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Gresa Hasa

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PhD Researcher at the Faculty of Law and the Center for Southeast European Studies (CSEES), University of Graz | Europeanization through Judicial Reform in the Western Balkans (WB6): Albania’s Case | 2026 BiEPAG Fellow | Based in Österreich 🇦🇹

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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In this article for @biepag.bsky.social, I take a critical look at the ongoing #FlamingoRevolution in 🇦🇱, focusing on the key developments of the past three months, including the EU’s role and use of conditionality, as well as what may come next. Take a look! 🦩 www.biepag.eu/op-ed/100-da...
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100+ Days of the Flamingo Revolution: What has changed in Albania?
Against all odds, the protests in Albania did not disappear with the summer heat. They have continued, relentlessly, and there is no sign that they will back off in the near future. What began as a...
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I spoke with Tanya L. Domi for the @newlinesinst.bsky.social in Washington, D.C., about the #FlamingoRevolution in #Albania, as well as the broader political and socioeconomic context surrounding the protests. APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/37QC...
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Why the Balkans? Episode 2: Albania's "Flamingo Revolution" Ft. Gresa Hasa
Podcast Episode · New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy | Podcasts · September 8 · 45m
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I spoke with @jetzt.at about the #FlamingoRevolution in #Albania, discussing the political and social reasons driving citizens to take to the streets. 🦩
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I spoke with Valery Perry for the #DemocratizationPolicyCouncil podcast about the current political developments in #Albania. You can listen to our conversation on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Spotify: open.spotify.com/s/bmdzKlO Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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DPC talks with Gresa Hasa (Graz, Austria)
DPC Voice - A Podcast from the Democratization Policy Council · Episode
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In this article, I bring into conversation Vjosa Musliu’s Girlhood at War (2025) and Lea Ypi’s Free (2021), two books that revisit the political ruptures of the 1990s #Balkans through the lens of childhood memory and lived experience. dwp-balkan.org/growing-up-i...
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Growing up in the ruins of history - DWP-BALKAN
History rarely arrives in childhood as an abstraction. It enters instead through silences at the dinner table while the television announces the death of the country you were born into, or through the...
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In my latest article I examine the Kushner–Trump-backed project on #Albania’s coastline through the prism of recent SPAK investigations, exploring allegations of corruption, money laundering, and links to the international cocaine trade.
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What Does Jared Kushner’s Luxury Project Have to Do With the Albanian Mafia and Transatlantic Cocaine Trade? - Turning Point
Once a quiet ecological haven, the coastline of Narta Lagoon is now ground zero for a massive land-grab scandal. While local protests target a new […]
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🎙️In Episode 25 of our podcast, BiEPAG Fellow Gresa Hasa and Member of the Albanian Parliament Redi Muçi examine mass protests demanding accountability from PM Rama and opposition leader Berisha. Hosted by Florian Bieber. 🎧Tune in for a discussion on "the flamingo revolution": tinyurl.com/4ywkcnsp
The episode discusses the mass protests in Albania against the development of Sazan Island and the cost in Southern Albania by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Since, the protest movement has turned to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister Edi Rama and the opposition leader Sali Berisha. It explores the causes, the Prime Minister's response, and the potential role of the EU. Quickly, the movement has become the largest civic protest in Albania in decades, reflecting a broader dissatisfaction the dominant political and economic system.
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Matthias Meisner @meisnerwerk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Flamingo-Revolution: Wie ein umstrittenes Luxusprojekt von Jared Kushner und Ivanka Trump in #Albanien zum Ausgangspunkt einer breiten Protestbewegung wurde www.rosalux.de/news/id/5491... via @gresahasa.bsky.social @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social
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Albaniens „Flamingo-Revolution“ - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Wie ein umstrittenes Luxusprojekt von Jared Kushner und Ivanka Trump zum Ausgangspunkt einer breiten Protestbewegung wurde.
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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Gresas großartigen Text zur Flamingo-Revolution in Albanien gibt es hier auch auf Deutsch: www.rosalux.de/news/id/5491...
