Announcing Balkan FLOSStival 2020

We are super happy to introduce Balkan FLOSStival, our latest initiative to promote software freedom, open-source software, online privacy, open data and open knowledge in the region, even during the COVID-19 crisis. What is Balkan FLOSStival? Balkan FLOSStival… Read More

The Court of Justice of the European Union rules against American corporations

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that none of the American companies that store personal data of European Union citizens adhere to European rules and laws for the protection of… Read More

DigitalOcean is supporting us again!

For the 4th year in a row, DigitalOcean is supporting our efforts with free credits to host our infrastructure. As Open Source partisans that we are our entire online infrastructure is based in FLOSS software and we are… Read More

FLOSSK & Open Labs Webinars

As coronavirus happens the impact is being felt by everyone, and Open Source communities, despite the good spirit that characterizes them, are not being spared — but the show must go on! With both Open Source Conference Albania… Read More

Cancelling all activities during March-April

Given the news of the last few hours with the confirmation of the first two cases with CoronaVirus (COVID-19) in Albania, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection announces that all public or non-public activities, gatherings, conferences, concerts,… Read More

Announcing OSCAL 2020

We are delighted to announce that the next edition of Open Source Conference Albania is taking place in the warm city of Tirana on 16th & 17th of May 2020. If you are looking forward to spending a… Read More

Hack42 and Open Labs organize CryptoParty Tirana 2019

CryptoParty is a decentralized movement with events happening all over the world. The goal is to pass on knowledge about protecting yourself in the digital space. This can include encrypted communication, preventing being tracked while browsing the web,… Read More

Korca QR pedia project

Since the inception of our user group we were quite clear about the goals we had as a team: further enrichment of the SQ Wikipedia project with more material from GLAM institutions in Albania. It goes without saying… Read More

OpenStreetMap Mapathon

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. At Open Labs Hackerspace we have organized various events and mapathons to spread knowledge on this project, have worked together with Hackerspace members… Read More

OSCAL 2019, sixth edition is coming

Sixth edition of Open Source Conference Albania is only a few weeks away. On 18-19 May we will gather again to promote software freedom, opensource software, online privacy, free culture and open knowledge locally and in the region…. Read More