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Berat Buzhala

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Berat Buzhala
Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
In office
2 July 2011 – 31 December 2014
Personal details
Born (1975-11-22) November 22, 1975 (age 49)
Çabiqi, Klinë, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
CitizenshipKosovo, Albania
NationalityAlbanian
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Party of Kosovo (2010-2013)
EducationUniversity of Prishtina
OccupationJournalist, Media Entrepreneur, Former Politician
ProfessionJournalist
Known forCo-founder of Gazeta Express, T7, and CEO of Nacionale
Websitewww.nacionale.com

Berat Buzhala (Albanian: [bɛˈɾat buˈʒaɫa]; born November 22 , 1975) is a Kosovo-Albanian journalist and 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 Zëri 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.

In 2021, Buzhala founded the digital news outlet Nacionale, based in Kosovo. The platform features contributions from journalists with prior experience in media and public affairs. It publishes original content in various formats, including articles, videos, and podcasts, and covers political, economic, and social topics relevant to Kosovo and the broader region.

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

Controversy

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

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References

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  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