Journalists across Europe are often subjected to subtle forms of pressure and intimidation, including vexatious lawsuits frequently initiated by influential politicians or businesspeople. Blerjana Bino, Executive Director of SCiDEV and Researcher at the SafeJournalists Network, provides insight into the situation in the country
Fact-Checking in Albania: Confronting Disinformation and Intimidation
Addressing Key Challenges to Media Freedom in Albania and Serbia
Islands of integrity: the struggle of independent media in Albania
Culture: artists' mobility as driving force of the economy
Open Balkan, a failed step in the right direction
The battle for the Shushica Valley
Media Freedom in the Western Balkans: Challenges in the Framework of EU Enlargement
As political interference and threats to journalists grow, the EU's new legislative measures, including the anti-SLAPP directive and the European Media Freedom Act, aim to safeguard press freedom in member and candidate countries. A recent webinar highlighted the struggle for media independence in Albania and Serbia amid their EU accession efforts
The battle for the Shushica Valley
In Albania, a project that aims at boosting tourism in the coastal town of Himarë is putting at risk over 50,000 people living in the Shushica Valley, a tributary of the Vjosa river.
