{"id":26926,"date":"2021-12-09T10:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26926"},"modified":"2021-12-09T10:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:29:31","slug":"birn-editor-in-chief-theyve-tried-to-corrupt-my-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/birn-editor-in-chief-theyve-tried-to-corrupt-my-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"BIRN editor-in-chief: They\u2019ve tried to corrupt my investigations \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor in chief of BIRN, Besar Likmeta said on Euronews Albania\u2019s \u2018Morning\u2019 that he\u2019s been faced with people, who have tried to corrupt him about his articles or investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist underlined that corruption in Albania exists in a myriad of different fields and that we all face it on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, but this is something that could have happened to almost all Albanian journalists and many citizens. Unfortunately, corruption in Albania has turned into an endemic system and something we are all faced with, from doctors to journalists. If we just close our eyes and say it doesn\u2019t exist then we\u2019re not being honest,\u201d \u2013 said Likmeta.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he also noted that public institutions in Albania hesitate to provide journalists with information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMismanagement of public funds requires a long-term investigation by journalists and editors. Wherever there is mismanagement, there will be resistance from public institutions. It\u2019s true that there is a definite hermeticism of public institutions in Albania. There\u2019s a centralization of information when it comes to a public agency like the Agency for Media and Information which has been compared to a ministry of propaganda. This shouldn\u2019t stop journalists or hold them back,\u201d \u2013 he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor in chief of BIRN, Besar Likmeta said on Euronews Albania\u2019s \u2018Morning\u2019 that he\u2019s been faced with people, who have tried to corrupt him about his articles or investigations. The journalist underlined that corruption in Albania exists in a myriad of different fields and that we all face it on a daily basis. \u201cYes, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":26927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BIRN editor-in-chief: They\u2019ve tried to corrupt my investigations \u00a0 - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/birn-editor-in-chief-theyve-tried-to-corrupt-my-investigations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BIRN editor-in-chief: They\u2019ve tried to corrupt my investigations \u00a0 - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Editor in chief of BIRN, Besar Likmeta said on Euronews Albania\u2019s \u2018Morning\u2019 that he\u2019s been faced with people, who have tried to corrupt him about his articles or investigations. 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