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Albaniens „Flamingo-Revolution“ - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Wie ein umstrittenes Luxusprojekt von Jared Kushner und Ivanka Trump zum Ausgangspunkt einer breiten Protestbewegung wurde.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I have written a thorough analysis of the #FlamingoRevolution in #Albania focusing on its socioeconomic dimensions. The article examines how the protests emerged, who is behind them, the structural factors driving the mobilization, and the outcomes that can reasonably be expected from it. 🦩
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Understanding Albania’s Flamingo Revolution - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
How a Jared Kushner real estate project became a rallying point against crony capitalism
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🔔 New BiEPAG blog ✍️ Gresa Hasa 🔹 Edi Rama is Offended by Corruption Can GDP growth be used as proof that corruption is declining? Gresa Hasa argues that economic growth figures can obscure systemic governance failures, corruption risks, and state capture in Albania. 📖 Read ⬇️ tinyurl.com/48a83956
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I spoke with Alexandra Karppi about recent political developments in #Albania, the opposition protests, the May 2025 parliamentary elections, and the country’s EU integration process. You can listen to our conversation by clicking this link: talkeasterneurope.eu/episodes/are...
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
“The Return Regulation is a decisive acceleration in a long-running direction: detection operations inside EU territory, expanded detention (including for children), forced deportation across a wide range of cases, cooperation penalties, return hubs in third countries that people may not…
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Fortress Europe in the making! 😉
europarl.europa.eu
Returns regulation: MEPs ready to start negotiations | News | European Parliament
On Thursday, plenary endorsed the opening of talks with Council on the new legal framework for the return of people without the right to stay in the EU.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Socialist Party of #Albania is officially granting political protection to former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Belinda Balluku, opposing the request made by the Special Structure Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) to arrest her.
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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) @biepag.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🔔 New BiEPAG blog ✍️ Gresa Hasa 🔹 Corruption Is Terrible, If You’re Not the One Doing It Anti-corruption protests in Albania reveal a deeper political rivalry, as opposition actors compete to reclaim legitimacy amid corruption scandals and institutional reshuffling. Read here⬇️ tinyurl.com/5n75zxvr
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Edi Rama dismissed seven members of his cabinet today, among them Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Belinda Balluku, a loyalist facing corruption allegations and an arrest request from…
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🥳 🥳 🥳
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
He wakes up in the morning and he gets… ideas! 👀 www.reuters.com/world/albani...
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Tirana has recently been covered in tear gas and Molotov cocktails. Foreign media coverage of Sali Berisha’s cartel-party protests has been lazy, to say the least.
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CIVICUS @civicusalliance.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Mass protests in #Albania followed corruption allegations that deepened public distrust. In this interview, Gresa Hasa explains why no political force commands enough trust to unite popular demands for accountability and reform. Read more: web.civicus.org/Gresa-Hasa #CIVICUSLens
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In my interview with @civicusalliance.bsky.social, I discuss the so-called anti-corruption protests in #Albania, the actors behind them, why they have sparked controversy, and what sets them apart from other anti-corruption protests in the #WB6. 👇🏻
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ALBANIA: ‘Corruption is a serious problem, but no political force commands enough public trust to unite demands’
CIVICUS discusses recent anti-corruption protests in Albania with Gresa Hasa, a doctoral researcher at the University of Graz and co-founder of the feminist magazine Shota.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I gave a long interview about this topic that will be published soon, but all you need to know about the current anti-corruption protests in 🇦🇱 is that they are largely performative & an attempt of the opposition led by former Prime Minister Sali Berisha to launder his legitimacy and return to power.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
What the Epstein files reveal is the depth and scale of this criminal enterprise on an international level, spread like a virus across borders, reaching even peripheral countries like the ones in the Balkans or Central Europe, and public figures one would never have imagined being…
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Just a reminder of how spread and deep this evil is. May they all be exposed and rot in jail!
