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		<title>Best Practice Award 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kushtrim Xhakli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During ECDL Foundation CEO Summit in Vienna which was held during 23-25 October 2008, a special award was granted to trajnimi.com national portal, which has adopted ECDL as a standard for ICT education and as a means to increase employability in Kosovo.
Award was given from Jim Friars, Chairman of ECDL Foundation to Kushtrim Xhakli representative [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During <a href="http://www.ecdl.org">ECDL Foundation</a> CEO Summit in Vienna which was held during 23-25 October 2008, a special award was granted to <a href="http://www.trajnimi.com">trajnimi.com</a> national portal, which has adopted ECDL as a standard for ICT education and as a means to increase employability in Kosovo.<br />
Award was given from Jim Friars, Chairman of ECDL Foundation to Kushtrim Xhakli representative of the portal which was launched in 2007 and had a major success on advancing the IT skills based education in Kosovo.</p>
<div id="attachment_489" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 485px"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/13423523@N03/page3/"><img class="size-full wp-image-489" title="ECDL Foundation CEO Summit Vienna, 23-25 October 2008" src="http://www.xhakli.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/dsc01338.jpg" alt="" width="475" height="244" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Speaking at ECDL Foundation CEO Summit Vienna, 23-25 October 2008</p></div>
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		<title>Varavingo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kushtrim Xhakli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Varavingo është një rrjet social eksluziv në rritje për vetëm studentët, individët dhe shoqërinë shqipëtare në internet. Varavingo lejon që ju ti gjeni ish kolegët miqtë, të krijoni kontakte te reja, të njoftoni me më të rejat në aspektin lokal ku jetoni dhe mundësi ti shkëmbeni fotografitë me komunitetin qe ju rrethon.
Varavingo.com ndihmon personave që [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.xhakli.com/wp-content/themes/tma/images/latest/kvnetproject2.jpg" alt="" align="left" />Varavingo është një rrjet social eksluziv në rritje për vetëm studentët, individët dhe shoqërinë shqipëtare në internet. Varavingo lejon që ju ti gjeni ish kolegët miqtë, të krijoni kontakte te reja, të njoftoni me më të rejat në aspektin lokal ku jetoni dhe mundësi ti shkëmbeni fotografitë me komunitetin qe ju rrethon.</p>
<p>Varavingo.com ndihmon personave që të krijojnë kontakte, miqësi, takojnë miqtë e vjetër, dhe të ri. Mësojnë se c’bëjnë miqtë natë e ditë në varavingo! dhe mundësinë e shfletimit të fotografive interesante nga komunitetet. Mbi te gjitha mundesinë e lidhjes së anëtarëve ndërmjet universitetetve dhe shkollave te mesme ne gjithë trevat shqiptare, Kosovë, Shqipëri dhe Maqedoni.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.varavingo.com"><strong><br />
Bonu Interesant: VARAVINGO</strong></a></p>
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		<title>Economist: The world&#8217;s newest state</title>
		<link>http://www.xhakli.com/2008/03/01/economist-the-worlds-newest-state.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kushtrim Xhakli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Its declaration of independence is the start of another chapter, not of a new book, says The Economist quoting my comment about technology opportunities in Kosovo.
 Kushtrim Xhakli, an internet entrepreneur, says the problem lies deeper: stick-in-the-mud thinking and no tradition of letting private companies get larger than one family can control. “They are frightened [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10727947" title="The Economist:The world’s newest state, Kosovo"><img src="http://www.xhakli.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/economist_kosovo_08.thumbnail.jpg" alt="economist The world’s newest state kosovo kushtrim xhakli" align="left" border="0" height="99" width="75" /></a>Its declaration of independence is the start of another chapter, not of a new book, says The Economist <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10727947">quoting my comment about technology opportunities in Kosovo.</a></p>
<blockquote><p> <em>Kushtrim Xhakli, an internet entrepreneur, says the problem lies deeper: stick-in-the-mud thinking and no tradition of letting private companies get larger than one family can control. “They are frightened of modern technology and losing control,” he says.</em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>South East Europe Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.xhakli.com/2007/04/03/south-east-europe-technology.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kushtrim Xhakli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I did a small research on the The Networked Readiness Index Rankings to see where does south east European countries are indexed on using technology. The report was delivered lately by World Economic Forum judging countries who integrated technology into business and helped developed an infrastructure on their countries, usage of technology in innovation, culture [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.weforum.org/fweblive/groups/public/documents/wef_media/gitr_2007_cover_image.jpg" alt="WEF" align="left" width="77" />I did a small research on the <strong>The Networked Readiness Index Rankings</strong> to see where does south east European countries are indexed on using technology. The report was delivered lately by <a href="http://www.weforum.org/">World Economic Forum</a> judging countries who integrated technology into business and helped developed an infrastructure on their countries, usage of technology in innovation, culture and leadership.</p>
<p><strong>The Networked Readiness Index 2006–2007 rankings</strong><br />
Here is the 2006-2007 top-10 technology countries: (2005 ranking)<br />
1: <strong>Denmark </strong>(3)<br />
2: <strong>Sweden </strong>(8)<br />
3: <strong>Singapore </strong>(2)<br />
4: <strong>Finland </strong>(5)<br />
5: <strong>Switzerland </strong>(9)<br />
6: <strong>Netherlands </strong>(12)<br />
7: <strong>US </strong>(1)<br />
8: <strong>Iceland </strong>(4)<br />
9: <strong>UK </strong>(10)<br />
10: <strong>Norway </strong>(13)</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
South East European Countries:<br />
30. <strong>Slovenia </strong>(35)<br />
46. <strong>Croatia </strong>(57)<br />
55. <strong>Romania </strong>(58)<br />
72. <strong>Bulgaria </strong>(64)<br />
