Alba Cela
@albacela.bsky.social
Executive Director, Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS)
Words are inadequate to describe the sadness. However sadness is not enough. As we pay our respects and give prayers to the victims of Srebrenica genocide, we renew our commitment to the fight for human rights. Thank you my dear friends for sharing this important day together.
Great days in Podgorica: moderating the second panel of the Balkan Integration Forum: an open discussion about reforms and enlargement. And the pleasure of receiving best wishes for 🇦🇱 National day from H.E the President of Montenegro.
A productive day of meetings at the Bundestag and with representatives of institutions in Berlin, focused on integration for the ‘frontrunners’ and for those in the region who remain behind, often through no fault of their own. The day concluded at DGAP with a conversation on Germany’s role.
#RigaConference Baltic partners LATO and Western Balkan 6 Strategy Group @boell.de explored new avenues for security and democratic resilience for value-based EU integration. Baltic model proves small states can punch above their weight, a key lesson for the WB6 ba.boell.org/en/2025/10/1...
Unexpected Partners: Lessons from the Baltics for the Western Balkans | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Sarajevo - Bosna | Hercigovina | Sjeverna Makedonija
Riga/Tallin, October 10th 2025 -The need for a more active engagement of the Baltic states in pursuing a merit-based EU enlargement was underlined by members of the Western Balkans 6 Strategy Group an...
ba.boell.org
An intelligent exhibition on the caricatures of communist Albania. Curated with much care by Bashkim Shehu.
A great OSF Alumni gathering 🙂, these days in Durres. Happy to present a S.W.O.T analysis for the region with Milena a fellow AUBGer.
Interesting read from the Guardian.
Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean
The long read: Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have spent more than $1bn on an Albanian island that will be a luxury resort – once the unexploded ordnance has been removed
theguardian.com
A visit to the Turkish Assembly 🇹🇷 and an informative foreing policy talk with Turkey's Deputy Minister of FA to close an intensive program in Ankara, so close to all the tumult happening. Grateful to #SETA for the organization.
