Drilon S. Gashi
@drilonsgashi.bsky.social
Chief of Mission of the Consulate General of Kosova in Warsaw. / Szef Misji Konsulatu Generalnego Kosowa w Warszawie. 🇽🇰🇵🇱
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Drilon S. Gashi
@drilonsgashi.bsky.social
· Jul 18
This week I organized a farewell lunch for my dear colleague & friend 🇦🇹 Ambassador @andreasstadler.bsky.social who is concluding his mandate in Poland. Joined by 🇵🇱 Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister #MoscickaDendys, Senate EU Affairs Chairman #TomaszGrodzki, & Ambassadors from 🇫🇷, 🇺🇸, 🇭🇷, & 🇲🇪, /1
At #IgrzyskaWolności #FreedomGames look out for “Strength Through Peace: Can the World Still Learn from Solidarity and Peace Movements”, featuring #AdamMichnik, @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social , and Veton Surroi of Kosova, moderated by @bart-wielinski.bsky.social. 🇵🇱💡🇽🇰
📆 26 Oct
⏰ 10:00
📍 Łódż Expo Center
📆 26 Oct
⏰ 10:00
📍 Łódż Expo Center
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
At #IgrzyskaWolności #FreedomGames look out for “Strength Through Peace: Can the World Still Learn from Solidarity and Peace Movements”, featuring #AdamMichnik, @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social , and Veton Surroi of Kosova, moderated by @bart-wielinski.bsky.social. 🇵🇱💡🇽🇰
📆 26 Oct
⏰ 10:00
📍 Łódż Expo Center
📆 26 Oct
⏰ 10:00
📍 Łódż Expo Center
🇽🇰🎼🇵🇱 I was honored to meet new Filharmonia Naradowa Director Zofia Zembrzuska, the first woman to lead the Philharmonic. We discussed cooperation & potential joint projects both in Warsaw & Prishtina; I wished the Director great success in her new role. Dziękuję za gościnność, Szanowna Pani Dyrektor!
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🇽🇰🎼🇵🇱 I was honored to meet new Filharmonia Naradowa Director Zofia Zembrzuska, the first woman to lead the Philharmonic. We discussed cooperation & potential joint projects both in Warsaw & Prishtina; I wished the Director great success in her new role. Dziękuję za gościnność, Szanowna Pani Dyrektor!
🇽🇰 Go “Kosova Cyber Team”! This week a cybersecurity team from 🇽🇰 led by University of Prishtina Professor Dr. Blerim Rexha is in Warsaw to take part in the European Cybersecurity Championship. I visited w/ the team, expressed pride in all the young men and women competing & wished them great success!
October 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🇽🇰 Go “Kosova Cyber Team”! This week a cybersecurity team from 🇽🇰 led by University of Prishtina Professor Dr. Blerim Rexha is in Warsaw to take part in the European Cybersecurity Championship. I visited w/ the team, expressed pride in all the young men and women competing & wished them great success!
I extended a warm welcome today to my dear colleague and friend, Ambassador Haughey (@ieambpoland.bsky.social) of Ireland. We had a wide-ranging conversation including on our joint commitment to active public and digital diplomacy. 1/
September 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I extended a warm welcome today to my dear colleague and friend, Ambassador Haughey (@ieambpoland.bsky.social) of Ireland. We had a wide-ranging conversation including on our joint commitment to active public and digital diplomacy. 1/
I just came from a substantive meeting w/ Szymon Wojtasik, Deputy Director of Enlargement Policy & Eastern Neighborhood at @polandmfa.bsky.social. It’s a pleasure to work w/ the Deputy Director & MFA to support current & foster new cooperation initiatives. Dziękuję za gościnność, drogi Szymonie!
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I just came from a substantive meeting w/ Szymon Wojtasik, Deputy Director of Enlargement Policy & Eastern Neighborhood at @polandmfa.bsky.social. It’s a pleasure to work w/ the Deputy Director & MFA to support current & foster new cooperation initiatives. Dziękuję za gościnność, drogi Szymonie!
