{"id":3163273,"date":"2021-09-13T15:33:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/eu-award-for-investigative-journalism-in-albania\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:16:54","slug":"eu-award-for-investigative-journalism-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/eu-award-for-investigative-journalism-in-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"EU award for investigative journalism in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best three stories from Albania in 2020 have been recognised with EU awards for investigative journalism. On Tuesday, journalists Luljeta Progni, Geri Emiri, Anila Hoxha and Esmeralda Keta were selected as this year\u2019s winners for their stories which variously covered the abuse of workers\u2019 rights in Albania, corruption in construction, and wrongdoings behind the curtain of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jury was headed by journalist and BBC producer Albana Kasapi. The other two members were Idro Seferi, a Deutsche Welle and Swiss TV correspondent, and Elira Canga, a journalist working in media development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening the awards ceremony, the director of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) Hub, Marija Risti\u0107, stressed the importance of awards like this in recognising journalists who work hard to deliver pieces of real public importance. 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