Eni Vasili (born May 25, 1976) is an Albanian journalist, writer, former news reporter and host of the TV talk show ''Open'', which was initially broadcast on

Top Channel Top Channel is a national commercial television network in Tirana, Albania, founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001. It is part of the Top Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in Albania, which includes Top Albania Radio, Top Gold Radi ...

and later moved to News 24. She is currently the General Director of

RTSH Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (; ; formerly TVSH , now mostly referred to as RTSH ) is the national public broadcasting company of Albania. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as we ...

(Radio Televizioni Shqiptar), Albania's public broadcaster.

Career

Vasili graduated in communication at IULM University in Italy. She started her career in 1997 at a very young age as journalist in news department of

. From 2005 to 2011 she hosted political TV-show 'Studio e Hapur' in 'Alsat', later 'Albanian Screen'. In 2013 she joined 'News 24' with 'Studio e Hapur'. In September 2018, Eni Vasili moved to

, rebranding her show as ''Open'', which airs on Mondays and Thursdays at 21:00 and has quickly gained audience's attention becoming one of the most watched political talk shows. Vasili is also author of two books, 'Unë kam vrarë' and 'Zëra nga errësira'.

Career in television

Eni Vasili started her career in journalism as news anchor and journalist of public broadcaster's informative department in 1997, during tensed political circumstances in

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. In 2005, she started her talk show 'Studio e Hapur' in

Alsat Alsat National Television, or simply Alsat (short for "Albanian Satellite"; Macedonian: ) is a generalist television channel that broadcasts throughout the territory of North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Mac ...

television where she also served as Director of news department. Vasili left

, rebranded later as Albanian Screen television in 2011 due to financial problems of this television that was closed later. In 2013, Eni joined News 24 television by hosting television's main political TV-show with the unchanged name, 'Studio e Hapur'. In September 2018, after weeks of negotiations during summer, Vasili moved to

, replacing Ylli Rakipi and his show 'Të paekspozuarit' who joined

after Sokol Balla left

in January 2018. Eni Vasili's talk-show 'Open' quickly became one of the most watched programmes in the country, as direct rival of

Blendi Fevziu Blendi Fevziu (born May 18, 1969, Tirana, Albania) 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 ...

's talk show due to its focus on actuality topics and

's decision to be 'open to all' as the slogan of the talk-show says.

References

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