Birra Tirana won the tender together with the Kosovar businessman, Mr. Ekrem Lluka, whom, in cooperation with his staff and managers of the Birra Peja factory, had offered EUR 3.5 million. These are preliminary results, however. The final decision will be made at a latter time.

According to the KTA announcement, the Albanian businessman Mr. Shyqyri Duraku, president of the oil company Eurodrini, offered EUR 6 million as well as committed to invest another EUR 22 million for Hotel Grand which is Kosova’s capital most important hotel.

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