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Kosovo, Albania report mixed results in peace index
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Kosovo and Albania saw slight drops in the 2025 Global Peace Index, ranking 63rd and 52nd respectively, the latest report from the Institute for Economics and Peace shows. Kosovo fell three spots, Albania six, as regional peace trends shifted...
Kosovo court gives MPs 30 days to pick speaker
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has ordered parliament to elect a speaker and five deputy speakers within 30 days, after weeks of deadlock. Lawmakers have held 37 sessions since April 15 without completing the leadership vote, following February’s...
Failed Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine Fails in Latest Trump Senate Plot
The Western Journal
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June 30, 2025
Failed 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine’s attempt to block President Donald Trump from seeking further military action in Iran has also failed. On Friday, the Senate blocked a war powers resolution that Kaine, a member of...
Indiana National Guard soldier earn combat patches for valor in Kosovo
1340 AM WBIW - Indiana
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June 30, 2025
EDINBURGH — More than 300 Hoosier Guardsmen from the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team received their coveted combat patches during a ceremony at Camp Atterbury on Wednesday, symbolizing their distinguished service in...
'Forging peace as we speak': Trump gets Netanyahu nod for Nobel
Sabah
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July 8, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, crediting him with advancing peace efforts in several regions. Netanyahu made the announcement at the start of a joint...
Kosovo businesses oppose power market shift
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Kosovo’s leading business organization has urged the government to delay a decision forcing local companies into the free electricity market, warning the move could trigger widespread economic disruption. The Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (OEK),...
Serbian protesters mark Vidovdan with calls to end president's 12-year rule
BNE Intellinews
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Tens of thousands of protesters, led by students and anti-corruption activists, flooded the streets of Belgrade on June 28, calling for snap parliamentary elections and an end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year rule. Gathering on Slavija...
COUNTERPOINT: Trump endangers US by ignoring rule of law
Standard Speaker - Pennsylvania
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June 30, 2025
Congressional approval for military engagement still matters. Here’s why. Last Saturday’s strike against Iran was perhaps the most consequential U.S. military action in the Middle East of the past decade. As it stands, early indications suggest...
Ex-Serbian FM urges Kosovo recognition, NATO path
Gazeta Tema
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June 29, 2025
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Drašković has called on Serbia to recognize the reality of Kosovo and support its membership in international bodies, including the Council of Europe and Interpol. In an interview with Montenegro’s Pobjeda...
President Trump says he has not ended the Russia-Ukraine war because Putin and Selenskyy are being difficult and resistant
Zambian Observer
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June 26, 2025
At a press briefing during the NATO summit in The Hague, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed his administration’s ongoing struggle to broker a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, admitting that negotiations have proven more challenging than...
Marta Kos: Serbian Authorities Should Listen to What Citizens Are Saying
Beta Briefing
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July 8, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 08.07.25 | access_time 16:33 Marta Kos (BETAPHOTO/European Commission/Xavier Lejeune) European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos on July 8 said that the protests seen taking place for months in Serbia...
Kosovo MFA: Successful Evacuation of Several Citizens from Israel Completed
Euronews Albania
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June 25, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Kosovo (MFA) announced on Wednesday that it had successfully completed the evacuation of several Kosovar citizens from Israel during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel. The ministry stated that...
Kosovo civil society protests parliamentary deadlock
Gazeta Tema
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June 25, 2025
Civil society groups held a protest outside Kosovo’s parliament on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to end a four-month political stalemate and convene the newly elected legislature. Demonstrators carried signs reading “Chairs are for work, not...
Diamant Hysenaj, GOP businessman and immigrant from Kosovo, to challenge AOC
New York Post
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June 29, 2025
A Republican city real-estate developer says his experience with war in his native Kosovo will help him topple Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I came here as a young kid and had to make my way in a tough neighborhood in The...
Trump: Serbia Was Getting Ready for a New War Against Kosovo This Year, We Prevented the Conflict
Beta Briefing
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June 29, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 29.06.25 | access_time 22:22 Donald Trump (Beta/AP PHOTO) U.S. President Donald Trump recently said that Serbia had this year been preparing to wage a new war against Kosovo, but that his administration had prevented...
Serbian students issue ultimatum: elections or civil disobedience
BNE Intellinews
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A coalition of student protesters in Serbia has issued an ultimatum to the government, demanding snap parliamentary elections or warning of widespread civil disobedience. The ultimatum comes ahead of a major demonstration scheduled for Saturday in...
Another Attempt to Constitute Kosovo’s Assembly Fails
Euronews Albania
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June 29, 2025
Kosovo’s deputies have, for the 38th time, failed to constitute the Assembly, after disagreements arose over forming a commission to conduct a secret ballot vote for the Speaker of Parliament candidate, Albulena Haxhiu. There were 95 deputies...
Presidents of both parties have launched military action without Congress declaring war
MinnPost - Minnesota
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June 25, 2025
Cityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, transportation, planning and more in his column delivered to your inbox weekly. In the wake of the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22, 2025, many...
BALKAN BLOG: Western Balkans military build-up continues as the world looks elsewhere
BNE Intellinews
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As the world’s attention remains focused on the wars in Ukraine and, more recently, the Middle East, several countries in the Western Balkans are ramping up their military capacities. This build-up is not a sudden reaction but part of a...
Serbia: Police clash with anti-government protesters
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 29, 2025
By Associated Press (CNN) — Belgrade (Associated Press) — Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in Belgrade against Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, was...