Berat Buzhala Born on November 22 1975, in Klinë Kosovo is a former Kosovo Member of Parliament for the former governing Democratic Party of Kosovo. He joined the political party after working as a journalist. He left politics and returned to journalism after serving a single mandate in the Parliament. Buzhala belongs to a young generation of Kosovar journalists, established after the Kosovo War. He initially worked as an economics journalist in daily Zeri and Koha Ditore, and was later one of the co-founders of daily Gazeta Express.[1] In 2018, Buzhala helped establish a new TV channel in Kosovo named T7 which engages in independent journalism and in-depth political and economic coverage.

Berat Buzhala was born in Çabiq, municipality of Klinë. He works and lives in Pristina.

Controversy

The newspaper cofounded by Berat Buzhala, Gazeta Express, as well as the newspaper Zeri he worked for, has been labeled as a key disinformation channel in Kosovo by a European Parliament study.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Berat Buzhala - OpEd - Gazeta Express". Archived from the original on 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
  2. ↑ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/653621/EXPO_STU(2020)653621_EN.pdf p26 - Mapping Fake News and Disinformation in the Western Balkans and Identifying Ways to Effectively Counter Them. Policy Department, Directorate-General for External Policies, European Parliament
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