I couldn’t pass up tonight’s opportunity to combine music and diplomacy. Was a pleasure to launch Department of State’s new Global Music Diplomacy Initiative.

Postcard from Peja in Kosovo from around 1920.

A🧵: There are some misunderstandings / untruths being spread when it comes to the ASMM: 1. Kurti says "he god a far better ASMM" than previous governments. This is not true as no other government ever drafted a statute for ASMM, only legal document that defines competencies.

Ej. A po doni me dëgju nja 15 hite të muzikës pop shqiptare prej Kosovës - prej dekadave të shkume? Super listë e krijuar veç për juve nga Selvete Ismaili, producente, autore, kompozitore e muzikës që nga 1970-tat. Share if you like it! #WorldMusic soundcloud.com/suzanne-podcas…

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Longest criminal trial in American Guinness book of records lasted 919 days. The founders of KLA and Republic of Kosovo have now been in detention for over 1400 days by Kosovo Specialist Chambers. This trial is now a perversion of justice and grave breach of human rights of defendants. 🤬

A ia vlejnë gjithë këto telashe për të vozitur në Urën e Ibrit? - sbunker.org/en/opinion/a-i…

The "Hurrian Hymn No. 6" is recognized as the oldest known piece of music, originating around 1300 BC. This piece was unearthed in Ugarit, an ancient Syrian city, and is inscribed in the Hurrian language on a clay tablet that also includes musical notation. Canadian musician

🧵This will be brief post, as I watch with painful amazement the gyrations of political elites across Europe-leaders, parliamentarians and analysts-try to position themselves in anticipation of the incoming Trump administration. And the picture is not pretty, I must say. 1/10

My client Hashim Thaci's father is quite ill and back in hospital. We had requested that Hashim Thaci be granted a short, supervised release to visit him on compassionate grounds. The Specialist Prosecutor's Office opposed, and the judges denied the visit. indeksonline.net/ish-komandatit…

It's Time To Stop Blaming Misinformation for Cynicism and Mistrust , by Rob Henderson open.substack.com/pub/robkhender…

My new piece for Atlantic Council on how Trump’s approach to Europe is starting to impact the Western Balkans, and what a widening U.S-EU rift would mean for the region going ahead. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

Son's last visit to his father, by Petrit Selimi open.substack.com/pub/petrits/p/…

Postcard from Mitrovica in Kosovo, from 1917. The photo has faded in quality, but I really like the street view. The postcard is dated August 3, 1917, and it was sent by the Austrian-Hungarian fieldpost system from Mitrovica to Vöslau in Austria. Postcard from my collection.

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Pak shqiptarë në histori moderne kanë shpërnda më shumë gënjeshtra dhe helm se ish kryeministri Kurti. Këtë e bën edhe sot, teksa kemi hy në çerekun e dytë të shekullit XXI. Një mbjellës i pashoq i urrejtjes në mes shqiptarëve… gazetaexpress.com/qe-5-vjet-jane…

Exclusive: My one-and-a-half-hour interview with #HashimThaçi from The Hague - his first in-depth talk in 5 years. He opens up on his trial, Kosovo’s politics, missing his father’s funeral, life in detention & his bold vision for return. A rare, must-read! klankosova.tv/a-conversation…

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A group of Kosovo-based and international scholars & civil society voices express deep concern over the recent decision of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers to admit documents from Serbian state institutions as evidence. Read our full public reaction in English and Albanian.

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