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[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Loved sharing Tirana’s progress along two amazing partners - Istanbul & Tokyo!
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Cities are key to mitigating climate change! Our message to #COP29 from our 3 cities, is to invest, support and finance local govs. as main responders to people’s needs and aspirations in calamities and innovation alike! 👍

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Great to meet “World Mayor” @MikeBloomberg at @CityLab 🇦🇱❤️🇺🇸

So grateful as Tirana has been the main beneficiary in SE Europe of @BloombergDotOrg - from our Streets for Kids program (Asphalt Art) to the top training at Bloomberg-Harvard @CenterforCities 🙏🏼👫🎓

Looking forward to our new projects on youth, climate and city innovation programme! 👍🌳🚴🏻‍♂️

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Thanks @MauricioRodasEC for your invitation to join 🇺🇳 @UNSDSN panel and @JeffreyASachs as cites have much to contribute to steering the sustainability agenda - honoured to serve as your newst comissioner alongside my friends @eduardopaes & @Anne_Hidalgo 👍

Also loved meeting @JustinMBibb - Cleveland Mayor and Chair of US Climate Mayors - much to do on both sides of the Atlantic @b40_network 🇺🇸🇪🇺

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Great to see my friend, @The_AADF chair Michael Granoff in NYC 🇦🇱❤️🇺🇸

And here’s some great news for Tirana: we’re bringing #ECOLE42 and @PlugandPlayTC to the Pyramid for post @tumotirana digital education - making Tirana the ONLY city where digital literacy is considered a human right for every child and youth as they prepare - FREE of charge - for the jobs of the future!

And for the nature lovers, the Trail of Lakes connecting Farka-Liqeni Artificial-Liqeni Thate will bring a great infrastructure to our city’s “green lungs”!

Thanks @The_AADF - let’s rock these! 🚀

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Sot Keshilli Bashkiak kish per te votuar hapjen e 2 cerdheve te reja, abonete falas per studentet, miratimin e shkolles Ecole 42 per te rinjte, zonen e lire ekonomike TEDA per 5mije vende pune te reja dhe grantin e Katarit per sheshin fundor tek Bulevardi i Ri.

Por Ilir Meta dhe rrugaci i fundit qe i ka mbetur, nuk e perballojne dot as suksesin e Tiranes dhe as humbjen kolosale te partickes se tyre. Sjellja per vandali ndaj kolegeve keshilltare, eshte shenje deshperimi, jo force.

Do te kerkoj zbatimin e ligjit me perpikmeri qe rrugaceria te marre pergjigjen qe meriton, dhe Tirana te mos mbetet peng i maktheve te Ilir Metes e mjeraneve te tij.

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

A quick day in Turkey to see my friend and mentor @imamoglu_int - the tireless mayor of Istanbul and founder of the Balkan Mayors network @b40_network 🇦🇱❤️🇹🇷

We have expanded the network, strengthened ties in the region and increased intra-city solidarity - that’s the spirit! Thanks @ekrem_imamoglu for your vision and fraternity! 🤲🏻

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Briefly in Sarajevo on behalf of @b40_network to meet the amazing Mayor @BenjaminaKaric and her wonderful coalition team at city hall! 🇧🇦

From the scars of war in the 90’s , it has become the bustling center for arts, culture and Bosnian economy! 🚀

Ps. For film buffs, the Aug 16 Sarajevo Festival, is not to be missed! 🎞️📽️

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Thank you @KlostersForum🇨🇭for inviting me to share the story of renaissance in the @CityOfTirana - resilient cities don’t need to be rich and endowed, common sense and community involvement go a long way to inspire and implement change!

Tirana transitioned from hermit kingdom outpost, to thriving tourist craze metropolis! It can be replicated elsewhere with guts and creativity!

Thanks @steffivonmeiss for your service to cities and city-leaders!

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Loved hosting Robert Gorelick on his first visit to Tirana - once impenetrable from any foreign entity, it’s now the bustling capital of Albanians and the Western Balkans!

