Cases

Vaxhid Rexhepaj, Chief of Cabinet of the Mayor of Kamenica, Kadri Rrahimaj, has used inappropriate language toward the journalist of Television 7, Çlirimtar Morina. When Rexhepaj was asked about a photo montage that was put on the wall of Rrahimaj's office, and it has gone viral, instead of answering he chose to attack the media. In the video published by T7, Rexhepaj is heard saying that "we will send the painting to your owners, such as Aleksandar Vuciqi". The Association…

The official of the Municipality of Fushë Kosova, Hasime Qyqalla, has tried to intimidate the journalist of KALLXO.com, Behar Mustafa, by initiating criminal prosecution. This intimidation comes after an investigation by KALLXO.com, which includes her son. Meanwhile, on the same day, she threatened the journalist over the phone that she will initiate a criminal report against him. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo condemns this attempt to silence the journalist…

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo - AJK, has been informed regarding the accusations made by Agron Beka, a member of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council - KPC against the TV show "Betimi për Drejtësi" during the KPC meeting on Thursday. On February 18, 2023, KTV aired an episode of the show "Betimi për Drejtësi" titled "Institutional Clashes for Agron Beka". In this episode, Beka was featured as the protagonist who was implicated as a suspect for alleged misconduct in…

The T7 TV crew consisting of the journalist Unitet Berisha and the camera operator Perparim Gashi, was threatened with guns in Leposaviq. "Journalist Unitet Berisha and the camera operator Përparim Gashi went to Leposaviq today to report on smuggling that was stopped by the Kosovo Police in the village of Jashanicë, but on the way to this village, a car with 3 armed men chased the television crew. The people inside the car with license plates GM-074-NO, have been pointing…

A few hours before the Extraordinary Assembly of the Football Federation of Kosovo - FFK, journalists, and media in Kosovo have no information about the place and time where this event will be held. AJK calls on FFK to organize an open and transparent Assembly so that the public is informed about the important decisions that will be taken in it. This becomes even more important at a time when the biggest football house in Kosovo has not yet completed the licensing process.

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo has been informed by the journalist, Bujar Vitija, about a series of insults, lynchings, and threats that have been made towards him in recent days, after a series of articles about suspicions of corruption in the Public Hospital of Vushtrri. AJK condemns the language used against the journalist Vitija and considers that it hinders his and other journalists' work as well. All competent authorities must do their work to clarify the…

Masked persons attacked the Klan Kosova team in Zubin Potok. The team consisting of journalists Qëndresa Bellagoshi, Drin Demiri, the camera operator Agon Bejtullahu and the driver Elsad Sinani, were attacked today in the Zupç village. The journalist Bellagoshi and the driver Sinani received medical treatment because the broken windows from the stones hit them in their faces. While Demiri and Bejtullahu remained unharmed. The Kosovo Police were informed about the case. The…

The Koha Group journalist, Agim Ademi, has notified AJK, of the insulting language and threatening tone that the Mayor of Shtime Municipality, Qemajl Aliu, made against him during a session of the Municipal Assembly. Aliu is quoted to have called Adem "prontist", saying that he will "denounce" him to the director of his workplace. "M.Jakupi you have found a 'prontist' journalist as is Agim Ademi, he is as prontist as you are. You have used the ignorance of a technical worker…

Gjatë një raportimi në Komisionin për Buxhet, Punë dhe Transfere të Kuvendit të Kosovës, anëtarja e Organit Shqyrtues të Prokurorimit, Kimete Gashi, ka denigruar punën e gazetares së Grupit Koha, Sarandaj Ramaj, duke sugjeruar madje edhe “marrje masash” kundër saj. Sipas videos nga Komisioni, anëtarja e Bordit të OSHP-së, i është referuar Ramajt kur ka thënë se “është vetëm një gazetare e zëshme dhe jashtëzakonisht dezinformuese”. “Kam kërku nga anëtarët e bordit edhe jemi…

Sonte në mbrëmje, një tjetër shpërthim ka ndodhur – këtë herë në afërsi të ekipit të televizionit Tëvë1, në Lagjen e Boshnjakëve në Komunën e Mitrovicës. Ekipi i përbërë nga gazetari Gojart Jashari dhe kameramani Rron Agolli, ishin prezent në momentin kur ndodhi shpërthimi. “Shpërthimi ishte i fortë. Nuk kemi arritur të shohim ata që e gjuajtën, por në momentin e shpërthimit ishin afër edhe Policia. Nga ajo çka mund të shihnin ata ishin diku 5-6 persona të organizuar të…

