PRESS RELEASE: Journalist Vudi Xhymshiti Condemns Vandalism of Family Home in Kosovo
Investigative journalist Vudi Xhymshiti condemns the vandalism of his family home in Kosovo, calling it a criminal intimidation linked to his exposés on Serbian espionage networks.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London, 11 October 2025
Statement by .
Founder and Chief Editor of The FRONTLINE Media, London
(Publisher of Gunpowder Chronicles and Kronikat e Barutit)
Following years of journalistic work exposing Serbia’s Kremlin-aligned destabilisation operations in Kosovo and its covert influence networks that have operated for over two decades in the aftermath of the warlord era that looted and weakened the country, I have once again become a target of intimidation.
After months of in-depth investigations this year into Serbian espionage and disinformation operations, networks that sought to fabricate kompromat and blackmail me, but failed once their activities were exposed through my reporting, my family home in Kosovo, no longer my residence, has been vandalised by unknown assailants.
The property, unoccupied and belonging to my family, was deliberately attacked by individuals connected to the criminal and intelligence-linked structures I have been investigating in The Gunpowder Chronicles. The family’s memorial car, a symbol of our late father, was also desecrated. Nothing was stolen. The purpose was destruction, intimidation, and insult.
This act echoes the brutality of Milosevic’s genocidal forces that burned the same house in 1999. Today, their ideological and political loyalists appear to have found it “reasonable” to vandalise the home of a journalist whose work continues to challenge their lies and interests.
This attack follows months of open online threats, including repeated public calls for my execution from individuals and networks aligned with Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Halit Sahitaj, Berat Buzhala and Milaim Zeka’s circles, who have long opposed critical, independent journalism.
I call upon the police and relevant authorities in the Republic of Kosovo to investigate this act swiftly and transparently, and to bring the perpetrators to justice. I also call upon the journalistic community, both in Kosovo and internationally, to stand united in condemning this assault on press freedom and the safety of those who speak truth to power.
Everyone is safe. But the message from these criminal entities is unmistakable: they seek to intimidate, silence, and erase independent journalism that exposes corruption, espionage, and disinformation.
Let me be equally clear:
I will not be silenced.
This act of vandalism represents yet another attempt by the remnants of warlord-era criminal structures, those responsible for decades of fear, coercion, and assassinations of political activists and journalists to stifle accountability and to restore Serbia’s malign influence in Kosovo.
But intimidation will fail.
No threat, no vandalism, and no campaign of deceit will deter me or The FRONTLINE Media from our mission. The truth will continue to be told, fully, fearlessly, and to the bone of every lie.