It’s always great to visit @wyborcza.pl & see Deputy Editor-in-Chief @bart-wielinski.bsky.social, this time as part of an important CoE study visit by 🇽🇰,🇵🇱,🇺🇦, &🇲🇪 on Legislation to Counter SLAPPS, Judicial Reforms in Media Freedom, & Freedom of Expression. /1
September 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It’s always great to visit @wyborcza.pl & see Deputy Editor-in-Chief @bart-wielinski.bsky.social, this time as part of an important CoE study visit by 🇽🇰,🇵🇱,🇺🇦, &🇲🇪 on Legislation to Counter SLAPPS, Judicial Reforms in Media Freedom, & Freedom of Expression. /1
It was a great pleasure and privilege to receive an update on global political, business, and social issues from the @impactcee.bsky.social World Update in Warsaw. There I met friends of Kosova and made new ones. 1/
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It was a great pleasure and privilege to receive an update on global political, business, and social issues from the @impactcee.bsky.social World Update in Warsaw. There I met friends of Kosova and made new ones. 1/
🇽🇰🎹🎓🇵🇱 This week I had the great pleasure of meeting the Rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Dr. Tomasz Strahl. UMFC has a 215-year history, and its founding coincides with the birth of the Romantic composer and pianist Fryderyk Chopin, the national icon of Poland and of world music. 1/
September 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🇽🇰🎹🎓🇵🇱 This week I had the great pleasure of meeting the Rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Dr. Tomasz Strahl. UMFC has a 215-year history, and its founding coincides with the birth of the Romantic composer and pianist Fryderyk Chopin, the national icon of Poland and of world music. 1/
🇽🇰🎼🇵🇱 Maestro, world-renowned Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and his student, acclaimed Kosovar composer Mendi Mengjiqi: a bond that forms a #foundationstone for Kosova–Poland relations 1/
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🇽🇰🎼🇵🇱 Maestro, world-renowned Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and his student, acclaimed Kosovar composer Mendi Mengjiqi: a bond that forms a #foundationstone for Kosova–Poland relations 1/
🇵🇱🏀 Congratulations to #Poland for their strong game and win over Slovenia in their first game for FIBA EuroBasket 2025. Gratulacje, Polsko! 📸 @tvpworld.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🇵🇱🏀 Congratulations to #Poland for their strong game and win over Slovenia in their first game for FIBA EuroBasket 2025. Gratulacje, Polsko! 📸 @tvpworld.bsky.social
🇽🇰✈️🇵🇱 Today I had the pleasure to meet LOT Polish Airlines Director Robert Ludera & discuss establishing new direct flight connections btw #Prishtina & #Warsaw. As LOT is growing in Central & Eastern Europe & beyond, so too is Prishtina Int’l Airport, 1/
August 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🇽🇰✈️🇵🇱 Today I had the pleasure to meet LOT Polish Airlines Director Robert Ludera & discuss establishing new direct flight connections btw #Prishtina & #Warsaw. As LOT is growing in Central & Eastern Europe & beyond, so too is Prishtina Int’l Airport, 1/
Kosova-Poland trade ties are intensifying, and the opportunities for broader economic and investment cooperation are growing—I was honored to discuss this today with Vice Minister Michał Baranowski of the Ministry of Development and Technology. Looking forward to the next steps! 🇽🇰🤝🇵🇱📈🚀
August 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Kosova-Poland trade ties are intensifying, and the opportunities for broader economic and investment cooperation are growing—I was honored to discuss this today with Vice Minister Michał Baranowski of the Ministry of Development and Technology. Looking forward to the next steps! 🇽🇰🤝🇵🇱📈🚀
🇽🇰⚽️🇵🇱 Kosova in Polonia. Together with my colleague Visar Rrecaj, we came to support Polonia Warszawa and their player from Kosova #HajdinSalihu. Good luck to Polonia and Din Salihu! | #KosovainPoland
August 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🇽🇰⚽️🇵🇱 Kosova in Polonia. Together with my colleague Visar Rrecaj, we came to support Polonia Warszawa and their player from Kosova #HajdinSalihu. Good luck to Polonia and Din Salihu! | #KosovainPoland
Mission sweet Mission. Great to be back in Warsaw at #KosovainPoland. Let’s get to work! 🇽🇰🇵🇱
August 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Mission sweet Mission. Great to be back in Warsaw at #KosovainPoland. Let’s get to work! 🇽🇰🇵🇱
“Shtëpia e shqiptarit është e Zotit dhe e mikut.”
