Edona Bilali
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Legal status
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Edona Bilali (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · unknown (fetched 2026-10-31) · wiki · EN
- Deputetja e PD denoncon skemen e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 20 Dec 2022 · journalism · SQ
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Deputetja e PD denoncon skemën e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve; ministrja Bilali (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 20 Dec 2022 · journalism · SQ
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Edona Bilali (Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · unknown (fetched 2026-10-31) · wiki · EN
- Deputetja e PD denoncon skemen e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 20 Dec 2022 · journalism · SQ
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Deputetja e PD denoncon skemën e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve; ministrja Bilali (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 20 Dec 2022 · journalism · SQ
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Socialist Party MP since September 2021 (Wikipedia infobox). Minister of State for Entrepreneurs 2021-2023, the ministry that ran the startup grant scheme. In December 2022, Democratic Party MP Ina Zhupa alleged conflict of interest in startup grants awarded to organisations in the Albanian-American Development Foundation network and to companies and individuals she said were close to the minister. These are opposition claims; no official finding was found.
Response from Edona Bilali
Per Shqiptarja (20 Dec 2022), Bilali had earlier called claims that she included her friends in startup grants 'shpifje' (slander), replying to Sali Berisha. No reply to Zhupa's later allegations was found.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Biography
- Socialist Party MP since September 2021 (Wikipedia infobox). Minister of State for Entrepreneurs 2021-2023, the ministry that ran the startup grant scheme. In December 2022, Democratic Party MP Ina Zhupa alleged conflict of interest in startup grants awarded to organisations in the Albanian-American Development Foundation network and to companies and individuals she said were close to the minister. These are opposition claims; no official finding was found.From the research record
- Full record in(id edona-bilali); this entry covers the cabinet angle only.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No charge or investigation against Bilali found in sources reviewed.From the research record
- Allegation only. On 20 Dec 2022 PD deputy Ina Zhupa alleged that Bilali awarded two grants totalling 88 million lek to organisations in the AADF network, and a conflict of interest (Shqiptarja). The article mentions no criminal complaint or SPAK referral.From the research record
- Response
- Per Shqiptarja (20 Dec 2022), Bilali had earlier called claims that she included her friends in startup grants 'shpifje' (slander), replying to Sali Berisha. No reply to Zhupa's later allegations was found.From the research record
- In the same article Bilali called such claims 'shpifje' (slander); the article says she was responding to earlier claims by Sali Berisha, not to Zhupa's list.From the research record
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 20 Dec 2022
Edona Bilali: start-up grants allegation (PD MP, Dec 2022)
On 20 Dec 2022 PD deputy Ina Zhupa alleged that Minister of State for Entrepreneurs Edona Bilali awarded two start-up grants totalling 88 million lek to organisations in the network of the…
Status: Political allegation; no criminal referral found
A case listed here names this person. It does not mean they are accused in it; read the case page.
Connections
Open the map →- Government decision→Ministry of Entrepreneurship (startup grant scheme; Agency for Support of Entrepreneurship)Source label: Officially reported
minister responsible for startup grants (2021-2023)
Evidence: Wikipedia lists her as Minister of State for Entrepreneurs (Sept 2021 - Sept 2023); the disputed grants are the ministry's startup grants (per Shqiptarja).
alleged closeness to minister (PD claim)
Evidence: Zhupa says the Bamllari father and son 'appear close to the minister and the party'. Allegation only.
- Business relationship→Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF / Fondacioni Shqiptaro-Amerikan për Zhvillim)Source label: Unverified
alleged conflict via AADF heads on recipient board (PD claim)
Evidence: Zhupa alleges the minister and two AADF heads sit on the board of a grant-receiving centre. Allegation only; no reply found.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 20 Dec 2022
Called the claims 'shpifje' (slander) (Shqiptarja, 20 Dec 2022; as reported in the article).
Speaker: Edona Bilali
Deputetja e PD denoncon skemën e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve; ministrja Bilali (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 20 Dec 2022 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
The article reports a PD MP's allegation of grants and a conflict of interest; it contains no SPAK or court finding.
- Deputetja e PD denoncon skemën e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve; ministrja Bilali (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 20 Dec 2022 · journalism · SQ
What was said · 20 Dec 2022
Bilali called claims that she included her friends in startup grants 'shpifje' (slander), replying to Sali Berisha (as reported by Shqiptarja).
Speaker: Edona Bilali
Deputetja e PD denoncon skemen e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 20 Dec 2022 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
No official finding in sources reviewed.
Timeline
Government
Edona Bilali takes office as Minister of State for Entrepreneurs
Start date per Wikipedia infobox; article text gives 10 Sept 2021 for the appointment.
Linked: Edona Bilali
Media
PD MP Ina Zhupa alleges misuse of start-up grants by Minister Edona Bilali
Allegation of 88 million lek in grants to AADF-network organisations; Bilali calls the claims slander.
Linked: Edona Bilali: start-up grants allegation (PD MP, Dec 2022) · Edona Bilali
Media
PD MP Ina Zhupa alleges conflict of interest in startup grants run by Minister Bilali
Claims: 88m lekë to AADF-network organisations; 40m to Fladi Agolli; 50m each to Skytech/3DSKY (Bamllari) and auditor Kamela Hasko. The minister had earlier called similar claims slander.
Linked: Ina Zhupa · Edona Bilali
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- unknown
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Deputetja e PD denoncon skemen e abuzimeve me grantet e startupeve (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 20 Dec 2022