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โ€”๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช HISTORY: 120 years ago, on 19 December 1905, in Cetinje, Montenegro adopted its first constitution, defining the country as a state of the Serbian people and a constitutional monarchy with Prince Nikola I retaining nearly all power.

โžก๏ธ The text was largely based on the 1869 Constitution of Serbia, underscoring close legal and political alignment between the two states at the time.
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โ€”๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธโŒ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ NEW: Serbia did not attend the EUโ€“Western Balkans Summit in Brussels, marking the first time in 13โ€“14 years that Serbia did not have any representation at this high-level meeting.

โžก๏ธ Serbian President Vuฤiฤ‡ framed the move as a decision taken to protect Serbiaโ€™s interests amid stalled EU accession talks and disagreements over opening new negotiating clusters.

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โ€”๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ/๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท NEW: An unidentified UAV assessed by OSINT analysts as a Russian Merlin-VR long-range reconnaissance drone has crashed in an empty field in the Manyas district of Balฤฑkesir in Tรผrkiyeโ€™s Marmara region, near the border with Greece.

โžก๏ธ The wreckage was recovered largely intact by local residents and handed over to Turkish security forces, who transferred it to Ankara for detailed technical examination, while officials have not yet formally confirmed the droneโ€™s origin or operator.

โžก๏ธ The incident comes just days after a Russian-origin Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV was found crashed in a rural area of ฤฐzmitโ€™s ร‡ubuklubala neighbourhood in Kocaeli province, south of Istanbul, as part of a series of recent drone incidents over and inside Turkish airspace linked to the war in Ukraine.

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Turkey is seeking to return the S-400 air defence systems it bought from Russia nearly a decade ago in order to return to the American F-35 stealth fighter jet program.

Such a move could indicate Ankaraโ€™s willingness to improve ties with Washington so that it remains competitive in the arms race with Greece.


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๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ PM Albin Kurti stated that Kosovo, due to alleged "strong economic growth," does not have enough workforce for factory work, so it has resorted to importing labor from other countries.
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท - As Turkey continues to expand its military reach in the region, Israeli Air Force Commander Major General Tomer Bar made an extraordinary visit to Cyprus, where he met with senior officials from the Greek and Cypriot air forces for a strategic meeting aimed at strengthening cooperation.

- Israeli Broadcasting Authority | @thewarreporterr
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โ€”๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธโŒ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ NEW: Serbia did not attend the EUโ€“Western Balkans Summit in Brussels, marking the first time in 13โ€“14 years that Serbia did not have any representation at this high-level meeting. โžก๏ธ Serbian President Vuฤiฤ‡ framed the move as a decision taken to protectโ€ฆ
โ€”๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ/๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ/๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ NEW: Slovak PM Robert Fico spoke in favor of Serbia at the upcoming EUโ€“Western Balkans summit, arguing that current EU policy toward Belgrade โ€œmakes no senseโ€ and that Serbia is being punished for its sovereign positions.

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โ€”๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธโŒ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ NEW: Serbia did not attend the EUโ€“Western Balkans Summit in Brussels, marking the first time in 13โ€“14 years that Serbia did not have any representation at this high-level meeting. โžก๏ธ Serbian President Vuฤiฤ‡ framed the move as a decision taken to protectโ€ฆ
โ€”๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ/๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ/๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ NEW: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbรกn said Serbia is โ€œthe key country of the Western Balkansโ€ but its EU integration โ€œhas not moved a single inch in years,โ€ calling the EUโ€™s treatment of Belgrade โ€œunfair and shameful.โ€

โžก๏ธ He framed the issue as a failure of Brussels to advance Serbiaโ€™s accession despite its strategic importance for the region.

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โ€”๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช AMAZING: A historical overview of Kotor circulating on X notes that the Montenegrin coastal city has been ruled at different times by Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy, along with several nowโ€‘defunct European polities, and was even briefly occupied by Russian forces in 1806, underscoring its unusually dense record of shifting foreign control for a single Balkan port city.

๐Ÿ”— Aristocratic Fury

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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited Athens and met with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

They issued a joint statement, highlighting cooperation in Chisinauโ€™s European integration efforts, Moldovaโ€™s trade procedures and the Black Sea Corridor. Sandu highlighted Alexandros Ypsilantisโ€™ role in the Greek Revolution (the uprising started from Romania) and her countryโ€™s resistance against Russian agitations.


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โ€”๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช/๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ NEW: Montenegro has provisionally closed five additional chapters in its EU accession talks, covering the right of establishment and freedom to provide services (Chapter 3), free movement of capital (4), company law (6), agriculture and rural development (11), and fisheries (13), bringing the total of closed chapters to twelve out of thirty-three.

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โ€”๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ/๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ WATCH: Belgrade was illuminated in the colors of the Slovak flag as Slovak President Peter Pellegrini visited Serbia for talks with President Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ‡, in a gesture highlighting the Slovak minority in Vojvodina and broader Slavic ties.

โžก๏ธ The lighting, coinciding with discussions on Slovak-language education, cultural institutions and regional development, was framed as a symbolic message to Slovaks in Serbia and a signal of enduring Slavic cooperation.

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โ€”๐Ÿ›ข๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉโŒ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ NEW: Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean announced that Lukoilโ€™s fuel terminal at Chisinau International Airport has been confiscated and will be transferred to state ownership within 20 days.

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โ€”โ˜ฆ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ/๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท WATCH: Native Macedonians are gathering around bonfires across Aegean Macedonia in northern Greece this evening to celebrate Kolede Babo, the eve before Christmas Eve, with traditional Macedonian songs and dances, including in the village of Mesimeri near Voden/Edessa.

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โ€”๐ŸŒฒ Dear friends, today I want to thank you

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โ€”โ˜ฆ๏ธโœ๏ธ I wish the best Christmas Eve to the Christian Balkan people

A people of faith.

A people of hope.

A people of strength.

My best wishes for all of you.
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โ€”โ˜ฆ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ WATCH: A short video of a Serbian family celebrating the Orthodox feast of St. Nicholas has gone viral after some American users mocked their simple food and modest home, prompting a wave of online reactions defending their faith, family bonds and resilience.

โžก๏ธ The clip, originally posted on Instagram and widely shared on X, has drawn millions of views and tens of thousands of responses stressing that faith and togetherness matter more than material wealth.

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