—Prince Lekë Dukagjini
Lekë Dukagjini was 15th century prince and nobleman presiding over western Kosova and northern Albania.
—Prince Lekë Dukagjini
Lekë Dukagjini was 15th century prince and nobleman presiding over western Kosova and northern Albania.
August 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Shtëpia e shqiptarit është e Zotit dhe e mikut.”
—Prince Lekë Dukagjini
Lekë Dukagjini was 15th century prince and nobleman presiding over western Kosova and northern Albania.
—Prince Lekë Dukagjini
Lekë Dukagjini was 15th century prince and nobleman presiding over western Kosova and northern Albania.
Fadil Vokrri. A legend of Kosovar football, and a top flight diplomat. #FalemnderitFadilVokrri
August 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fadil Vokrri. A legend of Kosovar football, and a top flight diplomat. #FalemnderitFadilVokrri
@impactcee.bsky.social
—founders and leaders Krystian Wolak, Joanna Kasprowicz, and Marta Liberska—are in #Prishtina, #Kosova! Tonight we were honored to meet and greet President Vjosa Osmani at her great event for Albanian and Kosova diaspora abroad… 1/
—founders and leaders Krystian Wolak, Joanna Kasprowicz, and Marta Liberska—are in #Prishtina, #Kosova! Tonight we were honored to meet and greet President Vjosa Osmani at her great event for Albanian and Kosova diaspora abroad… 1/
July 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
@impactcee.bsky.social
—founders and leaders Krystian Wolak, Joanna Kasprowicz, and Marta Liberska—are in #Prishtina, #Kosova! Tonight we were honored to meet and greet President Vjosa Osmani at her great event for Albanian and Kosova diaspora abroad… 1/
—founders and leaders Krystian Wolak, Joanna Kasprowicz, and Marta Liberska—are in #Prishtina, #Kosova! Tonight we were honored to meet and greet President Vjosa Osmani at her great event for Albanian and Kosova diaspora abroad… 1/
Chief of Mission of Kosova IOM, Anna Rostocka of 🇵🇱, is on RTK’s “#MirëmëngjesiKosovë” (Good morning Kosova 🇽🇰) morning program speaking on the Int’l Day Against Human Trafficking. I appreciate Ms. Rostocka’s great experience at IOM, both in Poland and Kosova. 1/
July 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Chief of Mission of Kosova IOM, Anna Rostocka of 🇵🇱, is on RTK’s “#MirëmëngjesiKosovë” (Good morning Kosova 🇽🇰) morning program speaking on the Int’l Day Against Human Trafficking. I appreciate Ms. Rostocka’s great experience at IOM, both in Poland and Kosova. 1/
#MariaSkłodowskaCurie was a remarkable woman. From #Poland she became naturalized as French and the world’s foremost physicist and chemist—and to this day the only person (man or woman) to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines (physics and chemistry). 1/
July 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#MariaSkłodowskaCurie was a remarkable woman. From #Poland she became naturalized as French and the world’s foremost physicist and chemist—and to this day the only person (man or woman) to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines (physics and chemistry). 1/
Kraków is a special city & Międzynarodowe Centrum Kultury is a special cultural institution for Kraków, #Poland, & beyond. So I was particularly happy to visit MCK Kraków & meet Director Dr. #AgataWąsowskaPawlik & Deputy Director Marzena Daszewska, accompanied by OSW Balkans specialist Marta Szpala.
