—❗️🇺🇸/🇷🇸 NEW: A US delegation led by Donald Trump Jr. arrived at the Banski Dvor Cultural Center in Banja Luka, seat of the Republika Srpska authorities, for a panel discussion with entity President Milorad Dodik and other officials.

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—🇪🇸/🇹🇷/🇮🇹 NATO’s Mediterranean Triad is officially rising:

1. Spain helps Turkey build a carrier;
2. Turkey fills it with homegrown drones;
3. Italy partners with Turkey in aerospace;
4. Italy buys those drones for its own carrier;

NATO’s southern flank is rewriting the playbook!

🔗 Soner Cagaptay

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—🇮🇱/🇷🇸 NEW: Israel and Serbia are tightening defense ties as Belgrade prepares to manufacture drones in cooperation with Israeli arms giant Elbit Systems.

➡️ This comes together with expanded Serbian arms exports that include major orders for Elbit-produced artillery, missiles and advanced UAVs, according to Israel’s Haaretz daily.

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—🇧🇬 NEW: With each election cycle, the Ministry of Interior conducts police operations targeting vote-buying practices.

➡️ Following the launch of the campaign for the April elections, more than 50 individuals have already been detained in connection with vote-buying schemes representing a 300–400% increase compared to the 2024 elections.

➡️ Notably, these are the first elections in which the party led by Delyan Peevski is participating independently, after splitting from Ahmed Dogan.

➡️ Observers suggest that this development may be a contributing factor to the reported rise in vote-buying activities.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🇲🇩/🇪🇺/🇲🇩 NEW: Moldova has proposed that the EU assume temporary external administration of the breakaway region of Transnistria to facilitate its peaceful reintegration into Moldova.

➡️ Brussels would manage a convergence fund focused on social aid and key infrastructure projects in the territory.

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—❗️🇪🇺❌🇷🇸 NEW: Serbia risks losing up to €1.5 billion in EU funding as the European Commission considers suspending payments over democratic backsliding, judicial concerns and Belgrade’s close ties with Russia, according to Politico.

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—🇺🇸/🇷🇸 (🇧🇦) WATCH: Donald Trump Jr said Republika Srpska has “great energy potential” and educated, hardworking people, calling it a major opportunity for US companies to invest during an interview with filmmaker Boris Malagurski in Banja Luka.

➡️ His visit, framed around business and investment outreach, highlighted hydropower and cheap electricity as key advantages for the entity in attracting American capital.

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—🇧🇦/🇺🇸 NEW: The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has amended the Law on the Southern Interconnection, clearing the way for a U.S. investor to build a new pipeline to bring American gas into the country.

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