Edi Rama’s public exchanges with Reporters Without Borders, RSF, over its latest Freedom Index are part of a familiar pattern of redirecting attention away from real problems in society, experts say.
Nensi Bogdani
Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has engaged in heated exchanges with the international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, RSF, in recent weeks following publication of its 2026 report on media freedom.
On the social media platform X, Rama has disputed the index’s findings concerning pluralism – or its absence – in Albania’s media landscape.
Citing an artificial intelligence-based media monitoring platform, Rama argued that opposition voices have received significantly more media coverage than representatives of the government.
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