The uproar that broke out in Albania over Edi Rama's refusal to answer journalists' questions is taking on new dimensions, while the Albanian prime minister pushed a female reporter in annoyance and then left. The Women In Journalism organization published a related video and pointed out that the incident was prompted by a question about an investment project on Sazan Island, which is connected to Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Albania's prime minister refused to apologise. The Union of Albanian Journalists reports that “the prime minister not only did not give a specific answer to the question, but avoided giving a specific figure for the possible public benefits, in one of the biggest projects in the field of Albanian tourism”. Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha called Rama a “misogynist” and the incident a “brutal and ugly act”. But Rama hit back at the criticism, calling the accusation that he intimidated the journalist a “disgusting (sic) lie” that “disdains the real victims of the power's attacks (sic) on […]
Source: News Beast
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