A Swiss company is building an airport in Albania, right in the middle of a bird sanctuary. (Swiss Press Video 2026, by Peter Balzli / Kushtrim Kadriu) - Swiss Press Award

Peter Balzli / Kushtrim Kadriu

Reporter / Auslandkorrespondent, Bern, 1964

Freelance journalist for the Berner Zeitung even as a high school and university student. Studied economics in Bern and Berlin. Editor at Radio Förderband. Attended the Ringier School of Journalism, editor for the business newspaper Cash, editor for Kassensturz, Time Out, France correspondent for Swiss television from 2001 to 2007, Great Britain correspondent for Swiss television from 2007 to 2013. Head of Communications at Swissmedic from 2014 to 2016, Eastern Europe and Balkans correspondent from 2016 to the present.