Truly enjoyed talking cold war and current affairs, as well as brainstorm ways to make Tirana the safest city in Europe! 🇦🇱🇺🇸🇮🇹

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Happy King’s Day to all our 🇬🇧 in Tirana and thanks @AlastairKS for your wonderful service to our countries - you will be dearly missed! 🇦🇱❤️🇬🇧

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

Please relax @BesaBesmira - we also do public candle march vigils for Easter and the largest Christmas fair in SE Europe - in that same boulevard and square! Have a blessed Sunday in whichever religion! Peace and love! ❤️

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

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Brief visit in Podgorica for the Balkan Tour of the @b40_network Presidency with our Council Chair @RominaKuko and wonderful Ambassador @ZhaklinaPeto ���

Loved seeing my friend Mayor @InjacOli and her new team pushing the city forward to modernize and prosper! 🇦🇱❤️🇲🇪

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

@ecoyuri @JapanGov It is always a delight to see my good friend @minoru_kiuchi - the chair of the Albanian-Japanese Friendship Committee! I look forward to more business, tourist and politcal exchanges between Tokyo and Tirana! 🇦🇱❤️🇯🇵

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

🇬🇧 It's always a delight meeting my good friend @ecoyuri Yuriko Koike - not only mayor of the world's largest city, Tokyo, but also a chief promoter of city innovation and cooperation as we witnessed during our 2019 earthquake reconstruction with @JapanGov support!

🇦🇱 Eshte gjithmone kenaqesi takimi me mikeshen e mire Yuriko Koike - jo vetem kryebashkiake e qytetit me te madh ne bote, Tokios, por dhe nje promotore e inovacionit dhe bashkepunimit sic e deshmuam gjate rindertimit pas termetit te 2019 me ekspertet japoneze!

🇯🇵 私の良き友人である小池百合子にお会いできるのはいつも嬉しいことです。小池百合子は世界最大の都市である東京の市長であるだけでなく、2019年の地震後の復興中に日本人と一緒に目撃したように、イノベーションと協力の推進者でもあります。専門家！

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

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Ready to start day-mission to Sofia as B40 President with our newly appointed ambo, the skilled @InidMilo 👍

On the agenda:

- meet 🇧🇬 mayors of @b40_network & new applicants

- visit with new and talented Mayor of Sofia @terziev

- meet 🇦🇱 community entrepreneurs/start-up scene

[Erion Veliaj #MedCapitalCulture2025 🇪🇺🇦🇱 @erionveliaj]

🇩🇪 Vizite e shpejte ne @hannover_messe - panairin me te madh te industrise ku @CityOfTirana promovon zonen e Ekonomike TEDA Kashar.

Por si fillim nje takim me legjendarin e @Hannover96, sipermarresin e @rossmann & menaxherin e talenteve, shokun e mire Altin Lala #NiemalsAllein

[OSCE Presence in Albania @OSCEinAlbania]

The @OSCEinAlbania condemns the acts of violence during today’s protest in front of Tirana’s Municipality. Peaceful protest is a legitimate democratic act, violence is not.

[OSCE Presence in Albania @OSCEinAlbania]

Prezenca e OSBE-së në Shqipëri dënon aktet e dhunës gjatë protestës së sotme përpara Bashkisë së Tiranës. Protesta paqësore është akt demokratik legjitim, dhuna jo.

[UK in Albania @UKinAlbania]

1/2 The scenes outside the Municipality of Tirana today and use of Molotov cocktails have no place in a democracy. The 🇬🇧 Embassy condemns the use of violence and acts of intimidation.

[EU in Albania @EUinAlbania]

Ne dënojmë fort dhunën gjatë protestës së sotme në qendër të Tiranës, gjatë së cilës u hodhën mjete piroteknike të improvizuara ndaj godinës së bashkisë. Akte të tilla nuk kanë vend në një shoqëri demokratike dhe nuk kanë të bëjnë me të drejtën legjitime për protestë paqësore.