{"id":834,"date":"2025-05-21T08:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/in-focus\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:21:01","slug":"in-focus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/in-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-86vji-2e59c62583ec66347a3771af7280ef1c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-25 av-height-25  container_wrap fullsize'   data-av_minimum_height_pc='25' data-av_min_height_opt='25'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-834'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-834'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-maxshu0i-338f9dcf030d32184f42b7c99e578026 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"54\"><strong data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"52\">In Focus<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"128\"><strong>The latest news and developments from Albania<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='av-alb-blogposts template-blog  '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-990 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big  post-990 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-aktualitet-en\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/albanias-prime-minister-edi-rama-appoints-an-ai-minister-for-the-first-time-to-fight-corruption\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Albania\u2019s Prime Minister Edi Rama appoints an AI \u201cminister\u201d for the first time to fight corruption.\">Albania\u2019s Prime Minister Edi Rama appoints an AI \u201cminister\u201d for the first time to fight corruption.<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-09-24T13:47:19+00:00\" >24.09.2025<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"comment-container minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/albanias-prime-minister-edi-rama-appoints-an-ai-minister-for-the-first-time-to-fight-corruption\/#respond\" class=\"comments-link\" >0 Comments<\/a><\/span><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/category\/aktualitet-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aktualitet<\/a><\/span><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/author\/alba\/\" title=\"Posts by Alba Tahiri\" rel=\"author\">Alba Tahiri<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Edi Rama has drawn international attention with an unusual move: For the first time in Albania, a minister based on artificial intelligence has been appointed. The aim of this decision is to fight corruption and to pave Albania\u2019s path toward the European Union. Rama explains his reasoning: \u201cDiella does not sleep, takes no salary, has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/albanias-prime-minister-edi-rama-appoints-an-ai-minister-for-the-first-time-to-fight-corruption\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fcf575e2-3d7e-453a-8dee-0a7aaedc2547-300x189.webp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Alba Tahiri<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fcf575e2-3d7e-453a-8dee-0a7aaedc2547-300x189.webp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Alba Tahiri<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-09-24T13:47:19+00:00\" >2025-09-24 13:47:19<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2025-09-24 14:04:16<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Albania\u2019s Prime Minister Edi Rama appoints an AI \u201cminister\u201d for the first time to fight corruption.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-947 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-big  post-947 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-aktualitet-en\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/albanian-writer-stefan-capaliku-presents-albanias-unofficial-culture-honorary-consul-prof-dr-thomas-druyen-attends-the-16th-westbalkan-salon\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Albanian writer Stefan \u00c7apaliku presents Albania\u2019s unofficial culture \u2013 Honorary Consul Prof. Dr. Thomas Druyen attends the 16th \u201cWestbalkan-Salon\u201d\">Albanian writer Stefan \u00c7apaliku presents Albania\u2019s unofficial culture \u2013 Honorary Consul Prof. Dr. Thomas Druyen attends the 16th \u201cWestbalkan-Salon\u201d<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-09-24T10:49:24+00:00\" >24.09.2025<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"comment-container minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/albanian-writer-stefan-capaliku-presents-albanias-unofficial-culture-honorary-consul-prof-dr-thomas-druyen-attends-the-16th-westbalkan-salon\/#respond\" class=\"comments-link\" >0 Comments<\/a><\/span><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/category\/aktualitet-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aktualitet<\/a><\/span><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/author\/alba\/\" title=\"Posts by Alba Tahiri\" rel=\"author\">Alba Tahiri<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Honorary Consul of the Republic of Albania was invited on 19 September 2025 to a special cultural event in Berlin: the 16th \u201cWestbalkan-Salon,\u201d organized by the International Club (ICAA) in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office. Under the title \u201cNothing new on the other side of the fence \u2013 A sketch of Albanian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/albanian-writer-stefan-capaliku-presents-albanias-unofficial-culture-honorary-consul-prof-dr-thomas-druyen-attends-the-16th-westbalkan-salon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fcf575e2-3d7e-453a-8dee-0a7aaedc2547-300x189.webp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Alba Tahiri<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fcf575e2-3d7e-453a-8dee-0a7aaedc2547-300x189.webp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Alba Tahiri<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-09-24T10:49:24+00:00\" >2025-09-24 10:49:24<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2025-09-24 12:56:09<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Albanian writer Stefan \u00c7apaliku presents Albania\u2019s unofficial culture \u2013 Honorary Consul Prof. Dr. Thomas Druyen attends the 16th \u201cWestbalkan-Salon\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-943 post-loop-3 post-parity-odd post-entry-last single-big  post-943 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-aktualitet-en\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/with-diella-into-the-future-albania-tests-a-bold-experiment-with-an-ai-minister\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: With \u201cDiella\u201d into the Future? Albania Tests a Bold Experiment with an AI Minister\">With \u201cDiella\u201d into the Future? Albania Tests a Bold Experiment with an AI Minister<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-09-18T14:42:12+00:00\" >18.09.2025<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"comment-container minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/with-diella-into-the-future-albania-tests-a-bold-experiment-with-an-ai-minister\/#respond\" class=\"comments-link\" >0 Comments<\/a><\/span><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/category\/aktualitet-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aktualitet<\/a><\/span><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/author\/alba\/\" title=\"Posts by Alba Tahiri\" rel=\"author\">Alba Tahiri<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Prof. Dr. Thomas Druyen, renowned sociologist and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Albania in North Rhine-Westphalia, shares in his article his assessment of the world\u2019s first appointment of an Artificial Intelligence as a government minister in Albania. On 11 September 2025, \u201cDiella\u201d\u2014the Albanian word for \u201cSun\u201d\u2014was appointed as the first AI minister. Druyen emphasizes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/en\/with-diella-into-the-future-albania-tests-a-bold-experiment-with-an-ai-minister\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fcf575e2-3d7e-453a-8dee-0a7aaedc2547-300x189.webp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Alba Tahiri<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.honorarkonsul-albanien-nrw.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fcf575e2-3d7e-453a-8dee-0a7aaedc2547-300x189.webp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Alba Tahiri<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-09-18T14:42:12+00:00\" >2025-09-18 14:42:12<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2025-09-18 14:42:12<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>With \u201cDiella\u201d into the Future? 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