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Slovak PM’s top adviser resigns over Epstein files
Miroslav Lajčák denies being aware of any wrongdoing.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Not all heroes wear capes… Wait, what?! 😎
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My latest article for @biepag.bsky.social looks into the 56th World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, and the challenges of small countries in the WB6 in navigating power and diplomacy in an era of unstable alliances. I invite you to take a look! 👇🏻
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This is the most dreadful nonsense I've read all week what is the matter with these joyless cunts
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please, friends. Look on the bright side. And observe how dark it’s getting. 😌
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Almost all Jews living within Albania’s borders during the Nazi-German occupation were sheltered and saved by the local population. Albanian citizens risked their lives to protect the “other.” By the end of World War II, there were more Jews in #Albania than there had been before the war.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 27/01/2026
Today, we remember all the victims murdered during the Holocaust, and we stand with those who survived. We also mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This dark memory must be passed to future generations. Never again.
Black-and-white photo of the Auschwitz-Birkenau entrance gate in winter, with the words “Arbeit macht frei” above the open gates. In the bottom left, gold text reads “International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026,” and the EU flag appears in the bottom right.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sami Modiano, sopravvissuto alla Shoah, racconta la sua storia e la sua missione. ❤️‍🩹
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Sami Modiano: “La mia missione è ricordare, non mi fermerò" - In mezz'ora 28/01/2024
YouTube video by Rai
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
NOT IN MY NAME! ❌ In 1998, Albania signed the Rome Statute (the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court), and in 2003 it officially ratified it.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is an article I enjoyed writing about the 🇪🇸 cultural magazine A-DESK on feminist Balkan cinematography and women filmmakers. I particularly focused on feminist film production in 🇽🇰, 🇧🇦, 🇷🇸, and 🇦🇱. You can access my full article in English, Spanish and Catalan here: a-desk.org/en/magazine/...
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Balkan Kinoscope: Bridging Past and Present
Balkan Kinoscope: Bridging Past and Present Through Reclaimed Gaze by Gresa Hasa. January month topic: The politics of absence
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If it looks like fascism, that’s because it probably is. “What would you have done in 1930s Europe?" is not an abstract question but a present test.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It is what it looks like it is: America has a fascism problem.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
You may dislike Albin Kurti, disagree with him, or even despise him, but Kurti has a backbone, a quality that most politicians in Kosovo and across the region conspicuously lack. He does not compromise on respect or dignity.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Board of Peace 💣
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
What did Edi Rama do? He did not sign the founding statute of Trump’s Board of Peace. He diplomatically accepted and endorsed the invitation and even pushed Parliament to ratify it, but Albania has signed no official agreement.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
At Trump’s inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, there was an empty chair: Edi Rama was missing. Instead, he was having dinner with Ivanka Trump in Vlora.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Girl, remember when mamma said not to hang out with the bad guys?! Those *are* the bad guys! 🫣
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Both Edi Rama’s and Vjosa Osmani’s “enthusiasm” at being personally invited by Donald Trump to join the “Board of Peace” is cringe, to say the least.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
He demands #Greenland from #Denmark because #Norway hurt his feelings and they say women in politics are “too emotional.” Excuse moi?! 🤨
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Edi Rama can continue posting funeral statements every January 21st, but none of his words erase the fact that 15 years ago, four citizens, four protesters, were killed so that Edi Rama could seize power.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The international order as we have known it has undergone a profound structural shift, and the EU’s response must be anchored in realpolitik: engagement with the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Trying to provoke both a world war and a civil war at the same time, while stubbornly demanding a Nobel Peace Prize, represents an unprecedented level of insanity. 🇺🇸
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Gresa Hasa @gresahasa.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
He will not stop, unless he’s stopped.
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Trump says ‘anything less’ than US control of Greenland is ‘unacceptable’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that “anything less” than US control of Greenland is “unacceptable,” arguing the United States needs the territory for national security purposes, which could in ...
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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you're in Europe and just waking up, here are the 60+ bodies - around half of them under the UN umbrella - from which the US has withdrawn
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Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I wrote for Project Syndicate on the year ahead, Brexit, Trump, Albania and the UK, conjectural history and the Ventotene Manifesto...
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The Year That Could Be
Lea Ypi considers what the near future could hold for a world that seems to have lost its way.
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