Analyst Andi Bushati considers our country\u2019s ranking in this year\u2019s press freedom report by Reporters Without Borders, the worst in Albania\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
Out of a total of 180 countries on the list \u2013 with North Korea being the 180th<\/sup> \u2013 Albania took the 103rd<\/sup> spot, dropping some 20 ranks, since last year.<\/p>\n According to Bushati, it isn\u2019t a coincidence that Albania lost 20 ranks and is now last in the region when it comes to press freedom.<\/p>\n In addition, he argued that PM Edi Rama is always denying what\u2019s actually going on in our country, especially when he finds himself in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has by far been the worst report in Albania\u2019s history and it is definitely not a coincidence that Albania lost 20 ranks compared to last year. We are now ranked last in the region when it comes to the freedom of the press. The Prime Minister\u2019s approach to all of this is quite interesting too, as he always pulls off the same old trick whenever he finds himself in a difficult situation \u2013 he acts in denial. I believe the only reason Rama is continuing to manipulate is that this is the worst report on Albania yet,\u201d \u2013 said Bushati.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, according to analyst Baton Haxhiu, it\u2019s the system itself that has messed up the rules on how electronic media work, not Rama per se.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a category, which has violated all rules on how electronic media should function. Handing out licenses without any sort of criteria, not respecting the codes that are in place everywhere in Europe. These rules have been messed up by the system, not Edi Rama. For some time now, a system is in place that has ruined our electronic press,\u201d \u2013 said Haxhiu.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Analyst Andi Bushati considers our country\u2019s ranking in this year\u2019s press freedom report by Reporters Without Borders, the worst in Albania\u2019s history. Out of a total of 180 countries on the list \u2013 with North Korea being the 180th \u2013 Albania took the 103rd spot, dropping some 20 ranks, since last year. According to Bushati, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":35717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[253],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n