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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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AGK pjesë e prezantimit të Udhëzuesit për Mbrojtjen e të Dhënave Personale në Media

AGK pjesë e prezantimit të Udhëzuesit për Mbrojtjen e të Dhënave Personale në Media

Sot, Agjencia për Informim dhe Privatësi (AIP) prezantoi Udhëzuesin për Mbrojtjen e të Dhënave Personale në Media, një dokument që synon t’u shërbejë mediave dhe gazetarëve si mjet praktik për balancimin e mbrojtjes së të dhënave personale me lirinë e shprehjes, informimit dhe interesin publik.

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SafeJournalists: Death Threat Against Journalist Osman Stafa in Albania Must Be Urgently Investigate

SafeJournalists: Death Threat Against Journalist Osman Stafa in Albania Must Be Urgently Investigate

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the explicit death threat against News24 journalist Osman Stafa and calls on the Albanian authorities to urgently identify the person responsible, establish whether the threat is connected to his journalistic work…

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SafeJournalists: Death Threat Against N1 Journalist Nina Kljenak in Croatia Must Be Urgently Investigated

SafeJournalists: Death Threat Against N1 Journalist Nina Kljenak in Croatia Must Be Urgently Investigated

Photo: Canva … The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the death threat and offensive, misogynistic and nationalist messages sent to N1 journalist Nina Kljenak and calls on the Croatian authorities to urgently identify and prosecute the person responsible. On 11 September 2026…

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Albania: Social media platforms must protect media and public-interest accounts from coordinated manipulation

Albania: Social media platforms must protect media and public-interest accounts from coordinated manipulation

The SafeJournalists Network (SJN), the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organizations are concerned about recent incidents in Albania in which media, journalists, civic initiatives and other public-interest accounts have faced unexplained restrictions…

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SafeJournalists: Authorities in Serbia and Montenegro Must Urgently Investigate Threats Against Journalists

SafeJournalists: Authorities in Serbia and Montenegro Must Urgently Investigate Threats Against Journalists

photo: canva … The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the online threats directed at journalists in Montenegro and Serbia in the previous days, most of which were triggered by their reporting and commentary related to the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić…

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SafeJournalists: Cross-Border Concentration of Media Power in the Western Balkans Requires Stronger Regulatory Oversight

SafeJournalists: Cross-Border Concentration of Media Power in the Western Balkans Requires Stronger Regulatory Oversight

Illustration: SJN (ChatGPT) The SafeJournalists Network expresses concern over the growing cross-border concentration of media, distribution and telecommunications power in the Western Balkans. The expansion of Telekom Srbija, a majority state-owned company…

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SafeJournalists enters a new phase in Albania as AGSH becomes a full member

SafeJournalists enters a new phase in Albania as AGSH becomes a full member

After six years of SafeJournalists work in Albania, the Network is entering a new phase that strengthens national ownership and places journalists and their professional representation even more firmly at the centre of its work in the country.

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SafeJournalists: Meta must urgently clarify recent restrictions affecting media and public-interest accounts in Albania

SafeJournalists: Meta must urgently clarify recent restrictions affecting media and public-interest accounts in Albania

The SafeJournalists Network expresses concern over a growing number of unexplained restrictions and account-access problems affecting media, activists and other public-interest voices on Meta platforms in Albania. On 5 September, the official Instagram account of Euronews Albania…

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SafeJournalists: Clarifications Are Welcome, but Special Court’s Media Access Rules in Albania Still Require Review

SafeJournalists: Clarifications Are Welcome, but Special Court’s Media Access Rules in Albania Still Require Review

source: canva … The SafeJournalists Network is following the implementation of new rules on media access at Albania’s Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organised Crime (GJKKO), which entered into force on 1 September 2026.

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Op-Ed: Roli i infermierëve në humanizimin e kujdesit shëndetësor

Op-Ed: Roli i infermierëve në humanizimin e kujdesit shëndetësor

Autore: Fekrije Hasani … Në kujdesin shëndetësor, jo çdo gjë që ka rëndësi mund të matet me analiza, parametra apo rezultate klinike. Ka momente kur pacienti ka nevojë që dikush t’ia shpjegojë edhe një herë atë që nuk e ka kuptuar. Ka momente kur frika nuk thuhet me fjalë, por shihet në heshtje…

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