The Klan Kosova's team, consisting of journalist Haris Ademi, camera operator Agon Bejtullahu, and driver Elsad Sinani, was attacked today, while they were reporting near the barricades located in the village of Çaber in Zubin Potok. The attackers threw stones at the team and insulted them. This is the third attack on journalists, thus aggravating and endangering their safety while they are reporting. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo is concerned for the safety of…

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo today has been notified by the authors and journalists of the "Kiks Kosova" show on Klan Kosova, for the denigrating and threatening language that the Acting Finance Director of Telecom of Kosovo used against the team of this media. In a series of emails, Kelmendi referred to Klan Kosova as "Devolli's criminal TV clan", and its journalists as "servants of the criminal clan". AJK considers that such language is unacceptable and very…

An explosive went off near RTV Dukagjini’s team, tonight while journalist Doruntina Bylykbashi was reporting live from this area. This marks the second attack in two days against the TV teams that are reporting from the north of Mitrovica. Therefore, AJK once again calls upon competent institutions to take measures to ensure the safety of journalists during their reporting.

The Kallxo.com team was attacked this morning in the north of Mitrovica. The car in which journalist Shkodrane Dakaj and producer Valdet Salihu were traveling was attacked by a masked group of local Serbs, near the Technical School. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo is deeply concerned about the safety of journalists, and strongly condemns the attack, and once again calls upon the Kosovo Police to provide adequate security conditions for the journalists reporting from…

The cameraman of “Insajderi” portal, Jetmir Muji, was physically assaulted this morning in northern Mitrovica by a group of local Serbs, while he was filming for a TV story. According to this media, Muji together with the journalist, Visar Duriqi, were in the north to conduct a story, when they saw a young man being put into a car by several people. When Muji filmed this event, he was attacked by these people and ended up in the Emergency Hospital in the south of Mitrovica.

Deputeti i partisë në pushtet, Vetëvendosje, Sali Zyba, ka publikuar sot në profilin e tij në Facebook, një videomontazh ku paraqet kryeredaktorin e televizionit T7, Arsim Lani dhe drejtorin e T7 dhe Gazeta Express, Leonard Kërquki duke prezantuar emisione të ndara të vitit 2016 dhe 2022 me mbishkrimin “E njëjta luftë e UÇK-së, i njëjti medium”. AGK-ja konsideron se një video-montazh e tillë e publikuar nga një deputet dhe e shpërndarë nga dhjetëra pjesëtarë të VV-së, është…

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo today was informed by the editors of Plus TV, that their journalist, Irfan Maliqi, was threatened by Sylë Salihu - Head of Social Services within the PSC in Vitia. Maliqi has also received threatening messages from Hysen Ymeri - Head of the Human Resources Office in the Municipality of Vitia regarding a story about the lack of professionals in the branches of social work in this municipality. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo…

Journalist Diellza Luzha from Gazeta Shneta was threatened by an ambulance driver at Mitrovica Hospital. "Journalist Diellza Luzha has reported today through an article about the misuse of the ambulance in Mitrovica Hospital. For this article, Luzha was threatened by one of the drivers, Bajram Ferati. Ferati was initially contacted by the journalist to get an explanation regarding the misuse of the ambulance, but he refused to speak. Meanwhile, after the publication of the…

Ka vazhduar fushata e intensifikuar e disa individëve, pjesë të strukturave ose të afërt me partinë në pushtet, Vetëvendosje kundër mediave në Kosovë. Elvis Hoxha e Hysamedin Feraj, ish-këshilltarë të Kryeministrit Kurti dhe Sadri Ramabaja, ish-asamblist i Vetëvendosjes, kanë bërë komente publike fyese kundër gazetës online “Nacionale”, duke i targetuar gazetarët dhe raportimet e këtij medium rreth grevës në arsim. Për më tepër, Hoxha para pak ditësh kishte shkruar se “në…

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo is concerned about the threat to the journalist of Kallxo, Arjana Berisha. Berisha was threatened by the bus driver of the "Di Passio Tour" company - right after a video was published that shows him using his phone while driving. In an audio recording published by Kallxo, it is heard that the driver repeatedly insulted the journalist, who insisted on getting his opinion on the situation. Despite the journalist's request to stop…