At the invitation of the Academy of Sciences, Prof. Albert Hafner presented research on transhumance in the Swiss Bernese Alps, connecting them to new discoveries from the EXPLO project in Albania. Further, Prof. Marie Besse from the University of Geneva, along with her doctoral students Kaltrina Igrishta and Lekë Shala, Prof. Albert Hafner, University of Bern and Prof. Michael Galaty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, were received by the Mayor of Pristina, who presented them with a certificate of recognition for their contributions.