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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

8,372 Bosniak lives were taken in the Srebrenica genocide conducted by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995, now 31 years ago. The horrific genocide was the worst but not the only genocidal event during the Bosnian war from 1992-1995. 1/

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

…and other meaningful punitive measures against Dodik and his clique, including his broader network of allies in Belgrade, Moscow, Zagreb, and elsewhere. The rest is but deafening silence.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

3. The politics which animated the Bosnian Genocide remain active, indeed ascendant, in particular since 2024. Truly honoring the victims of Srebrenica and Bosnia means speaking clearly and directly about sanctions against the secessionist regime in Banja Luka…

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

2. It is necessary to mourn and commemorate July 11 but in terms of contemporary Bosnian politics it is certainly not sufficient. The fundamental question raised by the Bosnian Genocide is the future of Bosnia, its sectarian constitutional regime…

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

1. The Srebrenica Genocide was only one of the final, most horrific episodes of a broader Bosnian Genocide, perpetrated by said Serb nationalist forces between 1992 and 1995 against the country’s majority Bosniak community.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Today we observe the global day of commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide perpetrated by Belgrade’s proxy Serb nationalist forces in July 1995. Many Bosnian scholars, above all at the Srebrenica Memorial Center, have written extensively on the subject. As such allow me only a few brief points:

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I thanked the Prime Minister of Poland @donald-tusk.bsky.social, a great champion of Ukraine, for his long-standing support for Kosova In Gdańsk, 🇵🇱—the hometown of Prime Minister Tusk—I had the opportunity to briefly greet the Prime Minister and thank him for his long-standing support for Kosova /1

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

ElevenLabs (@elevenlabs.io) and CEO Mati Staniszewski have come home to Warsaw. Warsaw has become home for my family and I. Oh, how the beautiful this first-ever ElevenLabs Summit is! Oh, how beautiful Warsaw is! 🇽🇰📈🇵🇱

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🌞 Dzień dobry, Krakowie! Byłem tu już wiele razy, ale tym razem szczególnie się cieszę — jestem tu oficjalnie i spotykam się z władzami miasta oraz regionu. 🇽🇰🇵🇱 #KosowawPolsce #KosowawKrakowie

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

And as we cautiously but hopefully look to a new day in Budapest, give a listen to my Balkanomnicon chat with @drilonsgashi.bsky.social, Kosovo's Ambassador to Poland; we reflect on some of the shared historical trajectories of Central Europe and the Western Balkans. rss.com/podcasts/bal...

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Jasmin speaks to Ambassador Drilon Gashi of the Republic of Kosovo to Poland. They discuss his remarkable journey from the Kosovo diaspora to the diplomatic service of the Republic of Kosovo, about co...

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Remember, you can listen to all Balkanomnicon episodes on the official @odgovor.bsky.social YouTube channel (below) and on all major streaming platforms, your exact preference for which you can (also) select via the RSS feed above. Thanks for your support! www.youtube.com/watch?v=guhg...

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Balkanomnicon E03: Drilon Gashi - Diaspora to Diplomat

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

🎙️🇽🇰 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧/𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 of Balkanomnicon, where I joined the creator and host, my friend @jasminmuj.bsky.social and spoke about my professional and personal journey to now representing #Kosova in Poland, 1/ youtu.be/guhgZKTSR7Q?...

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I was very happy to meet with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Glauk Konjufca during my short stay in Prishtina. Deputy Prime Minister Konjufca emphasized his strong support for enhancing Kosova-Poland ties across all sectors, and his great admiration for Polish film. 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I drink too much coffee, but now I’ll have to drink more. @dualipa.bsky.social becomes a new Global Brand Ambassador for #Nespresso — time for a #Prishtinamacchiato flavor? 👸🏽 ☕️ 🇽🇰

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

At #IgrzyskaWolności #FreedomGames look out for “Strength Through Peace: Can the World Still Learn from Solidarity and Peace Movements”, featuring #AdamMichnik, @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social , and Veton Surroi of Kosova, moderated by @bart-wielinski.bsky.social. 🇵🇱💡🇽🇰 📆 26 Oct ⏰ 10:00 📍 Łódż Expo Center

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🇽🇰🎼🇵🇱 I was honored to meet new Filharmonia Naradowa Director Zofia Zembrzuska, the first woman to lead the Philharmonic. We discussed cooperation & potential joint projects both in Warsaw & Prishtina; I wished the Director great success in her new role. Dziękuję za gościnność, Szanowna Pani Dyrektor!

