On Tuesday December 3, a worker at the Kisnica Flotation Plant, obstructed a KALLXO.com team while they were reporting on power outages caused by unpaid electricity bills. The worker demanded the journalist, Egzon Dahsyla, and cameraman, Selim Latifi, leave the premises and threatened to call the police.

“Don’t record. Do you hear me? I’ll call the police; I don’t care who you are,” the worker can be heard saying in a video, while also pushing KALLXO.com cameraman Latifi. 

KALLXO.com received reports that the Kisnica Flotation Plant had been without electricity for several days because of unpaid bills. The Kisnica Mine is part of the Trepca metallurgical complex, which operates with thirteen business units across the territory of Kosovo. It is located approximately 11 kilometres from Prishtina.

To investigate further, the team went to the premises attempting to interview the unit’s director, Fisnik Frangu, who did not answer the phone.

Several workers, interviewed off-camera, confirmed that the mine had been without power for days.

“Yes, the electricity has been cut off. How are we supposed to work without energy? It’s been almost 10 days now. They say it’s because of unpaid bills,” one worker told the reporters.

Kosovo Electricity Distribution Company, KEDS, confirmed to KALLXO.com that electricity to the Kisnica Flotation Plant was cut off because of unpaid debt.

The obstruction of the reporting team has been reported to the police and is being investigated as an assault.