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OPEN LETTER: Urgent Institutional Action and Accountability to Protect Journalists, Media Workers and Public Watchdogs in Albania

OPEN LETTER: Urgent Institutional Action and Accountability to Protect Journalists, Media Workers and Public Watchdogs in Albania

Addressed to: • Mr Niko Peleshi, Speaker of the Parliament of Albania … • Mr Ervin Demo, Minister of Interior … • Mr Toni Gogu, Minister of Justice … • Ms Jorida Tabaku, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Public Information Media … • Mr Fatmir Xhafaj…

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AJK: Licensing of Police Radio Risks Opening the Door to Party Propaganda

AJK: Licensing of Police Radio Risks Opening the Door to Party Propaganda

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK) considers the Independent Media Commission’s (IMC) decision to license Police Radio as a state radio station for experimental broadcasting alarming.

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Gratë, kujtesa dhe mediat: Mësimet nga Kosova për Ukrainën

Gratë, kujtesa dhe mediat: Mësimet nga Kosova për Ukrainën

Programi “Gratë, kujtesa dhe mediat: Mësimet nga Kosova për Ukrainën”, përfshiu vizita që u fokusuan në drejtësinë tranzicionale, trashëgiminë e luftës në Kosovë dhe rëndësinë e dokumentimit dhe ruajtjes së kujtesës kolektive.

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SafeJournalists: Serious Police Violence Against Journalists in Tirana in Albania Raises Alarm Over Repeated and Disproportionate Use of Force

SafeJournalists: Serious Police Violence Against Journalists in Tirana in Albania Raises Alarm Over Repeated and Disproportionate Use of Force

illustration: canva … The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the reported police violence against journalists and media crews covering protests in Tirana on 13 October 2026. Physical assaults, injuries and obstruction of reporting, alongside the deployment of tear gas and water cannons…

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CIVIC_ACT in Prishtina: How Media Coverage Shapes Elections and Public Trust

CIVIC_ACT in Prishtina: How Media Coverage Shapes Elections and Public Trust

How people receive and understand election information matters. The way journalists report on political campaigns, how candidates reach voters and how misleading information spreads online can all influence public debate and trust in the democratic process.

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AJK Condemns Threats Against Lirim Mehmetaj and Expresses Full Solidarity with Him

AJK Condemns Threats Against Lirim Mehmetaj and Expresses Full Solidarity with Him

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK) is deeply concerned about the threats against and the risk to the physical safety of journalist Lirim Mehmetaj, founder of Vox Kosova. AJK strongly condemns the threat made last night, in connection with which former MP Gani Geci has been arrested.

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AJK and OSCE Mission in Kosovo Hold Conference on Journalists’ Mental Health

AJK and OSCE Mission in Kosovo Hold Conference on Journalists’ Mental Health

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK), in cooperation with the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today organised an event titled “Media Workers and Mental Health”, focusing on the psychological burden of journalism, work-related stress, exposure to trauma, burnout…

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AJK Condemns Labelling and Threats Against Fidan Jupolli

AJK Condemns Labelling and Threats Against Fidan Jupolli

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK) is deeply concerned by a series of insults, attacks and threats directed at Fidan Jupolli, host of Klan Kosova’s satirical political programme DPT Te Fidani.

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SafeJournalists: Albanian State Police Must Not Obstruct Journalists Covering Protests Outside Parliament

SafeJournalists: Albanian State Police Must Not Obstruct Journalists Covering Protests Outside Parliament

The SafeJournalists Network expresses serious concern over reports that Albanian State Police officers obstructed media crews covering the protest outside the Parliament of Albania in Tirana on 8 October 2026. The protest took place while Parliament debated the territorial reform.

