News24 is not the property of Irfan, but of Albanians

2025-08-20 13:28:00, Opinione Arsen Rusta

News24 is not the property of Irfan, but of Albanians

Irfan Hysenbelliu

Why do you speak up when those who work there don't speak up for their rights? What do you care if a colleague hasn't received their salary, when you've received it for yourself?

Let them decide for themselves.

Yes, Yes, Yes.

You are right, forgive us, but a colleague's salary is not just a missing income for him. It is a market distortion, that today or tomorrow, allowing these standards, we are all vulnerable. Then, let's stop for a moment. A journalist, reporter, cameraman or media employee who cannot resolve his main concern – the salary he has been unfairly withheld – how credible is he while protesting for media freedom?

Dear Sirs,

It is not an easy moment, it is fixed to no longer be pretentious. Media freedom is not measured by walls, buildings or stopped by pressures.

It is boundless when a journalist and a media outlet are trustworthy. They are correct, they enforce the laws, they pay their bills, their obligations, they pay their salaries and their insurance.

Any of these deviations makes the journalist and the media completely unreliable. It makes them a fixed partner in the clearing house, makes them the beneficiary of things that Meriton, and for a moment they lose them in the blink of an eye. Yes, yes, unfair gains are those that last a little or very little.

Mr. Irfan,

You are indeed the owner, but not the owner of News24. That logo, that slogan, that name is the property of Albanians.

Yes, you are an owner, but the owner of the business known as Focus Media News, hence the name NIPT.

My request as a journalist who once contributed to News24, under another trading name, make no mistake, Edisud SPA, is:

Pay salaries to media staff

Pay the insurance.

Pay your dues.

Water, light or whatever it might be

And if you are truly in financial difficulty with your companies, then know that this is mismanagement. News24 is a national asset that was and is worth at least 20 million euros.

Make no mistake, in 2012 you bought it for somewhere around 6-7 million euros, so how can News24 end up as a worthless brand?

How can News24 be shut down, not just for 10 days, because there is a known, complicated, and judged building conflict not once, but several times?

Dear businessman,

The media is a business, but it is also a social responsibility. You can accuse the state from morning to night. Do it, play religion, it is a state with thousands of problems. But it is a state that is paying salaries, pensions and the economy is standing, no matter how problematic.

Restore the dignity of News24, solve the problems with third parties and invoices. And you will see that you will once again have a media that will make the government tremble.

He should be afraid that when the violation of the law is revealed on News24, he won't be able to cover it up with an envelope, a phone call, or even a few months of unpaid water and electricity bills or turning a blind eye to taxes.

The free media, colleague, is not afraid of the police, the army, or the taxi driver.

But free media that does not pay salaries is simply Low Cost Media, that is, exploitation!