"Aleat" company will not be responsible for the production of biometric IDs and passports as of August 1, 2023, since it will be replaced by "IdentiTek".

In August is also the last term of the contract of the private firm "Aleat" for the production of biometric documents with the Albanian state, signed since 2008.

As far as logistics and infrastructure are concerned, it is learned that the joint-stock company "IdentiTek" will keep the same offices, equipment and every employee that the company "Aleat" has until now.

One of the changes that this agency will implement as soon as it returns under state administration will be the reduction of fees for both identity cards and passports, but they have not yet been determined as they are under discussion.

At the helm of the institution that will produce biometric passports and identity cards will now be Loina Prifti.

Prifti has been living and working in Germany for years, where she also obtained German citizenship.

The 35-year-old currently works at the Department of Information at the Technical University of Munich and deals with artificial intelligence.