Shpresa Loshaj, the Pishtaret NGO founder, has received a defamation lawsuit filed against her by the Austrian hydropower company Kelkos Energy in June 2020. The company is claiming 100,000 euros in damages. Shpresa Loshaj has publicly campaigned against operations by the company, which runs four hydropower plants in the Deçan region in Kosovo. Pishtaret were among 60 NGOs who wrote an open letter to the Austrian Embassy in June accusing Kelkos of illegal procedures, operating without a permit, and environmental degradation. According to the company, Loshaj publicly repeated false accusations and defamatory statements against it. We invited the company to respond; it did. A rejoinder from the defender is available here. In October 2021 the company dropped the lawsuit.