Gunpowder Chronicles Returns to Facebook

After a prolonged professional and legal battle, Gunpowder Chronicles has officially returned to Facebook, with audiences responding immediately through thousands of views within days.

During Kosovo’s general election of 28 December 2025, our English-language publication, Gunpowder Chronicles, alongside our Albanian-language newsroom, KRONIKAT E BARUTIT, remained actively engaged in reporting on political developments, security issues and matters of public interest, as expected from an independent newsroom covering democratic affairs, geopolitics and regional stability.

Throughout that period, both publications delivered continuous reporting on the election process, political developments and regional dynamics connected to the public interest.

Shortly afterwards, our Facebook pages in both English and Albanian were removed from the platform. Alongside them, the personal Facebook account of our founder and journalist, Vudi Xhymshiti, was also suspended. While the personal account was restored relatively quickly, our media pages remained blocked for months.

We believe this occurred as a result of a coordinated mass-reporting campaign targeting our journalism and public-interest reporting.

In response, our newsroom pursued …