Irfan Hysenbelliu
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- Source label
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian TV giants strengthen grip on market with 79.1% dominance in 2023 (opens in a new tab)Gazeta Tema · 2024 · journalism · EN
- Who controls the media in Albania? (opens in a new tab)Media Ownership Monitor Albania · unknown · ngo · EN
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Media Ownership Monitor Albania: Focus Media Group (entry seen in search results) (opens in a new tab)Media Ownership Monitor Albania (RSF / BIRN Albania) · unknown · ngo · EN
- Rama attacks News24 because it broadcasts the truth (protester speech) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 20 Jul 2026 · journalism · SQ
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Irfan Hysenbelliu is named in media-ownership summaries as the owner of the News 24 channel, one of the four largest commercial free-to-air TV owners in Albania. Note: the name in some drafts was Ardian Hysenbelliu; the owner named in the sources reviewed is Irfan Hysenbelliu. The search did not find documented public support for Rama by Hysenbelliu.
Response from Irfan Hysenbelliu
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Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Irfan Hysenbelliu is named in media-ownership summaries as the owner of the News 24 channel, one of the four largest commercial free-to-air TV owners in Albania. Note: the name in some drafts was Ardian Hysenbelliu; the owner named in the sources reviewed is Irfan Hysenbelliu. The search did not find documented public support for Rama by Hysenbelliu.From the research record
- Irfan Hysenbelliu is named as the public owner of Focus Group LLC, the company behind News24 TV, according to a Media Ownership Monitor Albania entry seen in search results. A Balkanweb report of 20 Jul 2026 quotes a protester speaking about an unnamed 'honest businessman' friend; that report does not name him or link him to News24, so no link is made here. No source found links him to any foreign grant.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No legal proceedings found in this search.From the research record
- No legal case was found in this research.From the research record
- Response
- Not retrieved for this file.From the research record
- Not found in this research. The Rama accusation against News24's owner in October 2026 was not located (see gaps).From the research record
Related cases
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From 2014
Media ownership concentration: TV owners and business links
The Media Ownership Monitor and RSF describe Albania's commercial TV market as held by four or five families or companies: the Hoxha family (Top Media, Top Channel), the Frangaj family (Klan), the…
Status: Ongoing; ownership data from MOM summary and Gazeta Tema 2024
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Timeline
Protest
Protest speaker defends News24 and says Rama attacks it
At a protest (the 94th, per the article), a speaker praised News24 as the only outlet broadcasting the protest from day one. A protester said Rama attacks the media and an honest businessman. News24 responded that Rama had attacked it on the seventh day of the student protest. Rama's own words are not quoted in the article.
Linked: sorosianet-media-funding · Edi Rama · Irfan Hysenbelliu
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Gazeta Tema
- Date
- 2024
- Publisher
- Media Ownership Monitor Albania
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Media Ownership Monitor Albania (RSF / BIRN Albania)
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 20 Jul 2026