Sabotaging the State, One Post at a Time

A media charlatan cloaked in journalism exposes Kosovo’s security spine, mocking protection for a prime minister targeted for assassination. This isn’t satire; it’s state sabotage.

On a spring morning in Prishtina, as acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Albin Kurti emerged from a government building, a formation of close protection officers surrounded him with precision. Their movements choreographed and professional, the security personnel kept their gazes trained, their steps sharp. But what ought to have been a routine demonstration of state security protocol became the subject of derision and ridicule in a series of social media posts by Berat Buzhala, one of Kosovo's most publicly visible media figures. Over the span of several days in late April 2025, Buzhala published four Facebook posts¹ that mocked the Prime Minister's security detail. These posts, peppered with sarcastic captions and emojis, did more than simply question the necessity of the Prime Minister's protection; they exposed the faces, movement routes, and even the specific protective equipment used by the close protection team. They constituted not satire, but sabotage.

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