Alfred Lela

Founder and editor-in-chief, Lover
Politiko

[DER SPIEGEL @derspiegel]

Jahrelang sorgte Kanye West hauptsächlich mit antisemitischen Ausfällen für Schlagzeilen. Die Regierung in Albanien kämpft gerade selbst mit Protesten – und will für ein Konzert des Rappers dennoch Millionen ausgeben. https://t.co/KEA1wVY4H7

[Tommy2 @t0xmmy2]

Something good is happening at this World Cup.

The Scots turned up. The English turned up. The Norwegians turned up. They sang their songs, got stuck in, and the Americans loved them for it. Glasgow and Boston are getting twinned off the back of it.

For 30 years we’ve been told to view the US as some sort of Great Satan — all imperialism and orange-man clichés. Not everyone buys it of course, but enough do.

And then Europeans actually go, and find a place that feels familiar. Makes sense to them. A bit richer, a bit further ahead, but recognisably ours. Settled by Europeans, still deeply European in its bones.

There’s a gathering-of-the-clans feeling to it. Old neighbours discovering they still like the same songs, the same drink, the same daft humour, and genuinely enjoying each other’s company.

None of it’s a surprise, really. It’s just been buried under so much politics that we forgot we were allowed to enjoy it.

Good to be reminded.

[Alfred Lela @AlfredLela]

Tamlin e nanës na e qitët me rrena, bre! https://t.co/3xsRtWRvxk via @YouTube

[Aristocratic Fury @LandsknechtPike]

Another epic history movie produced in Eastern Europe.

The movie Skanderbeg (1953) was produced as a joint Albanian-Soviet production to commemorate Albanian medieval hero.

This scene shows the Siege of Krujë in 1450, where a large Ottoman army was repelled.

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Pastori Akil Pano rrëfen zhgënjimin me Toni Gogun dhe njohjen me Altin D... https://t.co/89SIKX3qyH via @YouTube

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Kujt ia dha Ismail Kadare autografin e fundit? https://t.co/rnULJicy7e via @YouTube

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Sekretet e parrëfyera të Kadaresë: Dashuria e parë, vdekja, gratë, dhe '... https://t.co/d9vdr1aWgB via @YouTube

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

It is April 7 and it is snowing in Massachusetts.

[Alfred Lela @AlfredLela]

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[evie @Eviemagazine]

NYC’s Hottest New Club Is Catholic Mass

There's a new hot-spot taking over, and there’s no cover charge or VIP section in sight.

Walk into any traditional adjacent Catholic church this Easter from Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral to St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village, and the scene might surprise you. Packed pews. Standing room only.

20-and-30-somethings in their prettiest spring dresses and young men in pressed collared shirts and button-downs, lingering long after the service ends to talk, laugh, and swap Instagram handles.

It’s an energy that's warm and intoxicating… even without the bottomless mimosas.

One viral tweet recently described a packed Sunday Mass in Manhattan as "the hottest club in NYC right now," and she wasn't exaggerating.

Something major is happening across the country: young people are going to church.

Gen Z, once labeled a godless generation—atheist at worst, agnostic at best—have come rushing back, fueled by their fire for the Church’s framework of femininity and masculinity, for truth, and for God.

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Aulon Kalaja rrëfen veten, familjen dhe vëllanë në GJKKO: Në gjyqet e ti... https://t.co/qgFKIsekES via @YouTube

[Adrian Shtuni @Shtuni]

#EU citizenship granted to 1.2 million people in 2024
- Largest groups of new EU citizens by country:
🇸🇾 Syrians with 110 100
🇲🇦 Moroccans with 97 100
🇦🇱 Albanians 48 000
- #Albania with a population of 2.8 million stands out strongly on a per capita basis
- 17.1 per 1,000 inhabitants (or about 1.71%)
https://t.co/Vt6xYh8UOa #Syria #Morocco

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Pse qau Sara Kapo në Festival... https://t.co/9ukoNGGfyw via @YouTube

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Ja pse para Islamit zgjedh Krishterimin https://t.co/fg9XRK3hFy via @YouTube

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Koloreto Cukali: Pse p♥lqehet kaq shumë muzika shqiptare në Emirate? https://t.co/5lvtLvlM9s via @YouTube

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