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🇽🇰 Go “Kosova Cyber Team”! This week a cybersecurity team from 🇽🇰 led by University of Prishtina Professor Dr. Blerim Rexha is in Warsaw to take part in the European Cybersecurity Championship. I visited w/ the team, expressed pride in all the young men and women competing & wished them great success!

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I extended a warm welcome today to my dear colleague and friend, Ambassador Haughey (@ieambpoland.bsky.social) of Ireland. We had a wide-ranging conversation including on our joint commitment to active public and digital diplomacy. 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I just came from a substantive meeting w/ Szymon Wojtasik, Deputy Director of Enlargement Policy & Eastern Neighborhood at @polandmfa.bsky.social. It’s a pleasure to work w/ the Deputy Director & MFA to support current & foster new cooperation initiatives. Dziękuję za gościnność, drogi Szymonie!

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

It’s always great to visit @wyborcza.pl & see Deputy Editor-in-Chief @bart-wielinski.bsky.social, this time as part of an important CoE study visit by 🇽🇰,🇵🇱,🇺🇦, &🇲🇪 on Legislation to Counter SLAPPS, Judicial Reforms in Media Freedom, & Freedom of Expression. /1

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

It was a great pleasure and privilege to receive an update on global political, business, and social issues from the @impactcee.bsky.social World Update in Warsaw. There I met friends of Kosova and made new ones. 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

🇽🇰🎹🎓🇵🇱 This week I had the great pleasure of meeting the Rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Dr. Tomasz Strahl. UMFC has a 215-year history, and its founding coincides with the birth of the Romantic composer and pianist Fryderyk Chopin, the national icon of Poland and of world music. 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🇽🇰🎼🇵🇱 Maestro, world-renowned Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and his student, acclaimed Kosovar composer Mendi Mengjiqi: a bond that forms a #foundationstone for Kosova–Poland relations 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🇵🇱🏀 Congratulations to #Poland for their strong game and win over Slovenia in their first game for FIBA EuroBasket 2025. Gratulacje, Polsko! 📸 @tvpworld.bsky.social

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🇽🇰✈️🇵🇱 Today I had the pleasure to meet LOT Polish Airlines Director Robert Ludera & discuss establishing new direct flight connections btw #Prishtina & #Warsaw. As LOT is growing in Central & Eastern Europe & beyond, so too is Prishtina Int’l Airport, 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Kosova-Poland trade ties are intensifying, and the opportunities for broader economic and investment cooperation are growing—I was honored to discuss this today with Vice Minister Michał Baranowski of the Ministry of Development and Technology. Looking forward to the next steps! 🇽🇰🤝🇵🇱📈🚀

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

🇽🇰⚽️🇵🇱 Kosova in Polonia. Together with my colleague Visar Rrecaj, we came to support Polonia Warszawa and their player from Kosova #HajdinSalihu. Good luck to Polonia and Din Salihu! | #KosovainPoland

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Mission sweet Mission. Great to be back in Warsaw at #KosovainPoland. Let’s get to work! 🇽🇰🇵🇱

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

“Shtëpia e shqiptarit është e Zotit dhe e mikut.” —Prince Lekë Dukagjini Lekë Dukagjini was 15th century prince and nobleman presiding over western Kosova and northern Albania.

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Fadil Vokrri. A legend of Kosovar football, and a top flight diplomat. #FalemnderitFadilVokrri

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

@impactcee.bsky.social —founders and leaders Krystian Wolak, Joanna Kasprowicz, and Marta Liberska—are in #Prishtina, #Kosova! Tonight we were honored to meet and greet President Vjosa Osmani at her great event for Albanian and Kosova diaspora abroad… 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Chief of Mission of Kosova IOM, Anna Rostocka of 🇵🇱, is on RTK’s “#MirëmëngjesiKosovë” (Good morning Kosova 🇽🇰) morning program speaking on the Int’l Day Against Human Trafficking. I appreciate Ms. Rostocka’s great experience at IOM, both in Poland and Kosova. 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

#MariaSkłodowskaCurie was a remarkable woman. From #Poland she became naturalized as French and the world’s foremost physicist and chemist—and to this day the only person (man or woman) to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines (physics and chemistry). 1/

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Kraków is a special city & Międzynarodowe Centrum Kultury is a special cultural institution for Kraków, #Poland, & beyond. So I was particularly happy to visit MCK Kraków & meet Director Dr. #AgataWąsowskaPawlik & Deputy Director Marzena Daszewska, accompanied by OSW Balkans specialist Marta Szpala.

