Reporters Without Borders: The closure of the Clan will negatively affect press freedom

Pavol Szalai, chief of the EU/Balkans Office of the organisation “Reporters Without Borders” (RSF), has said they are conveying developments related to the Klan Kosova television case.

In an interview for Info Magazine in Klan Kosova, Szalay has said the case of the suspension of Clan Kosova sh.k's business certificate. has greatly disturbed the organization that represents it.

High official of RSF has also said that if Clan Kosova closed, it would negatively affect press freedom. Among other things, he says they have accepted an answer from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Trade on this issue, but he adds that it “is not at all satisfactory” because, according to Szalay, the driver is admitted that the license suspension is not a final decision.

“For us, the ministry has failed to reason the decision made enough and consider it to be this decision has been legally made”, Pavol Szalai, chief of the organisation's EU/Balkans Office “Reporters without Border” (RSF), said among other things.

Total interview:

InfoMagasine: Have you followed up on the clan? What is the assessment of Reporters without Borders on this issue?

Szalai: We're closely tracking developments related to the Klan Kosova television and we've been very worried about all of what we've seen these days dealing with the suspension of the Kosovo business certificate.

InfoMagasine: Have you contacted officials at the Ministry of Commerce? What do you want from the Kosovo government?

Szalai: We have contacted the Kosovo Ministry of Trade and Intervention on this issue, and in the meantime we have received an answer that is not at all satisfactory where, among other things, this dictatorship is admitted that the license suspension is not the final decision.
For us, the ministry has failed to reason sufficiently on the decision made, and we consider it to be this decision has been taken illegally.