July 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Kraków is a special city & Międzynarodowe Centrum Kultury is a special cultural institution for Kraków, #Poland, & beyond. So I was particularly happy to visit MCK Kraków & meet Director Dr. #AgataWąsowskaPawlik & Deputy Director Marzena Daszewska, accompanied by OSW Balkans specialist Marta Szpala.
Congratulations to new Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs @radek-sikorski.bsky.social & to all taking on new roles in the government. #Kosova looks forward to continuing to build strong relations w/ @polandmfa.bsky.social & all Ministries of the Government of the Republic of #Poland.
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Congratulations to new Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs @radek-sikorski.bsky.social & to all taking on new roles in the government. #Kosova looks forward to continuing to build strong relations w/ @polandmfa.bsky.social & all Ministries of the Government of the Republic of #Poland.
🌃 From 🇽🇰’s Liri, Pavarësi (Freedom, Independence) in Warsaw to 🇵🇱’s Solidarność (Solidarity) in Prishtina. Greetings from #Kosova’s capital—in the summertime it’s *the city that hardly sleeps*!
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🌃 From 🇽🇰’s Liri, Pavarësi (Freedom, Independence) in Warsaw to 🇵🇱’s Solidarność (Solidarity) in Prishtina. Greetings from #Kosova’s capital—in the summertime it’s *the city that hardly sleeps*!
Farewells are definitely not the best part of this job, but my cooperation and friendship with Ambassador Juris Poikāns of Latvia will definitely stay strong. Ambassador Poikāns, the first-ever Ambassador of Latvia to Kosova…1/
July 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Farewells are definitely not the best part of this job, but my cooperation and friendship with Ambassador Juris Poikāns of Latvia will definitely stay strong. Ambassador Poikāns, the first-ever Ambassador of Latvia to Kosova…1/
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Dear Drilon, thank you for your initiative and also please accept my admiration for your successful diplomacy!
It’s not easy for an ambassador of a small and new country 🇽🇰 to attract a 🇵🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and some leading 🇪🇺colleagues and the 🇺🇸 US CdA!
You made it possible!!!
👏👏👏
It’s not easy for an ambassador of a small and new country 🇽🇰 to attract a 🇵🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and some leading 🇪🇺colleagues and the 🇺🇸 US CdA!
You made it possible!!!
👏👏👏
July 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Dear Drilon, thank you for your initiative and also please accept my admiration for your successful diplomacy!
It’s not easy for an ambassador of a small and new country 🇽🇰 to attract a 🇵🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and some leading 🇪🇺colleagues and the 🇺🇸 US CdA!
You made it possible!!!
👏👏👏
It’s not easy for an ambassador of a small and new country 🇽🇰 to attract a 🇵🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and some leading 🇪🇺colleagues and the 🇺🇸 US CdA!
You made it possible!!!
👏👏👏
This week I organized a farewell lunch for my dear colleague & friend 🇦🇹 Ambassador @andreasstadler.bsky.social who is concluding his mandate in Poland. Joined by 🇵🇱 Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister #MoscickaDendys, Senate EU Affairs Chairman #TomaszGrodzki, & Ambassadors from 🇫🇷, 🇺🇸, 🇭🇷, & 🇲🇪, /1
July 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This week I organized a farewell lunch for my dear colleague & friend 🇦🇹 Ambassador @andreasstadler.bsky.social who is concluding his mandate in Poland. Joined by 🇵🇱 Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister #MoscickaDendys, Senate EU Affairs Chairman #TomaszGrodzki, & Ambassadors from 🇫🇷, 🇺🇸, 🇭🇷, & 🇲🇪, /1