19 minutes agoKlan Kosova case: Kurti's most democratic state is represented as authoritarian state in the French newspaper
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)The Kosovo authorities' request to close down the first private television has caused a friend in the small Balkan state, so far known for media pluralism. That's how the French newspaper “describes it Le Monde” The event of the suspension of Klan Kosovo license by the Government. “owned by the Devolli family, one of the richest [...]
“owned by the Devolli family, one of the richest in this Balkan state, the channel is believed to have been unjustly targeted by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, an Albanian nationalist of the left whose policies have taken an authoritarian turn, since tensions with the Serb minority living in the north of the country have increased to another level in the last months”, writes Le Monde.
Adriatic journalist Kelmendi, who has until recently been director of the Kosovo Clan, was quoted in this article.
“We are facing a very organised and very political Kafkia process, which is being accompanied by a campaign by supporters of the ruling party who are accusing us without any grounds, that we receive Serbian funds”, the French newspaper has said Kelmendi.
The issue with Kosovo's Klan, Le Monde writes that it has shocked the country, represented as the most democratic “in the Western Balkans” and which, so far, remains a country of rare media diversity in the region.
It mentions the solidification of other private media, and the display of the saying “democracy dies in the dark” in most of the country's major television channels. This slogan, in 2017, during the leadership of President Donald Trump, who systematically attacked the media, became the official slogan of the prestigious newspaper “The Washington Post”.
The article also mentions the annulment of the ARBK's decision to suspend the Kosovo Clan business certificate, which followed the dismissal of ARBK's official who made the decision, replacing with Vetevendosje Movement MP Enver Halit's sister, who rejected the decision to abort and returned the suspension of the Clan's certificate.
“Although the Independent Media Council has given the channel until mid-July to clarify its legal situation, there is little doubt about the will of power in power: He hastily dismissed an official who made a favourable decision for Klan Kosovo to replace it with a family of one of the MPs from Albin Kurti's party. The new name immediately resumed procedure”, writes Le Monde.