74. <strong>Serbia and Montenegro</strong> (80)<br />
81. <strong>Macedonia </strong>(81)<br />
89. <strong>Bosnia and Herzegovina</strong> (97)<br />
92. <strong>Moldova </strong>(94)<br />
107. <strong>Albania </strong>(106)<br />
*<strong>Kosovo </strong>is not included separately in the statistics</p>
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		<title>Albania: Saranda, Ksamil, Corfu Channel</title>
		<link>http://www.xhakli.com/2005/08/07/albania-saranda-ksamil-corfu-channel.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kushtrim Xhakli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I got back this week from Albania where I decided to spent some time there for my vacation. I haven’t been in Albania since 2001 and I expected to see new things there and I was quite good surprised with their latest development. We went to visit beautiful Saranda a place in Ionian Sea, Ksamil [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got back this week from Albania where I decided to spent some time there for my vacation. I haven’t been in Albania since 2001 and I expected to see new things there and I was quite good surprised with their latest development. We went to visit beautiful Saranda a place in Ionian Sea, Ksamil Islands and Corfu Channel. Since Albania had elections in 3rd of July there weren’t too many people there, so the place was quiet and wonderful.</p>
<p>We went to visit also some historical places located near by such as old city Butrint, and other tourist places. When you take vacation then you realize how nice is to have that. We spent wonderful time enjoying all the best things and bugs that Albania has. On the way to Tirana from Prishtina after we passed the Macedonian border, after 5 KM Macedonian police stopped us, it was around 05:30 AM and he warned us that we were going to fast in fact we were driving fast but we were smiling from ear to ear and saying the only word we knew in Macedonian “Izvini” which means “Sorry”. When he saw that we are not trying to hide and to defend our self but we accepted the fault and didn’t care at all, he released us but he still was thinking to charge us but this time we were lucky</p>
<p>In Qafe Thane (Mac-Alb) border we have been waiting for an hour to get in, and Macedonian border police didn’t request any document from us they let us go and in Albanian border where it was almost the same, but we had to wait a bit. After we got in it took us 2-3 hours to arrive to Durres. The most annoying thing was that road signs don’t shows the exact number of kilometers so we were fooled for 40 KM.</p>
<p>We stopped in Adriatic Sea and in afternoon we went to Tirana, cause in the midnight we had to go to Mother Teresa Airport to pick up our special friends who came from abroad. So all four of us departed with my friend’s car (Jeton) toward Saranda coast, our Golf II car didn’t stopped at any time and the best driver Jeton drove so quickly so we arrived in Saranda in afternoon.</p>
<p>I was assigned to go and search for place, we met one guy who offered us a house to rent but the house looked nice but not great. I was insisting not to take that since I didn’t like it at all. Then we were searching for one hour for other places and couldn’t find any good one. Everyone was blaming me for decision I did not to take the first offer, so just by chance I went to ask in one hotel about the prices and accommodation. The lady of hotel in the beginning offered me 35 euro for a room, and after I managed to communicate with her pretending that its heavy expensive and in the mean time applauding her for the place she has we agreed for 22.5 euro a night, I went down and called my friend and I told him to fight for 20 euro for a night and later I will join him since I promised the lady that I’m going to try to convince my friends to take 2 rooms with her price, so later I joined my friend fighting for the last price. I like this way of communication, not because I was looking for cheap price but I wanted to win the battle.</p>
<p>I told to the lady whom later I gave her new name as “spy lady” that for 25 euors you are loosing 400 euros, not mentioning the other 25 of Jeton, and she agreed and we took 2 rooms with sea view in the most wonderful place for only 400 euros for 10 days, trust me in Tirana was more expensive than in Saranda. The room had everything, air conditioner, tv, “good shower” and everything we needed. The lady from hotel was monitoring every single move we did, she spent her day in balcony spying and checking. She could work for police and get more.</p>
<p>Then day by day we went also to Ksamil Islands, and after few days to Corfu Channel and in Butrint. The Ionian Sea was perfect, clean and non visited place, so we could stop in any place we wanted. We also really enjoyed the food I can say, but there is a need to train better the waiters, I remember one of us asked, “What does the fish contains” the waiter responded “Fish”. There is more need of costumer and tourist care, but compare to last year’s my vacation in Turkey, Albania was perfect. People of Saranda are nice and they don’t try to cut you in price and steal.</p>
<p>After 10 wonderful days we spent in Saranda, we got back to Tirana and we stopped in Durres again on the way back, Durres was full of people, full of kids, I was wondering that there were more people swimming rather than staying in beach. We couldn’t survive that mess and we went back to Tirana to spend the afternoon there.<br />
We had dinner and coffes in Sky Tower of Tirana, and in the midnight we had to go to Airport to send our special friends back, they flew at 05:00 AM and we got back to our new rented apartment in 05:30.</p>
<p>Exactly in 06:00 AM one constructing company started to work in one huge building in front our place, there was too much noise so we only slept 3 hours and woke up to drive back to Kosova. We went through same way back with good memories we had. On the way back we didn’t had any problem so we arrived safe.</p>
<p>On the way back stopped in Struga (Macedonia) to have some drinks, and it was such an annoying thing because the waiter didn’t want to accept Euros at all, and for 100 Denars (1.6 Euro) we had to go and search for exchange money offices and change them into Denars so we could pay, even we had 2 Euros as a coins. Since a friend went to change the money I was teasing the waiter asking him if I could pay with my Master Card, If I could pay with my mobile credit I have but they all envied me, I wanted to show how bad I am sometimes.</p>
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		<title>Panda Akimbo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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A little marketing for my friends!
