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‘I’m very serious here’ – Alexander Isak faces calls for international ban amid Newcastle boycott
talkSPORT
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August 28, 2025
Alexander Isak should be blocked from representing Sweden in the international break after refusing to play for Newcastle. That's the opinion of talkSPORT's Andy Townsend, who has reacted to the news that Isak had been called up by his country. 4...
Kosovo parliament stalls over Serbian deputy speaker vote
Gazeta Tema
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August 28, 2025
PRISTINA, Aug 28 (TemA) – Kosovo’s new parliament failed again on Thursday to complete its constitution after lawmakers did not elect a deputy speaker from the Serbian community. Candidate Nenad Rashiq did not secure enough votes in the 59th...
EU halts meetings with Kosovo caretaker cabinet
Gazeta Tema
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August 28, 2025
PRISHTINA, Aug 28 (TemA) – The European Union will stop meeting Kosovo’s caretaker prime minister and ministers inside government offices until a new cabinet takes office. The Supreme Court struck down a Finance Ministry order on fiscal devices,...
Croatia detains military officer and Serbian girlfriend for suspected spying
The Globe and Mail
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August 28, 2025
Croatia has detained a military officer and his Serbian girlfriend on suspicion of espionage, a regional office of the state Attorney-General said on Thursday. It said prosecutors had opened an investigation into the couple but provided no details...
Vote for Serbian Deputy Speaker Blocks the Constitution of Kosovo’s Parliament
Euronews Albania
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August 28, 2025
Kosovo’s Members of Parliament convened on Thursday to finalize the constitution of the legislature with the election of the fifth and final deputy speaker, a representative of the Serbian community. However, the vote failed once again, prompting...
Croatia detains military officer and girlfriend for suspected spying
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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August 28, 2025
(Reuters) -Croatia has detained a military officer and his Serbian girlfriend on suspicion of espionage, a regional office of the state attorney general said on Thursday. It said prosecutors had opened an investigation into the couple but provided...
American Military Power and World Peace: A Strategic Paradox?
E-International Relations
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August 28, 2025
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has maintained an unparalleled global military posture, embodying what some analysts have called an “empire of bases” (Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire, 2004). With nearly 750 military facilities...
Istanbul's Gaza Conference explores global political support through diplomacy on day 7
Yeni Safak
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August 28, 2025
The seventh day of the eight-day Gaza Conference continued on Thursday on Democracy and Freedom Island in Istanbul, centering on strategies to secure political support for Gaza from both Muslim and non-Muslim governments. In the morning and midday...
International Humanitarian Law Under Strain: Reconciling Sovereignty, Neutrality, Duty to Protect
Morocco World News
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August 27, 2025
Positive international law is today in the grip of an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness, a phenomenon highlighted by King Mohammed VI in his speech at the opening of the 82nd session of the Institute of International Law, held...
‘Not There Yet’: Kosovo’s Long Quest to Break Parliament Deadlock Continues
Balkan Insight
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August 28, 2025
When 73 MPs voted for the election-winning Vetevendosje party’s candidate for parliamentary speaker, Dimal Basha, on Tuesday, many might have thought that Kosovo was now overcoming the political crisis that has held the country’s main institutions...
Albin Kurti and Kosovo locked in a deadly duel
Gazeta Tema
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August 27, 2025
Albin Kurti is entering a dangerous, yet inevitable battle over his future: the battle to subdue Kosovo. Blocking the establishment of the new parliament, then ending that blockade by electing a controversial figure like Dimal Basha as Speaker,...
Serbian List claims Kosovo blocks election bid
Gazeta Tema
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August 27, 2025
PRISHTINA, Aug 27 (TemA) – A Serbian List delegation met OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Christophe Kemp and the head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Gerard McCork on Wednesday, accusing the caretaker government of trying to block its...
Panthers team president leaves to become CEO of NBA, WNBA team
Yardbarker
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August 27, 2025
Florida Panthers’ team president and CEO Matthew Caldwell is set to leave the organization after 11 years to become the CEO of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx, per David Dwork of The Hockey News. The report was confirmed...
Croatian Pilot Leaked Information About NATO Actions in Kosovo to His Serbian Girlfriend
Militarnyi
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A spy scandal has erupted in Croatia involving a military pilot who served with the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. According to IndexHR, citing its sources, the pilot is suspected of passing classified information to his Serbian partner, who...
Armenia sends new peacekeeping contingent to Kosovo
Public Radio of Armenia
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August 27, 2025
Home | All news | Politics | Armenia sends new peacekeeping contingent to Kosovo Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché, COL Crowe, bid farewell to another contingent of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade deploying to Kosovo in support of...
Kosovo Gets Parliament Speaker but Political Stalemate Persists
Albanian Daily News
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After nearly seven months of political stalemate since the February 9 general election, Kosovo’s Assembly elected a new speaker on August 26. However, the constitutive session of the new parliament has still not been completed as MPs failed to...
Kosovo opens the door to a crisis ofe arly elections
Gazeta Tema
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August 26, 2025
What many might see as a solution to Kosovo’s institutional crisis is in fact the start of a deeper one: the failure to establish institutions after the elections and the path towards extraordinary elections, which must be held within 45 days once...
Kosovo elects parliament speaker to end 6-month deadlock, way for govt formation cleared
Firstpost
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August 26, 2025
Kosovo’s parliament has elected Dimal Basha as the speaker. The election has paved the way for the formation of government after a six-month deadlock. Kosovo’s parliament on Tuesday elected a new speaker, ending a six-month legislative crisis that...
Kosovo Elects Parliament Speaker, But Deadlock Continues
Balkan Insight
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August 26, 2025
Kosovo MPs vote for the speaker of parliament on August 26, 2025. Photo: BIRN. Dimal Basha, a Vetevendosje MP, was elected as Kosovo’s parliament speaker on Tuesday – but his election did not see the end of nearly five months of institutional...
Kosovo deadlock ends as lawmakers elect speaker
Gazeta Tema
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August 26, 2025
PRISHTINA, Aug 26 (TemA) – Kosovo’s months-long political deadlock ended on Tuesday as lawmakers elected Dimal Basha of Vetëvendosje as speaker of parliament, clearing the way for a new government. Basha secured 73 votes in favour, 30 against and...