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One person arrested and three others at large following attack on Klan Kosova crew

One person arrested and three others at large following attack on Klan Kosova crew

The Basic Prosecution Office in Ferizaj announced that, in connection with the attack on the Klan Kosova crew, one person identified by the initials I.R. had been detained for 48 hours by order of the State Prosecutor, on suspicion of committing the criminal offence of “Minor Bodily Injury…

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AJK Strongly Condemns Physical Attack on Klan Kosova Team in Ferizaj

AJK Strongly Condemns Physical Attack on Klan Kosova Team in Ferizaj

A team from Klan Kosova’s programme Kiks Kosova was attacked this Wednesday in the city of Ferizaj while they were in the field carrying out their professional duties. Cameramen Erand Hyseni and Gramos Shala, journalist Arbentia Ilazi…

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Open letter on Albania’s draft anti-SLAPP legislative package

Open letter on Albania’s draft anti-SLAPP legislative package

To: Mr. Toni GOGU, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Albania, Ministry of Justice, Tirana … Cc: • Mr. Ulsi Manja, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs and Public Administration … • Mrs. Jorida Tabaku…

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KosovoNews Journalist Jeton Sopa Physically Attacked While Covering Protests

KosovoNews Journalist Jeton Sopa Physically Attacked While Covering Protests

Jeton Sopa, a journalist with KosovoNews, was physically pushed by several individuals while covering protests outside the Kosovo Assembly building, as an extraordinary parliamentary session was underway. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK…

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SafeJournalists: Man Who Threatened N1 Journalist in Belgrade Must Be Urgently Identified and Prosecuted

SafeJournalists: Man Who Threatened N1 Journalist in Belgrade Must Be Urgently Identified and Prosecuted

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the serious threats made against N1 television journalist Mladen Savatović while he was carrying out his journalistic duties outside the Belgrade City Administration building and calls on the competent Serbian authorities to identify and prosecute the…

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Media and Elections: Who Shapes What Voters See and Believe?

Media and Elections: Who Shapes What Voters See and Believe?

Elections are not experienced by citizens only through polling stations and political campaigns. They are also experienced through the information environment in which voters encounter political messages, news reports, competing claims and increasingly complex forms of digital content.

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U ndanë çmimet për agro-gazetarinë 2026

U ndanë çmimet për agro-gazetarinë 2026

U mbajt ceremonia e ndarjes së çmimeve për Agro-Gazetarinë 2026, në kuadër të së cilës u vlerësuan punimet më të mira gazetareske që trajtojnë bujqësinë, zhvillimin rural dhe sfidat me të cilat përballen fermerët në Kosovë. Në fjalën hyrëse, Xhemajl Rexha…

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SafeJournalists: Intimidation of Investigative Journalist Klodiana Lala by Former Albanian Intelligence Chief Raises Serious Concerns

SafeJournalists: Intimidation of Investigative Journalist Klodiana Lala by Former Albanian Intelligence Chief Raises Serious Concerns

photo: canva … The SafeJournalists Network expresses serious concern over the public intimidation and attempt to discredit investigative journalist Klodiana Lala of News24 by Vlora Hyseni, former Director of Albania’s State Intelligence Service (SHISH), on 24 September 2026.

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AGK dhe IHS përmbyllin nismën për avancimin e raportimit mbi sëmundjet kronike jongjitëse

AGK dhe IHS përmbyllin nismën për avancimin e raportimit mbi sëmundjet kronike jongjitëse

Asociacioni i Gazetarëve të Kosovës (AGK), në bashkëpunim me Shërbimet Shëndetësore të Integruara (IHS Project), mbajti sot në Prishtinë tryezën përmbyllëse “Përtej kryetitujve…

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SafeJournalists: Albanian Police Must Urgently Investigate Reported Seizure of Journalist’s Phone and Deletion of Footage

SafeJournalists: Albanian Police Must Urgently Investigate Reported Seizure of Journalist’s Phone and Deletion of Footage

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the reported interference by Albanian State Police officers with the work of Syri TV journalist Albana Aliaj while she was reporting in Durrës on 22 September 2026 and calls for an immediate, transparent investigation into the incident.

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Civil society representatives meet with Chief Prosecutor Blerim Isufaj

Civil society representatives meet with Chief Prosecutor Blerim Isufaj

Representatives of non-governmental organisations met with Blerim Isufaj, Chief Prosecutor of the Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo, to discuss the digital security of journalists, activists and civil society representatives, as well as the need to prevent and address threats…

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