Kosovo

Vehbi Kajtazi, an investigative journalist with the Kosovan newspaper Koha Ditore, says he was directly threatened by members of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex) over his reports that senior mission officials were suspected of corruption. Earlier last week, Koha Ditore began running a series of articles on suspected corruption on the part of senior Eulex officials in the...

A man armed with a knife entered the headquarters of Klan Kosova TV in Pristina on October 27 and repeatedly stabbed journalist Milot Hasimja, apparently in retaliation for a report about him by Hasimja. Police spokesman Baki Kelani said the attacker, identified as Sovran Syla, was immediately arrested. Klan Kosova editor in chief Gazmend Syla said Hasimja was at his desk when the attacker entered...

An aggressive smear campaign has been launched by the Kosovo Liberation Army’s Veterans Association against respected journalist Halil Matoshi in the last few days, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). The attacks seem to have been prompted by an article by Matoshi in the daily Koha Ditore on January 6 about the challenges facing Kosovo in 2011, in which he...

Sebahate Shala of the KosovaPress agency has been receiving threats since raising a sensitive issue about two members of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) at a news conference that Andy Sparkes, the deputy head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), gave on November 12, Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. Shala asked Sparkes...

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) has condemned the second bomb attack at the house of Caslav Milisavljevic, editor-in-chief of Radio Kosovska Mitrovica, in the Kosovo municipality of Zvecan. According to information received by SEEMO, during the early morning hours of September 27, an explosive device was thrown in the courtyard of Milisavljevic's house. During this attack, the car...

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) has condemned the alleged mistreatment of a reporter and cameraman working for KohaVision in Decan/Decani in Kosovo, by Lieutenant Sejde Krasniqi. According to information received by SEEMO, on September 8, a reporter working for KohaVision, Arta Avdiu and her cameraman Veton Veha were locked inside Lieutenant Krasniqi's office and not...

Caslav Milisavljevic, Editor-in-Chief of Radio Kosovska Mitrovica, was attacked in the Kosovo municipality of Zvecan, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) has reported. According to information received by SEEMO, during the early morning hours of July 20, an explosive device was thrown in the courtyard of Milisavljevic's home. The device exploded, causing damage to three automobiles...

There have been three separate cases of threats against investigative journalists in Kosovo during the past month, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has said. The target in the most recent case was Vehbi Kajtazi, who wrote a story for the February 18 issue of the daily Koha Ditore about internal wrangling and divisions resulting from recent decisions by President Fatmir Sejdiu and the judicial...

Several news media outlets have been waging an aggressive campaign against “Life in Kosovo,” an investigative programme broadcast by public TV service RTK, and the programme’s presenter, Jeta Xharra, who has received death threats. The campaign started after a "Life in Kosovo" report about alleged atrocities by the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) during the 1998-99 Kosovo War. "A Life in Kosovo" crew...

Privately-owned Rrokum TV in Kosovo is still suspended by the Kosovar broadcasting network and internet provider IPKO, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. Although it has a contract guaranteeing its transmission for five years, Rrokum TV was dropped from IPKO’s network of 80 local, regional and international TV stations without warning on April 1. IPKO has at first blamed technical...