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Rama responds to Reporters Without Borders: Make professional and objective reports, you have contradictions in your assessments

2026-05-05 15:34:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Rama responds to Reporters Without Borders: Make professional and objective

Prime Minister Edi Rama has responded to the organization Reporters Without Borders regarding the assessments of media freedom in Albania, following the publication of the latest index where the country ranks 83rd, marking a decline from a year ago.

The debate began after Rama shared a report from the OECD's SIGMA program, in which the Media and Information Agency (MIA) was evaluated for its standards and service to the media and the public.

In response, Reporters Without Borders emphasized that their assessment is not related to government communication, but to press freedom, citing political attacks, lack of transparency, and threats against journalists as concerns.

" We measure press freedom, not government communication. Albania's ranking of 83rd (-3) in the 2026 index reflects political attacks, abuse of law enforcement bodies, low transparency in the media and threats to journalists ," Reporters Without Borders said in a statement.

In his response, Rama opposed the organization's approach, suggesting that it should rely more on professional analyses and other international reports, which, according to him, provide a different picture of the relationship between the government, the media, and the public in the country.

The Prime Minister noted that there are discrepancies between the assessments of Reporters Without Borders and other institutions.

He also brought to attention the role of the Media and Information Agency, describing it as a positive instrument for increasing transparency and access to information.

“ I never said that you measure government communication, but now that you mention it, I'm thinking: isn't it perhaps a good idea to read the reports of those who actually do it, and do so professionally and objectively?

It can help you, because significant contradictions emerge between your assessments and theirs when it comes to the relationship between the government, the media and the public in a free country like Albania, where, contrary to what you once claimed, and more than once, the Media Information Agency seems to have been a very good idea in the service of freedom of information. That's all ," Rama replies.


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