Greece and the Albanian-Greek relations in the Albanian print media 2014

Greece and the Albanian-Greek relations in the Albanian print media 2014 (Report presentation)

June 9, 2015, 11.00 AM

Europa Conference Hall, Tirana Times Library

The role of the media in both Albania and Greece cannot be overestimated as they have played an active and often unfortunate rolein perpetuating and strengthening perceptions, stereotypes and instilling atmosphere of negativity when it comes to respective neighbors. The Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiiftung Albania has undertaken an initiative to monitor print media in Albania for a respective timeframe between January-July 2014 and issued a publication with quantitative and qualitative analytics about the coverage of Greece and various developments that relate to Albanian Greek relations.

Speakers include:

Sashenka Lleshaj – Author of the report, Researcher, Albanian Institute for International Studies

Panagiotis Paschalidis, Post- doctoral researcher, Department of Balkan studies, University of Macedonia, ELIAMEP researcher.

Andi Balla, - Director, Tirana Centre for Journalism Excellence

Lutfi Dervishi- Journalist, media expert