Information Agency
Albania’s Rama Appoints Spokesperson to Run New ‘Information’ Agency
A BIRN Freedom of Information Request has revealed that Prime Minister Edi Rama on 29 September last year appointed his own former spokesperson, Endri Fuga, as head of the newly established Media and Information Agency, MIA. The appointment was not published and was disclosed only recently following the FOI request.
Albania’s Rama Dismisses ‘False Alarms’ Over Media Freedom
Albania PM Edi Rama (right) and the EU Ambassador in Tirana Luigi Soreca in Tirana, October 20, 2020. Photo: LSA
Rights Groups Urge Albania to Cancel ‘Media and Info Agency’
Activists protest in Tirana against new laws targeting online media on 19 December 2019. Photo: LSA