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They are even considering a ministry fully run by artificial intelligence.

Prime Minister Edi Rama last month described AI as a tool to eliminate corruption and increase transparency, saying that the technology could soon become the most productive member of Albania’s government.

At a July press conference on digitalization, Rama said: “One day we might have a ministry fully run by artificial intelligence.” He argued that “in this way, there will be no nepotism or conflict of interest.”

Local developers could even create an AI model to choose ministers, which would allow the country to have “the first government with ministers and a prime minister run by artificial intelligence,” Rama added.

AI is already used in administration to handle complex issues such as public procurement — which the EU has demanded be strengthened — as well as to detect irregularities by analyzing tax and customs operations in real time.

The country’s territory is also monitored by smart drones and satellite systems that use AI to check for illegal practices at construction sites, public beaches, and rural areas with cannabis plantations.

Albania made headlines in 2024 when its prime minister announced that AI would be used on the path to EU membership.

After officially starting negotiations in 2022, the country began aligning its legislation with roughly a quarter of a million pages of EU laws, rules, and standards. Following Rama’s landslide victory in the 2025 general election, which envisions EU membership by 2030, the race to finish the work began.

The idea was for AI to handle translation and then take on the difficult task of identifying differences between national and EU laws — a first in the EU accession process.