Officially she left because she was unhappy with her salary, but according to her colleagues, she managed to land a job as a model at a fashion magazine. Dismissing critics - Preceding her in the anchor job was Enki Bracaj, a 21-year-old student, whose bare bulletins went viral in the Balkans and made international headlines. 'I have not decided yet, I'm still in discussions,' said Hoxhaj. Hoxhaj's newfound fame has landed her a job offer in Sydney as a presenter for a soon-to-launch Australian TV channel - paying 3,000 euros ($3,280) a week, and requiring her to present the news topless. Her stripped down look 'is only for television, for information,' said the presenter, who also studies law and psychology when she's not in the studio. 'I regret nothing - in the space of three months I became a star.' Every evening at 7.30 pm, Hoxhaj reads the news in a revealing and preferably pink jacket, but she was quick to point out that she dresses like other women of her age in everyday life.

'I worked hard for five years in local television where I remained unnoticed,' a cheerful and relaxed Hoxhaj told AFP in the studio, while her face was made up for the cameras. For 24-year-old presenter Greta Hoxhaj, working in a state of near undress has proved to be a shortcut to glory. It's both symbolic and good publicity,' said Drishti, who plans to launch French and English language bulletins with 'bare information' following the same model. 'We don't sell sex, we reproduce the news as it is. 'In Albania, where the news is manipulated by political powers, the audience needed a medium that would present the information like it is - naked,' Zjarr TV owner Ismet Drishti told AFP. The channel's owner says audiences haven't stopped growing since.

Wearing open jackets and nothing underneath, the young women reading the headlines on Zjarr TV are an unprecedented sight in the conservative Balkan country, where they first appeared on television and Internet screens last year. Faced with tough competition to win over audiences, an Albanian TV channel is taking a literal approach towards giving viewers the 'naked' truth - by employing almost-topless newsreaders.

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