{"id":38869,"date":"2022-06-23T13:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T11:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=38869"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:46:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T11:46:16","slug":"minister-xhacka-rejects-claims-linking-her-husband-to-a-strategic-investment-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-xhacka-rejects-claims-linking-her-husband-to-a-strategic-investment-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Xhacka rejects claims linking her husband to a strategic investment project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka declared from the podium of the Assembly that her husband is not a beneficiary of strategic investments in the country\u2019s south.<\/p>\n<p>During her address in Parliament on Thursday, Xhacka responding to allegations from Democrat MP Agron Shehaj ruled out any possible conflict of interests as her husband has \u2018not received a cent from public funds\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband is a businessman since 1991. My husband, just like you Mr. Shehaj, started off as an immigrant in Italy and then returned to Albania. After 30 years in business, he got involved in a serious investment in the south to develop a 5-star hotel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a private investment, in a private territory by a private investor\u201d, said the foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p>She also ruled out that the hotel will be developed in a public property area.<\/p>\n<p>The Council for Regulation and Immunity will convene Friday to assess the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/06\/20\/14-democrat-mps-call-for-removal-of-fm-xhacka\/\">request made by Democrat MPs<\/a><\/strong> in lifting Xhacka\u2019s diplomatic immunity, in the wake of allegations linking her husband Artan Gaci to a multi-million-dollar project in the south.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/06\/22\/olta-xhackas-mandate-removal-to-be-discussed-on-friday\/\">Olta Xhacka\u2019s mandate removal to be discussed on Friday<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/28\/what-types-of-benefits-does-a-strategic-investor-get\/\">What are the benefits bestowed on strategic investors?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/16\/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-strategic-investor-in-albanias-coastline\/\">What does it take to become a strategic investor in Albania\u2019s coastline?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka declared from the podium of the Assembly that her husband is not a beneficiary of strategic investments in the country\u2019s south. During her address in Parliament on Thursday, Xhacka responding to allegations from Democrat MP Agron Shehaj ruled out any possible conflict of interests as her husband has \u2018not received a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,151,902,1220],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minister Xhacka rejects claims linking her husband to a strategic investment project - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-xhacka-rejects-claims-linking-her-husband-to-a-strategic-investment-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister Xhacka rejects claims linking her husband to a strategic investment project - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka declared from the podium of the Assembly that her husband is not a beneficiary of strategic investments in the country\u2019s south. 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