After 102 days, Albania’s “Flamingo Revolution” keeps pressure on government
By Besnik Rama TIRANA, Sept. 10 — Albanians have gathered outside the government building in...
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Category: OPINION
Serbia – Ukraine: The price of Vučić
Aleksandar Vučić may be predictable, but that does not make him trustworthy. His transactional politics may help pull Serbia away from Moscow, while strengthening his power to bargain with Kyiv, Washington, Brussels, Beijing and the Kremlin.
By Xhabir Deralla Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting Serbia’s President Aleksandar...
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Rebuilding life and democracy under fire… Ukraine
This is far from a full account of what I saw and heard during an intense journey through Ukraine,...
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Old reflexes for a new reality: Journalism ethics and artificial intelligence – the case of North Macedonia
The new Journalists’ Code in North Macedonia addresses AI with good intentions, but fails to distinguish between manipulation, automation, editorial assistance and responsible newsroom use.
This is not a marginal or purely local debate. Around the world, artificial intelligence is...
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An era of change: AI, newsrooms, and the future of public trust
In the age of AI, journalism will not survive by refusing change, but by proving that responsibility, verification, and integrity can evolve with technology. The presence of AI is actually exposing whether editorial ethics existed in the first place.
By Xhabir Deralla As someone who entered journalism under a communist regime in which a journalist...
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250 years and one day
At 250 years and one day, the USA faces a defining question: renewal of democracy, or surrender to authoritarianism and oligarchy.
By Xhabir Deralla The fireworks are over. The parade banners have been rolled up. The speeches...
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European facade, Balkan mud: The illusion of a multiethnic society and nationalism as the most profitable businesses in a captured state
Hatred here is not innate—it is systemically designed, politically sponsored, and heavily paid for on the backs of the citizens.
Xhabir Deralla For decades, the society in North Macedonia has been living in a dangerous...
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The constant return of the “Biolabs” lie – how Russia recycles disinformation to distort reality
Debunked by international institutions, revived by propaganda networks – the enduring life of one of the Kremlin’s most useful lies.
By Xhabir Deralla As Russian missiles and drones continue to strike Ukrainian cities, another...
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The Phoenix of the Balkans – Kosovo’s rebirth from the ashes of war
Reflections on a vibrant Prishtina, twenty-seven years after the exodus. How Europe’s youngest democracy transformed a legacy of destruction into a thriving present, and a hope for a European future.
By Xhabir Deralla I arrived in Prishtina on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 10, to attend a...
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Putin’s delusional response to Zelenskyy’s open letter
The Kremlin’s cynical dismissal of the ceasefire proposal exposes a widening gap between Putin's projected dominance and Russia's actual vulnerability. Moscow retreats into imperial fantasies, disinformation, and geopolitical blackmail. Again.
By Xhabir Deralla The immediate response by Vladimir Putin, delivered on June 4, 2026, right after...
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A note on equality in a civic state, not a state of “natural” owners
On false civicness, the hierarchy of belonging, and the right of all communities to be visible, recognized, and equal
By Xhabir Deralla It is not unknown, but it must be repeated constantly: Balkan societies suffer...
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The sirens of “brotherhood and unity”
The long shadow of a "soft" dictatorship – Josip Broz Tito, the legacy
By Xhabir Deralla I grew up as one of Tito’s Pioneers (Titov pionir), wrapped in an ideology where...
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