inside albania's creative construction boom, through the eyes of global architects designboom.com/architecture/i…

Albania’s minister for artificial intelligence, an A.I. avatar named Diella, is programmed to detect government corruption. But Diella did not catch the alleged wrongdoing by its human creators. nyti.ms/3NN7zeX

The vote of Serbia’s Parliament to limit the independence of the judiciary is a serious step back on Serbia's EU path. At a time of great progress for enlargement, when Montenegro & Albania are moving fast, Serbia risks taking the opposite direction. This is not what we want.

Israel signs a $600 million weapons deal with Albania to boost domestic arms production seenews.com/news/albania-i…

🤖 An anti-corruption AI minister ended up at the center of a corruption scandal Albania launched Diella, an AI avatar presented as the world’s first AI minister, designed to monitor public procurement and fight corruption. But by January, prosecutors had arrested the director

Exclusive: The Trump administration has held covert meetings with fringe separatists from the oil-rich Canadian province as a rift deepens between Washington and Ottawa. ft.trib.al/ZbOW4K5

🚨 CHINA IS LOCKING DOWN AFRICA’S PORTS ⚓ • 🇨🇳 40+ African ports financed, built, or operated by #China • Coverage across Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Red Sea • Several ports. Commercial today, military tomorrow • PLA Navy access now stretches far beyond Djibouti ⚠️ Ports =

An Iranian woman inside Iran confronted a basiji and asked him in Persian: "Why are you shooting at us?" His response was in Arabic. She didn't understand anything. He's Iraqi. The amount of foreign terrorists inside Iran right now is difficult to put into words.

Germany has just proposed a two-speed EU to overcome bureaucracy and political inertia. While this might be a good idea, it could lead to deep divisions, as CEE countries could strengthen ties with the US instead.

Map of the proposed Two-Speed Europe; Under Germany's invitation, six EU states dubbed "E6" have just agreed to fast-track integration on economy and defence without waiting for the unanimity of the rest of the EU

Bitcoin will drop to zero. It will be remembered as the 21st century Tulip Mania.

This is “New Syria” Kurds get bombed and thrown off buildings while a Minister personally provides “Amazon Prime” firewood delivery to DAESH families straight to the camps. LISTEN to the "Hajib" shouting...

🇨🇳 Chinese man runs smart farm with one finger, one toe Quadriplegic and confined to a medicalised portable cabin in the Chinese countryside, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe, which he uses to manage a high-tech farm.

Russian drones using Starlink started carrying out mass attacks on Ukrainian logistics along the Bohuslav-Petropavlivka highway. In just one day, there were dozens of strikes, including on buses carrying civilians. I have already written that there is a technical possibility to

IRAN: The Tehran Kahrizak Forensic Medicine Center received multiple tractor trailers carrying bodies on January 10, following the crackdown in Iran on January 8 and 9.

🇦🇱 An Orthodox priest and a Muslim imam were caught being peaceful together in Albania.

Iran Update 30/01/2026: -US continues mass transport airlift into Qatar and Jordan mainly air defence. -8 destroyers 1 Carrier 2 subs deployed 800+VLS cell available. -B-52 bombers potentially deploying to Diego Garcia. -EA-18G Growler and F-35s in Europe enroute Middle East.

Military Strength Ranking 2026, Balkan countries rankings: 🇹🇷: 9 = 🇬🇷: 30 = 🇷🇴: 52 ↓1 🇧🇬: 62 = 🇷🇸: 63 = 🇭🇷: 73 ↑1 🇦🇱: 77 ↑1 🇸🇮: 91 ↑5 🇲🇰: 114 ↓2 🇲🇪: 128 ↓1 🇧🇦 : 133 ↓1 🇽🇰: 139 ↑2

Former Google Engineer Found Guilty of Economic Espionage and Theft of Confidential AI Technology justice.gov/opa/pr/former-… FBI SanFrancisco

The precious metals market saw its biggest crash in decades 📉 In just 36 hours, more than $7 trillion was wiped out: 🥈 Silver plunged over 30%, slipping below $85 per ounce 🥇 Gold dropped 13.6%, dipping under $4 900 per ounce ⚙️ Platinum slid 27.25%, falling below $2 100