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Say “Hero” Loud Enough and the Looting Disappears
Heroes don't need silence, thieves do. This was never about a hero. It was about who controls memory, who profits from silence, and how quickly a state…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
How a Swiss Dialogue Became a Fabricated Scandal
A routine Swiss dialogue forum became a false scandal when VOX Kosova cited NZZ for a meeting it never reported, then refused correction after public…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Europe Braces for Fallout as US Withdraws From Global Organisations
U. S., announced withdrawal from 66 international organisations, signalling a sharp retrenchment from multilateral governance and raising concerns among…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
How Neue Zürcher Zeitung Was Twisted by VOX Kosova Into a False Scandal
On 6 January 2026 NZZ reported facts carefully while VOX Kosova invented secret meetings misquoting Tobias Gafafer and ignoring Swiss officials and…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
The Welfare Lie: Inside Kosovo’s Media Disinformation Machine
Flaka Surroi’s Koha and Berat Buzhala’s Nacionale replaced verification with venom recycling Trump’s rhetoric to inflame diaspora hatred while hiding…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Inside Kosovo’s Latest Speech Crisis
Lirim Mehmetaj named President Vjosa Osmani, invoked beheading imagery, was rebuked by adviser Bekim Kupina, then retreated behind metaphor, exposing…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
The War Putin Cannot End and the Plot He Will Not Admit
Putin claims Ukraine tried to kill him. Intelligence disagrees. Sources point instead to a failed internal assassination, exposing a Kremlin trapped by…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Inside Berat Buzhala’s Media Playbook Against the Hague Court
We place the transcript beside Nacionale’s claims and expose how Berat Buzhala’s newsroom replaces facts with suggestion to erode trust in courts and…
 • Michael Sheppard, Rodrigo Hammond, and Vudi Xhymshiti
Laughing After Survival, Stand Up Fest and the Sound of a City Healing
Stand Up Fest in Gjilan offered warmth against December cold, laughter as civic ritual, and comedy rooted in family, masculinity, bureaucracy, while…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti

December 2025

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