Recently became aware of this impressive project - Telegram Archive of the War - by the Ct for Urban History in Lviv. They preserve Telegram posts from the war in #Ukraine on a range of topics, including this one to bring smiles & tears: the war and pets.
blog.telegram.lvivcenter.org/blog/dataset...

One of the Albanian government's main challenges has been to combat corruption and to shed the image of a deeply corrupt state as it aspires to join the EU. So it's noteworthy that PM Edi Rama invited the disgraced, indicted and lame-duck mayor of New York who melded personal and political profit.

Reporting on Pavkovic's crimes in #Kosovo here:

www.hrw.org/report/2001/...

The #Albania government has touted the world's 1st "AI minister" as a win for transparency. But algorithmic decision-making turns away from light, especially without independent monitoring and other controls. The corruption this is supposed to combat can flourish in code.

See this insightful report on the TikTok ban by the Institute for Democracy and Mediation, arguing for regulation over prohibitions -- consistent with the EU's Digital Services Act. idmalbania.org/publication-...

A well done article by @dennismiskic.bsky.social, in German, on the TikTok ban in #Albania and, more broadly, an "increasingly authoritarian state that can arbitrarily allow or prohibit things." There's no VPN to circumvent that.
www.wienerzeitung.at/a/tiktok-ver...

In June, Serbia's ex-police chief Vlastimir Djordjevic returned home after 18yrs in prison for war crimes in #Kosovo, including moving about 1,000 bodies to hide the crimes. I testified in his trial.

Instead of demanding answers, the Serbian govt let him rename a street after the units he once led.

And if anyone is interested, maybe traveling to Albania, the audiobook version is out now.