Paulin Kola

PhD International Relations. Author of The Search for Greater Albania. Journalist at BBC News. Views are mine.

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/C6WFZ2kekW

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

@hughesroland @HenriAstier I challenge you to give us antonymic combinations of the same

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

@HenriAstier C’est vrai. Son père est originaire des Arbëresh d’Italie - ce sont des albanais qui se sont y établis it y a plus de cinq siècles (qui largement et incroyablement parlent la langue maternelle).

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

‘At 6pm every evening the screen went blank’: the outlandish tale of the UK’s TV blackout

On Sundays, no children’s programmes were permitted between 2pm and 4pm, lest it prevent youngsters from studying the Bible.

https://t.co/9k5KJlrKz0

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

@JournoGenevieve @HenriAstier @BBCNewsWorId Withdrawal symptoms @HenriAstier ?

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

@HenriAstier @dianakola Just to the right of the conductor on the pic - first row @HenriAstier

[diana koçi kola @dianakola]

Moments of joy. ⁦

[Henri Astier @HenriAstier]

1/6 Recently @TheEconomist, which justly prides itself on the quality of its prose, hosted a webinar on style. https://t.co/LcXWyLugqp The digital editor, @AntonLaguardia, summarised the magazine's philosophy of language thus:

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

@HenriAstier @RightangledLtd Usually it takes two!

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All That’s Lost: The Hollowing of Summit Diplomacy in a Socially Distanced World https://t.co/Na1f2nm35p

[Tristen Naylor @TristenNaylor]

New paper in @Hague_Jour_Dipl examining the implications of international summits moving online in the #Covid era. https://t.co/JWeDuKCRpD
(Summary in thread)

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

Harrowing, unputdownable: American Dirt, by @jeaninecummins

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

Wonderful story @vickybaker

[Vicky Baker @vickybaker]

Jim Haynes opened his Paris home to anyone who wanted to come to dinner. Every Sunday for 40-plus yrs, until he was 87. And that's just part of his extraordinary life story. I wrote about the joy of being one of his many, many, many houseguests.
https://t.co/1Pbv3Uy0XD

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

How effective is a single vaccine dose against Covid-19? https://t.co/Vbb65JSHjz via @BBC_Future

[Ditmir Bushati @ditmirbushati]

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the student movement that led to the fall of communism in Albania. 8 December 1990 was the day that divided the past from the future! #NationalYouthDay 🇦🇱

[Hugh Pym @BBCHughPym]

Second patient to get the COVID jab at University Hospital Coventry - would you believe it....William Shakespeare from Warwickshire

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

So wonderful and so utterly moving.

[Nick Harvey @mrnickharvey]

Dad’s ability to improvise and compose beautiful melodies on the fly has always amazed me.

Tonight, I gave him four random notes as a starting point.

Although his dementia is getting worse, moments like this bring him back to me.

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

During?

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Going out to eat with members of your household this weekend? Don't forget to keep your mask on in between bites.

Do your part to keep those around you healthy. #SlowtheSpread

https://t.co/snYe5v55Rw

[Paulin Kola @kolap66]

Great read https://t.co/Wf7lvfQFRz

[European Parliament @Europarl_EN]

🇪🇺 United in Diversity: celebrate the European Day of Languages with the EU motto in all of the EU’s 24 official languages. 💬