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A little marketing for my friends!</p>
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		<title>Sensational Discovery of Iliro Albanians</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author of this story Rexh Xhakli has assured articles from the library of Columbia University. Casually in one of the regions of Pakistan there is an discovery that can change fundamentally our national history. The discovery is about Iliro - Albanian population hold over from time of &#8220;Lekes se Madh&#8221; (Great Leka).
I became a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The author of this story Rexh Xhakli has assured articles from the library of Columbia University. Casually in one of the regions of Pakistan there is an discovery that can change fundamentally our national history. The discovery is about Iliro - Albanian population hold over from time of &#8220;Lekes se Madh&#8221; (Great Leka).</p></blockquote>
<p>I became a friend of the Church&#8217;s Council and after some days one of the church advisor&#8217;s called çiko phones me to let me know about their difficult position. During the conversation he told me that he found that I was interested about the history of Albanians and he wanted to show me what his father or his grandfather had told him.</p>
<p>He told to me that his father had graduated at the Cairo University and as a student he went for a walk together with an Albanian student. A student of another nationality joined them too, their friend. While, they were walking they spoke in Arabic language. When they had to talk about something that was secret they spoke in Albanian in order not to be understood by their friend.</p>
<p>Their friend kept quiet and when they finished the conversation he told them that he understood everything, and that he speaks that language too. Two Albanian students remained amazed and asked him why he didn&#8217;t tell what he had studied Albanian language. He swore that he had never studied Albanian, but that language was spoken in his birthplace.</p>
<p>They told him how could be spoken the Albanian language there; that he came from the cursed devil in Pakistan near India. He explained them that his country was called Burria (men)(Burushu) and surely all of them were burria (men-soldiers) of Alexander the Great. The two Albanian stubborn students didn&#8217;t believe to him. The boy became nervous because they called him a liar. He wrote to his father that when he will buy him the ticket for summer holidays he wanted to take two of his friends from the university who were speaking Albanian language. So, two Albanians went on summer holidays together with their friend in the place called Burria and when they arrived there they remained senseless when they realized that they were speaking Albanian Language (surely in dialect).</p>
<p>The boy&#8217;s father since he was the Governor of Burria accepted them with a lot of pleasure and explained to them many interesting things and told to them that beyond the mountains on the Indian part live our people in a place calls Kaushet (Qaushet).<br />
I think that they didn&#8217;t settle there after the murder of Achilles(Cleats), but they remained there when Alexander the Great decided to come back from India to Babylon and older soldiers who were Phillip&#8217;s soldiers, before leaving he asked them to go through Hindu Kush, an easier way for older people.</p>
<p>Whereas he left himself, Petale, India, through the desert of Makran, a very difficult and dangerous road. Whereas half of the army leaded by Narkos was asked by him to go through the Indian Ocean, thinking that he will be connected with Nile and will come out in the Mediterranean Sea. I think that those who were sent through Hindi Kush about six thousand soldiers stopped in actual Burria. But, it is not sure yet because Alexander in order to protect the rear of the supplies he left many of his soldiers as in Baktria and in any other fortress. Burushu could be any of those soldiers.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold">Common mistake </span><br />
Whereas in 1990, in a cocktail in Washington it was my honor to have a long conversation with the Pakistani&#8217;s ambassador in Washington and I asked him: &#8220;Tell me does it look like that the family Buta seems to be with European face that it is whiter from other Pakistanis&#8221;. He told me that they are Greeks and remained there after Alexander, they even have the monument of Alexander the Great in their town and that they are called Pashtun-Pashto-Invader(Pushtues-Albanian).</p>
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