Last goodbye to Arthur Zaji, journalist who made Kosovo a first issue

At this university, Zheji has completed his recording studies, but he has also spent much of his life.

Zhei has been the director of Albanian Radio Television, Albanian Telegraph Agency, but also other written media and visuals.

Minister of Economy, Culture and Innovation Blendi Gonjja said that behind the screen, Zhei has been even more artist and creative and would be much more in the years to come. Loud, premature loss. A multicolored, multiworldly character with great involvement in public life and the life of the country. I didn't make it to the academy, but of course I know Zaji like all of you, as a journalist and a publicist. After Zay on screens, it was probably another more artist and creative one, and it would be a lot more in the years to come, but unfortunately, life is sometimes very harsh at these events that are so unexpected. We do not know how to comfort the family and the world he left. The very premature flight”, Gondja said after the honours at the Academy of Arts.

Well-known actors Raymond Bulku and Timo Flloko praised Zai as an extraordinary analyst but also a great art in the soul.

Free, smart cultured. He fought his whole life to speak the right word. The Elochence of the Tour is incomparable. We will miss him very much, not just those of us who were close, and we loved him very much and appreciated him, but all those who wanted to hear the sound of the Tour, a free voice, a fair, wise word and I believe they will keep in mind as Turi was, fair and wise”, actress Bulku told reporters after the arrivals.

Actor Timo Flloku said that “Your Zheji was a personality of extraordinary dimensions, I don't speak in political cuts or as an extraordinary analyst, but I would say what Arthur was in great art in the soul, with deep sensitivity. I had close friends with him. God kidnapped him from us. He's gone too fast.

Historian and former Foreign Minister Pascal Milo praised Zaji's contribution not only to the media but also to important issues like that of Kosovo.

I've known Arthur Zayin for about 28 years. I received my first interview as journalists in Rome, when I was in the position of the foreign minister, and from there we established a very friendly co-operation that went on. It reached the top of the Albanian public, with a unique style, a highly elaborate vocabulary that was combined between an express, but deep philosophical journalism. That great culture that this man was beaming, not only when he was in public media, but also personal life, you had something to talk about. Arthur Zheji is one of the most prominent journalists dealing with the national issue as a whole, but especially Kosovo. Arthur made his profession's first issue, and even his themes, discussions and programmes have had national issues at the centre. For this anchor specifically”, Milo said.

Director Kicho Londo said that today's “is a deep day of mourning for the light gone. We come from an air, from a province, from a village, from a blood. We come from the same course - a deep day of mourning in this wonderful school today. It's a day when we all have to cry about the light we lost, the depth of thought we lost, for Arthur Zayin not only coming from a genius gene, but there was also a strong diamond genius in himself. The sad light we lost, but the light Arthur is leaving behind I hope it will help us to become better”.

Writer and publicist Prec Zogaj has remembered and extolled Zei's figure, which he worked with in some media, but not only, has had a positive friendship with him.

It's a sad day for publicistic journalism, for all my friends, one of which I am. I've had the luck of getting to know him early and working with him, exchanging thoughts, being an intellectual with broad interests. I think he founded excellentism on political analysis in Albania. There was a cultural foundation that few have, which helped him to create his authentic style. Things were meant to be influential, but not murderous”, Zogaj said after his arrival.

While Democratic Party Chairman Sali Berisha, after performing themazhe and placing flower wreaths in honour of Arthur Zaji, said it was a separate voice in his analysis.

I came to express my most tender condolences and reverence for Arthur Zayin, a well-known personality of journalism with a long experience, of analysis, publicization, publications. Arthur Zheji was a voice in his analysis, in which even if you didn't agree with the view, the civil form of service and the open defense he made, you would certainly respect him”, Berisha said.

Arthur Zheji was suddenly separated from his life at the age of 64 on Saturday 23 August.

Journalist, analyst and former ATSH director general Arthur Zheji passed away in the town of Saranda, where he was on vacation with his family.

Jay was known as one of the prominent figures in journalism and publicistics.

With a long career in the media, Zhei became one of the most prominent voices and pens of journalism and public debate in Albania. It has served in leading positions in several media, Albanian Radio Television and the Albanian Telegraph Agency (ATSH).

For years, Zheji would make his contribution as analyst, show director, but also as editorialist and political commentator, leaving clues to Albanian media opinion.

Born on August 29, 1961, Arthur Zheji was the son of the renowned Albanian Euride Petro Zayit and renowned Albanian actress Besa Imam.

Zheji graduated from the Supreme Institute of Arts, where he stood and left his mark on Albanian dramatology. On the scene of the National Theatre, his drama “Raymonda” was staged during graduation time.

After graduation, Zei moved to Italy, where she remained for about 10 years. There, he worked on “Radio Radicale” as a specialist on European and Balkan issues, during the time of the Kosovo war, thus becoming an important voice of Albanians in the international arena.

As early as 2017, he was the chairman of the 360 Grada political and analytical show.

His sudden loss has shocked not only his family but also his colleagues and public opinion, who viewed him as a figure of high integrity and professionalism. His death is a major loss for journalism, political analysis and Albanian media in general.

Journalist Jheji will be resting in Tuffine's grave. /kp/