Shqiptarja

A year of unpaid wages

09/02/2016

There are three Albanian TV-s and almost all the newspapers where journalists are payed with a delay of 3, 6 and more months

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Self-censorship doesn’t allow journalists contribute to reform

19/01/2016

The widespread phenomenon of auto-censorship is the cause of indifference of Albanian journalists at the debate about reforming the Justice sector.

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Tense relationship between police and journalists

15/01/2016

The article denounces different cases of illegal practices of Albanian policemen toward journalists on duty.

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A new window to help threatened journalists

19/12/2015

The new online platform OnlineResource Centre on Media Freedom is presented to Albanian journalists and public opinion as an important project supporting media freedom in Europe

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Public Officials should consider media a partner rather than an obstacle

14/11/2015

The director of Public Education Regional body in Durres city doesn't offer information about the huge problem of more than 700 obligatory school pupils who left Albania this year to emigrate.

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Perpetrators of violence against journalists: who protects them?

12/11/2015

In two cases, chief police officers used violence toward Albanian journalists on their duty. The prosecutors slowed down their inquiries.

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The spokesmen offices, sources or “filters” of information?

03/11/2015

The Albanian Government recently created a super-office of press mainly aiming to avoid any possible lack of negative reports

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OSCE trains journalists from Tirana about Shkodra Lake, but excludes local journalists

27/09/2015

The OSCE presence in Albania organised from 16th to 18th September a training for journalists about environmental issues on Shkodra Lake. Regretfully, the event did not involve local journalists, who are the most informed on environmental issues and have authored in the past several investigations on the topic. The reason for such exclusion could be the intention to hide the failure of enviromental protection measures.

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Shkodra: powerless journalists, slave to the routine

16/09/2015

3 out of 4 candidates at the administrative elections in the northern city of Shkodra were local TV owners. They didn't allow journalists criticize irregularities during election process.

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