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Court orders compensation for Kosovar journalist depicted as mule
By Emil Weber
The Basic Court of Peja in Kosovo ordered the powerful Devolli Corporation to compensate a Kosovar journalist by paying him 15.000 euros for moral damages caused by an insulting campaign.
Kosovar Devolli corporation has to pay 15.000 euros of compensation for insulting a journalist
The 2015 campaign was aimed against Berat Buzhala, a journalist working for the online news platform GazetaExpress.com. At the time the outlet had criticised the corporation for its allegedly unlawful imports of wheat.Banners with the sign of the Devolli Corporation, one of the biggest in Kosovo, were placed in public venues across the city of Peja. They…