Flaka Surroi (born 1964) is a notable Kosovo-Albanian publisher. She comes from the family of Kosovo politician and diplomat

Rexhai Surroi Rexhai Surroi (Serbian language, Serbian: Реџаји Суроји, ''Redžaji Suroji'') (8 June 1929 — 22 December 1988) was a Yugoslav Albanian journalist, diplomat and writer. He was a member of the first cohort of students to have finis ...

, and is a sibling of

Veton Surroi Veton Surroi (born 17 July 1961) is a Kosovo-Albanian publicist, politician and former journalist. Surroi is the founder and former leader of the ORA ORA or Ora may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ora'' (film), a 2011 experimental dan ...

, a Kosovan politician. She finished her high school in

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, where her father was serving as an ambassador, and graduated at

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the K ...

. Before the

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of 1999, Surroi has worked in several international

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, while after the war she led a local foundation. She worked for a short period of time as Permanent Secretary of the

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, but after the re-entrance of her brother Veton Surroi into politics in 2003, Flaka Surroi took the helm and sole ownership, of the family enterprise Koha Group, that consists of a national TV broadcaster called ''

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'', the biggest daily newspaper in Kosovo ''

Koha Ditore ''Koha Ditore'' (trans. ''Daily Time'') is the leading daily newspaper in Kosovo. It is published by Koha Group and was founded and owned by politician Veton Surroi. His sister Flaka Surroi is now the publisher, following Veton Surroi's launch of h ...

'' (''Daily Time''), Printing press, an Internet Service Provider Koha Net and a winery business. She has recently (2013) heavily supported protests against the Government of Kosovo as being "thieves" and has promoted herself as an advocate of gender equality. During her tenure as the head of Koha Ditore, the company has kept the leading position in Kosovo market.

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