—❗️🇦🇱 WATCH: Demonstrators flooded the streets of Tirana today, marking the 21st consecutive day of massive anti-corruption rallies in Albania.

➡️ This drone footage captures one of the largest anti-corruption protests in Albanian history.

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—☦️❗️ 🇧🇬/🇪🇺/🇷🇺 WATCH: PM Rumen Radev announced that Sofia will block the next European Union sanctions package if it includes the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

➡️ The veto threat comes eight years after Patriarch Kirill publicly reprimanded Radev inside the Bulgarian presidency for acknowledging the contributions of other nations, including Poles, Finns, and Romanians, to Bulgaria's liberation.

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—🇷🇸 WATCH: Large crowds of protesters, led by students and young people, rallied in Serbia’s second city of Novi Sad on Saturday to demand early elections and the resignation of President Aleksandar Vučić over corruption allegations.

➡️ The demonstration is the latest in a series of mass protests initially sparked by the November 2024 railway station roof collapse, which left 16 people dead.

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—🇷🇸/🇨🇳 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić attended a Xinhua News Agency photo exhibition at the Chinese Cultural Centre in Belgrade to mark the 10th anniversary of the Serbia–China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

➡️ During the event, Vučić reaffirmed Serbia's position as a "sincere and loyal friend" to Beijing and thanked China for its ongoing support and partnership.

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—❗️🪖🇹🇷 WATCH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced an aggressive expansion plan to grow the country's naval fleet by nearly 20%, highlighting Türkiye's advanced military-industrial capabilities.

➡️ Erdoğan stated that the country is currently constructing more than 50 warships simultaneously, with over 15 of those vessels destined for export to friendly and allied nations.

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—🇺🇸 POLYMARKET: The NSA confirms Mythos “broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks, but in hours”

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—🇺🇸/🇽🇰 NEW: NATO's commitment to the security and stability of Kosovo "remains unwavering," newly appointed Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska stated during a regional security update.

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