8 hours agoDeliu: Regress in media freedom, as a result of a government-made environment of fear and blackmail!
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Kosovo has scored a new and disturbing decline in the annual Press Freedom Index for 2025, published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), ranking 99th out of 180 states, drastic decline compared to last year when it was 75th. The report stresses that journalists in Kosovo [...]
The report stresses that journalists in Kosovo are continuing targets of political attacks.
In regard to this majorggress in media freedom, former Kosovo Democratic Party MP Blerta Deliu-Codra has spoken.
Deliu said this decline is not because of journalists, but because of an environment of depression, fear and blackmail that this government has created for the media and journalists, it broadcasts Periscope.
The fall of Kosovo in 99th as far as the World Press Freedom Index is concerned. This decline is not because of journalists, but because of an environment of depression, fear and blackmail that this government has created for the media and journalists”, Deliu said.
She said that the current authority has chosen to attack journalists and favour propaganda on transparency
Instead of supporting free journalism, current power has chosen to attack journalists, label them, ignore legitimate questions and favour propaganda on transparency. This regress is a political and moral indictment for the Kosovo Government” Deliu said in response to “Gazeta Blic”
The Association of Kosovo Journalists (AGK) after this report has been deeply concerned with this ranking, the lowest in the last ten years.
The AGK saw this as a consequence of a hostile policy against the media in the past two years by the government led by the Vetevendosje Movement.
