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➡️ After months of work, we’re launching the official Balkan Spectator website — a new home for our coverage of the Balkans.

➡️ The Telegram channel remains at the center of what we do. The website will expand that work with a permanent space for our news and analysis.

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—🇺🇸🤝🇷🇸 NEW: Trump says US has “a very good relationship with Serbia”.

➡️ Asked on 5 October about cooperation between Washington and Belgrade, President Donald Trump gave the brief response.

➡️ The two countries launched their Strategic Dialogue in July, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić opening its first session.

🔗 The National Independent · Serbian Government

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🇬🇷🇸🇦❌🇾🇪🇾🇪 The Greek National Security Council (KYSEA) has decided to extend the deployment of the Greek forces in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, by at least one month amid the conflict in Yemen.

The forces have been present since 2021 and engaged in multiple attacks against the kingdom, intercepting 12 missiles.

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📝 Kathimerini
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—🏛 🇺🇸/🇬🇷 NEW: Speaking from the Pnyx hill with the Parthenon behind him, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the West was “at a crossroads” and urged Europe and the United States to defend their shared values.

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🇬🇷🤝🇺🇸 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Greece and met with PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

They discussed issues concerning energy policy, regional security and the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. The role of the Greek diaspora in the States was also praised as “a bridge of understanding and friendship among the two people”.

Foreign Minister Georgios Gerapetritis, Vice Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou amd Greek ambassador to Washington Antonis Alexandridis were among the attendees.

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—🗳🇽🇰 Shiroka Pula is Kosovo's third woman president. The office is largely ceremonial, but the successful vote resolves the immediate institutional deadlock rather than the wider political disputes that preceded it.

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—🇧🇬 The Hobbits were originally Bulgarian. They lived in small villages, ate six times a day, drank homemade rakia and avoided work whenever possible. Tolkien knew exactly what he was doing.

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—🇷🇸 WATCH: Serbian students and other demonstrators gathered outside the election commission in Belgrade on 7 October and challenged its decision to make polling stations abroad follow Serbian voting hours.

➡️ Critics say the rule could force diaspora voters in parts of the Americas and Australia to cast ballots overnight in their local time.

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#BREAKING | 🇧🇬 — A large-scale search-and-rescue operation is underway in the Black Sea after drones struck two vessels inside Bulgaria’s Exclusive Economic Zone the first reported attack of its kind in Bulgaria’s EEZ.

The Palau-flagged ABLE had departed Romania and was bound for Turkey when it was hit. The vessel caught fire, forcing all 18 crew members to abandon ship. They were rescued by the Bulgarian-flagged ferry DIOSCURIA, with several sailors reportedly injured and given first aid.

The Togo-flagged ALFA WATAN was sailing from Turkey toward Galați, Romania, when it was struck. The vessel suffered critical structural damage and sank east of the Bulgarian coast. The fate of its crew remains unknown, and a major search operation is continuing.

Prime Minister Rumen Radev has convened an emergency meeting with representatives of state institutions following the strikes a statament is expected shortly.

— GeoInsider

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—🇧🇦🇧🇦/🇺🇸/🇷🇺 WATCH: Following his party’s victory in Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik thanked Vladimir Putin and credited Donald Trump’s return to power for his political comeback.

➡️ “We would probably be political corpses today” without Trump’s victory, he told supporters.

🔗 The National Independent

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—🇧🇦🇮🇱/🇧🇦 NEW: Israel’s prime minister congratulated Milorad Dodik, Željka Cvijanović and Savo Minić after SNSD’s victory in Republika Srpska.

➡️ He said he looked forward to closer cooperation in technology, energy and security.

➡️ Netanyahu referred to Dodik as “President”, although he no longer holds the office.

🔗 Prime Minister of Israel

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—🇷🇸 If peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were to be organized in Serbia:

🔗 Моја Српска

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—❗️🇲🇪/🇷🇺 Montenegro detains Rybar founder

➡️ Montenegrin security services detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife and three associates in Risan on Friday. Prime Minister Milojko Spajić confirmed the operation and pointed to concerns about hybrid activities aimed at destabilising Montenegro. Vijesti reported that officers found drones and digital equipment.

➡️ Security sources told Vijesti the group planned a documentary about Montenegro’s move to align its visa rules with the EU. Rybar confirmed the detentions but says its team was in the country legally and had requested permission to film Cetinje Monastery. It denies breaking local law.

➡️ Russian officials say diplomats are seeking an explanation and working to protect the detainees’ rights. Montenegro has not publicly announced specific charges or an extradition request.

🔗 Vijesti · Rybar · Reuters

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