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Congratulations to new Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs @radek-sikorski.bsky.social & to all taking on new roles in the government. #Kosova looks forward to continuing to build strong relations w/ @polandmfa.bsky.social & all Ministries of the Government of the Republic of #Poland.

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🌃 From 🇽🇰’s Liri, Pavarësi (Freedom, Independence) in Warsaw to 🇵🇱’s Solidarność (Solidarity) in Prishtina. Greetings from #Kosova’s capital—in the summertime it’s *the city that hardly sleeps*!

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Farewells are definitely not the best part of this job, but my cooperation and friendship with Ambassador Juris Poikāns of Latvia will definitely stay strong. Ambassador Poikāns, the first-ever Ambassador of Latvia to Kosova…1/

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Andreas Stadler @andreasstadler.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Dear Drilon, thank you for your initiative and also please accept my admiration for your successful diplomacy! It’s not easy for an ambassador of a small and new country 🇽🇰 to attract a 🇵🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and some leading 🇪🇺colleagues and the 🇺🇸 US CdA! You made it possible!!! 👏👏👏

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This week I organized a farewell lunch for my dear colleague & friend 🇦🇹 Ambassador @andreasstadler.bsky.social who is concluding his mandate in Poland. Joined by 🇵🇱 Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister #MoscickaDendys, Senate EU Affairs Chairman #TomaszGrodzki, & Ambassadors from 🇫🇷, 🇺🇸, 🇭🇷, & 🇲🇪, /1

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Earlier this week I had the great privilege of meeting Director of Narodowe Centrum Kultury #RobertPiaskowsi. Director Piaskowski has done a great deal for art and culture in Kraków and Poland and excelled in promoting Polish art during the recent EU Presidency. /1

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I’m thankful for the great hospitality of Consul General of Austria in Kraków, @mgaertner.bsky.social! I look forward to exploring cultural cooperation with him in Southern Poland and I’m grateful for his support for Kosova joining the EU! 1/2

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Thank you for your great hospitality, Consul General @mgaertner.bsky.social, dear Martin! I look forward to exploring cultural cooperation with you in Southern Poland and I’m grateful for your support for Kosova joining the EU! Do të jetë shumë kënaqësi që të bashkëpunojmë, i nderuar koleg! 🇽🇰🤝🇵🇱🤝🇦🇹

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Martin Gärtner @mgaertner.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Thank you @drilonsgashi.bsky.social and Marta Szpala of @osweng.bsky.social for your visit and the fruitful exchange on possibilities of cultural and scientific cooperation here in Southern 🇵🇱! 🇦🇹 has a keen interest in furthering the integration of the Western Balkans into the EU. 🇪🇺🇦🇹🤝🇽🇰🤝🇵🇱🇪🇺

Drllon Gashi, Martin Gärtner and Marta Szpala at the Austrian Consulate General in Kraków

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Supper of Champions 🇵🇱🍓🍝 My wife Tringë and I agreed: we had to make makaron z truskawkami (pasta with strawberries) in honor of Polish champion tennis player #IgaSwiatek. This Polish summer comfort food is now a staple for #KosovainPoland. 🇽🇰🍓🍝🇵🇱

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

During my visit to Łódź, I had the pleasure of visiting Łódź University & meeting Vice Rector Dr. Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek. We spoke about academic cooperation in various areas, joint research opportunities, & academic exchanges btw Uni Lodz & the University of Prishtina & other 🇽🇰 universities. 🇽🇰🎓🇵🇱

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

The incredible #IgaSwiatek makes history for herself and her country Poland by becoming #Wimbledon Champion. 🇵🇱 Wielkie gratulacje, pani mistrzyni! 📸 Wimbledon

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I was happy to welcome my new Montenegrin colleague Ambassador Veljko Milonjić to #KosovainPoland. We discussed our good bilateral ties, our respective countries’ strong relations w/ Poland, & the firm commitment of both 🇽🇰&🇲🇪 to joining the EU. I look forward to working w/ Ambassador Milonjić. 🇽🇰🤝🇵🇱🤝🇲🇪

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Drilon S. Gashi @drilonsgashi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A hearty congratulations to my dear colleague and friend Ambassador @andreasstadler.bsky.social for being awarded Poland’s highest cultural honor: the “Gloria Artis Gold Modal!” Wielkie gratulacje, drogi przyjacielu!

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Andreas Stadler @andreasstadler.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I am delighted that Poland's Minister of Culture and wonderful curator, Hanna Wroblewska, has awarded me Poland's highest cultural honour, the „Gloria Artis Gold Medal“. One more good reason to remain connected with 🇵🇱 and her great cultural and scientific contributions!

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