Blendi Fevziu (born May 18, 1969,

Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...

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) is an Albanian journalist, writer and host of the TV talk show ''Opinion'', which first went on air on August 31, 1997. Fevziu graduated in literature and Albanian language at the

University of Tirana The University of Tirana (, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the State University of Tirana (SUT) in 1957 through merging of five existing institutes ...

in 1991. In 1989 he was part of the staff of the ''Student'' newspaper of the University. In December 1990 and February 1991 he was an active participant in the students' movement that brought the change of regime in Albania. On 5 January 1991 he was the co-founder of the

Rilindja Demokratike ''Rilindja Demokratike'' ( and short RD) is an Albanian newspaper founded and continuously published in Tirana. Rilindja Demokratike is the official newspaper of the Democratic Party of Albania. Its chief editor is Bledi Kasmi. Its first publicati ...

''(Democratic Rebirth)'' newspaper, the first free newspaper after almost 70 years of independent media blackout in Albania.

Career in written press

*Chief editor of "Koha Jonë" newspaper 1992 *Chief editor of "Aleanca" newspaper 1993–1996 *Co-chief editor of "Poli i Qendrës" newspaper 1996 *Editor of political news "Independent" newspaper 1997 *Editor of Klan Magazine 1996–2001 *Editor of "Korrieri" newspaper 2001–2005 *Editor of "Koha Jonë" newspaper 2007–2008

Career in TV

On August 31, 1997, Fevziu started a political show on TVSH named E Diela Debat, a weekly political debate that airs every sunday. On September 26, 1998, the show was moved to Klan Television and, from 1999, the show aired on Thursdays instead of Sundays. In 2001, it was renamed "Opinion", and from October 2006 it was broadcast twice a week. Since 2008, "Opinion" has aired four times a week with Mondays to Wednesdays at 22:30 (10:30 PM), and Fridays at 21:00 (9 PM).

Bibliography

Fevziu's biography of Hoxha was published in English, with an introduction by

Robert Elsie Robert Elsie (June 29, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was a Canadian-born German scholar who specialized in Albanian literature and folklore. Elsie was a writer, translator, interpreter, and specialist in Albanian studies, being the author of numero ...

, as ''Enver Hoxha: The Iron Fist of Albania'' by I. B. Tauris in 2016.

References

External links

Official Instagram accountInterview with Robert Elsie about the Hoxha biography
BBC, March 17, 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fevziu, Blendi Albanian newspaper journalists Albanian newspaper editors Albanian television journalists Living people 1969 births People from Tirana Albanian atheists Toptani family