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How a Kosovo Exhibition Ignited a Battle Over Memory
An exhibition chronicling Kosovo war atrocities was shut down by local authorities, igniting a bitter public feud over historical memory, data accuracy…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
From Victim to Architect
In 2018, Buzhala begged for diplomatic protection from Thaçi’s manual reach. By 2024, he was the primary architect of the very manual machinery he once…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
How an Investigation Triggered a Campaign, Not a Debate
When scrutiny becomes danger and journalism invites sanction, the response does not weaken an investigation; it completes it, revealing the coercive…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Buzhala Laughed When Asked About Abused Children
I asked Buzhala, as a father, whether he would distance himself from allegations involving abused children? He answered with emojis, laughter, and…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
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
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 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
The Thaçi Trial and the Editorial Manipulations Led by Berat Buzhala’s Nacionale
Kosovo’s media twist truth into comforting fiction, shielding those who forged our present crises while masquerading propaganda as journalism and…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Fake German Media Consensus in Kosovo Exposed
Kosovo outlets amplify Berliner Zeitung’s pro-Russian framing, creating a false German media consensus that manipulates narratives, undermining…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
The Cartelisation of Kosovo’s Press
AJK’s silence after the vandalism wasn’t neutrality; it was complicity, proof of a cartelised press that protects its patrons, punishes critics, and…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Journalists Killed, Criminals Promoted
Kosovo’s press wasn’t silenced by dictators, but by journalists-turned-cronies, watchdogs-turned-shields, and RSF’s complicit silence dressed up as…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
NACIONALE’s Fight Against IFIMES: Scrutiny or Strategy?
In the polarised Balkans, media clashes like IFIMES vs. NACIONALE expose deep struggles over credibility, political influence, and the role of analysis…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
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