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Parliament Deadlocked, Critics Question Legality of Kosovo Govt Decisions
Balkan Insight
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June 26, 2025
After lawmakers in Kosovo failed this week for the 36th time to constitute the country’s new parliament, Albin Kurti joked with journalists. “Every democratic opposition tries to shorten the government’s mandate,” he said. “The exception is the...
Kosovo to end in-person overseas voting for local elections
Gazeta Tema
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June 19, 2025
Kosovo will eliminate in-person voting at embassies for its October 12 local elections—diaspora voters must now vote by mail only. For national parliamentary elections, Kosovo citizens abroad could vote in person at diplomatic missions. That...
Kosovo Government Plans to Build Two New Bridges over the Ibar River
Euronews Albania
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June 19, 2025
The acting Government of Kosovo has announced plans to build two new bridges on either side of the main bridge over the Ibar River, connecting the predominantly Serb-populated North Mitrovica with the predominantly Albanian-populated South...
C of E prepares spiritual response to war as UK military warns of rising threat
The Guardian
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June 26, 2025
The Church of England is considering how it could offer spiritual comfort and leadership to a nation at war as the world faces mounting conflict. Rev Hugh Nelson, the C of E’s bishop to the armed forces, said military personnel had been warning...
Kosovo's Kurti brands MPs ‘nomads’ as deadlock drags
Gazeta Tema
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June 19, 2025
Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti has accused opposition lawmakers of blocking Kosovo’s parliament, calling them “nomads” after the 34th failed attempt to elect a speaker. “They attend but don’t vote. I don’t know why they come,” Kurti said...
New Kosovo Serb Party Formed, Says Will Run in Upcoming Local Elections
Beta Briefing
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June 25, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 25.06.25 | access_time 12:18 Local elections, Kosovska Mitrovica, April 23 2023 (BETAPHOTO/SASA DJORDJEVIC) A new Kosovo Serb political party, the Kosovo Alliance, has held the first session of its Executive...
Petkovic, Srpska lista representatives discuss situation in Kosovo-Metohija
Tanjug
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June 25, 2025
RASKA - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic held a working meeting with Srpska lista representatives in Raska, central Serbia, on Wednesday to discuss the political and security situation in the Autonomous...
Delegacija Srpske liste na sastanku sa Jenčom ukazala na dramatično težak položaj Srba na KiM
Tanjug
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July 8, 2025
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Delegacija Srpske liste, predvođena predsednikom Zlatanom Elekom, sastala se danas sa Miroslavom Jenčom, pomoćnikom generalnog sekretara Ujedinjenih nacija za Evropu, Centralnu Aziju i Amerike i ukazala mu na dramatično težak...
Court ruling brings risk of reversal of power market liberalization in Kosovo*
Balkan Green Energy News
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June 25, 2025
Two old coal-fired power plants in Kosovo* account for 92% of domestic production, which is the highest level in the world. Outages often prompt expensive emergency imports of electricity. Just last week, all operational coal units malfunctioned,...
Trump prevented war between India, Pakistan during presidency: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio
The Hindu
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July 9, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that...
Kosovo issues warrant for Serb strongman behind 2022 barricades
Gazeta Tema
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June 18, 2025
Kosovo has issued domestic and international arrest warrants for Milan Radoičić, a prominent ethnic Serb operative accused of organizing the 2022 barricades in northern municipalities. Ten others are also wanted for destabilizing the region and...
'Ended India-Pakistan War': US President Donald Trump Reiterates Ceasefire Claims At NATO Summit In Netherlands (VIDEO)
Free Press Journal
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US President Donald Trump, who has openly expressed his desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize, has repeatedly used media appearances to assert his claim that he prevented war between India and Pakistan, allegedly by leveraging trade negotiations as a...
“Serbia was about to clash, but we ended it,” Trump: We worked with them and with Kosovo
Euronews Albania
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June 25, 2025
During his press conference after the conclusion of the NATO summit in The Hague, U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly mentioned the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia, implying an attempt by Serbia to initiate a clash. Responding to a...
Trump says U.S. stopped Serbia-Kosovo clash
Gazeta Tema
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June 25, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that his administration recently averted a potential escalation between Serbia and Kosovo, saying Serbia was “ready to act” before Washington intervened. “We stopped Serbia, which was ready to move,”...
US President Trump Claims Again: ‘Prevented India-Pakistan War Using Trade Deal Leverage’
News24
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June 25, 2025
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed that he prevented a war between India and Pakistan by leveraging a trade deal. Trump said, “The most important of all, India and Pakistan…I ended that with a series of phone calls on trade....
'Blood for food': The US soldier-spies sidelining UN aid work in Gaza
California Telegraph
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Hundreds of Gazan civilians have been killed while seeking aid, including from sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US- and Israel-backed private entity that rights groups say lacks the expertise to distribute aid in accordance...
Both political parties need to stop ignoring Constitution
The Ripon Commonwealth Press - Wisconsin
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To the Editor: Where is the Constitution when it comes to any attack upon Iran? Our elected officials seem to ignore the very law of the land that defines our nation, the Constitution. From Democrat obsession that we just ignore federal laws and...
Civil Society Organizations Protest in Front of Kosovo Parliament
Beta Briefing
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June 25, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 25.06.25 | access_time 16:01 Kosovo Parliament (BetaPhoto/Armenija Zajmi Besevic) The civil society organizations from Pristina organized a drive in front of the entrance to the Assembly of Kosovo on June 25,...
Analysis: Presidents of both parties have launched military action without Congress
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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In the wake of the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, many congressional Democrats and a few Republicans have objected to President Donald Trump’s failure to seek congressional approval before conducting military operations. They note...
Asking President Trump about threats, including Russia’s Putin
WKYT - Kentucky
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June 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump is on his way home from the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands. The president is continuing to defend his decision to bomb Iran Saturday and promoting the success of the mission. White House...