Edi Rama
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To CNN International and to all the endless media outlets, big and small, together with all the well-meaning content producers of Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and every other platform that now shapes the global conversation, I would very much wish to pass the following post: As we speak, today’s protest has drawn roughly 2,000 participants. It is the lowest turnout so far, but even at its peak, participation never exceeded 8,000 people. So how is it that what much of the world has seen over the past days appears so enormous, so dramatic, so overwhelming? At some point, when the engineered digital hysteria of these days has passed and emotions have cooled, the democratic world should take a closer look at how the gap between reality and its representation became so vast. Not merely as a matter of this particular case, but as a symptom of something much larger. How could a tiny country become global news for reasons so disconnected from the reality on the ground? How could a local protest involving a few thousand people be transformed into an international spectacle? How could assumptions become facts, narratives become verdicts, and speculation become accepted truth before the basic facts were even established? And perhaps most importantly, what does it say about our information ecosystem when perception can travel around the world faster than reality itself? Because the reality is that there is no project yet. There is no building permit yet. There is no construction yet. There is not even a final design yet. There is only a vision and a plan: to transform Albania into the most attractive high-end tourism destination in this part of the world, while creating a net positive environmental development that, according to the current vision, would ultimately result in approximately 25% more trees and green space than exists today, alongside measurable improvements across multiple biodiversity indicators. The ambition is not merely to build. The ambition is to demonstrate that development and environmental enhancement can go hand in hand. That is precisely why some of the world’s leading experts in ecology, biodiversity, landscape architecture, environmental engineering and sustainable tourism are working on these concepts and parameters. Whether they succeed or fail is a matter for future assessment, science, public scrutiny and transparent debate. But presenting as an environmental catastrophe something that does not yet exist, has not yet been designed, has not yet been permitted, and whose stated objective is in fact to produce positive environmental outcomes, is not a serious contribution to public discussion. And yet, from this simple reality emerged a hurricane of digital hysteria, apocalyptic headlines, manufactured outrage and sweeping conclusions presented as established facts. Along the way came deepfakes, manipulated images, fabricated claims, coordinated amplification, anonymous networks and online behaviour that bears many of the characteristics of the hybrid information warfare that increasingly shapes public debate across democratic societies. Even more remarkably, social media platforms recorded an explosion in activity around this topic, with Albanian-language engagement increasing several-fold within just a few days. A significant part of this sudden surge appears to have been driven not by an organic expansion of public participation, but by the rapid proliferation of newly created profiles, anonymous accounts and pages with little or no identifiable history, raising legitimate questions about artificial amplification and the manufacturing of digital momentum.
Edi Rama210,696 次观看 • 1 个月前
Oh, really? So now you suddenly care about the Albanian people? The same Albanian people whose institutions, public services and digital infrastructure were the target of a cyberterror campaign that aimed to cripple an entire country, and which international investigations have traced back to actors linked to and supported by your regime. We know those fingerprints all too well. We know the methods. We know the threats. And we know that what has driven your hostility toward Albania has never been Zionism, nor any other convenient slogan of your despicable propaganda. It is your hostility toward freedom itself. You cannot forgive Albania for doing what Albanians do: opening their doors to people fleeing persecution. You cannot forgive Albania for giving shelter to Iranian men and women whom you sought to silence through intimidation, imprisonment and death simply because they dare to think differently, speak differently or dream differently. But we are Albanians. We do not abandon people who knock on our door seeking protection from oppression. We did not do so when Jews fleeing Nazi persecution needed refuge. We became the only country in Europe with more Jews after World War II than before it. And we will not let down the Iranians who seek safety from intimidation, persecution or assassination. Nor will we yield to your desperate and relentless cyberattacks. After your major assault, we built a resilient, state-of-the-art cyber shield that has made Albania far stronger and far better prepared to confront your desperate cyberattacks that continue with no success. You are free to use the privileges of open societies to spread your false narratives, your shameless accusations and your brutal threats. But as we Albanians learned from fifty years of darkness under our atheocratic dictatorship, propaganda can conceal the truth, distort the truth and postpone the truth, but it can never bury the truth not even under the weight of a medieval theocracy like yours. Your regime can hack networks, imprison critics, censor voices, threaten opponents, bully neighbours and manufacture endless excuses for its failures. But it cannot escape reality forever. Regimes built on fear, censorship, repression and the crushing of dissent may endure for a time, but history is merciless toward those who wage war against their own people's freedom and prosperity. The Iranian people deserve freedom. They deserve dignity. They deserve the right to speak without fear. And Albania will never apologize, never retreat and never be intimidated for standing on the side of those values. So keep manipulating and deceiving whoever in the colourful West is willing to fall for your falsehoods. But you will never make Albanians enemies of peoples - whether Jews, Arabs or Americans. Because what they share, and what you fear, is the very things you have denied your own nation for far too long: Great hopes, big dreams and the determination to live free, to seek peace and to relentlessly build prosperity🇦🇱🤝🇮🇱🤝🇦🇪🤝🇶🇦🤝🇸🇦🤝🇺🇸
Edi Rama189,454 次观看 • 1 个月前
Çudi e madhe, në Portugali ka ndodhur kjo nga të njëjtat fenomene, po s’po e marr vesh se mirë opozita portugeze është në gjumë, mirë edhe ato pak tenxhere mediatike të Portugalisë janë me temperaturë të ulët e s’ka vend për gjithë këtë rrugë të re, po si ka mundësi që opozitat e këtushme nuk e kanë denoncuar akoma në SPAK këtë vepër të korrupsionit dhe si është e mundur që 700 tenxheret e flakta të mexhelisit tonë mediatik, nuk kanë thirrur gjithollogët e tyre që të jashtënxjerrin faktet e tmerrshme që fshihen nën asfaltin e këtij korrupsioni qeveritar, ku padyshim është dora e narkoshtetit shqiptar!
Edi Rama15,966 次观看 • 5 个月前
We Albanians are used to being lectured, not to being the lecturers. However, after carbon emissions increased once again from COP28 to COP29, despite all the big words, I set aside my previously prepared speech and wrote from the heart before taking the floor. You can watch my remarks at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in the attached video👇
Edi Rama34,257 次观看 • 1 年前
Tirana International Airport is on an incredible flight path! 🛫 In February 2024, we welcomed 577,515 travelers, a 69% increase from last year. From Jan-Feb 2024, the numbers soared to 1,202,785, marking a 59% jump! Albania's beauty is calling – come and see for yourself why everyone's flying our way🇦🇱✈️ #ExploreAlbania and if you are around Berlin don’t miss the biggest tourism fair of Europe where Albania has a beautiful stand with plenty of information🦅
Edi Rama28,195 次观看 • 2 年前
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