—⏳🇷🇸 UPDATE: Serbia receives additional 30-day postponement of EU sanctions targeting the Russian-majority-owned NIS oil company, confirms President Vučić.

🇭🇺🇮🇱 In Israel, Dodik met with members of the political parties Fidesz, from Hungary, and Smotritch, from Israel.

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—🇸🇰/🇽🇰/🇦🇱 NEW: Slovak President confirms continued non-recognition of Kosovo during Albania visit.

Peter Pellegrini reiterated Slovakia’s unchanged position on Kosovo recognition, emphasizing it stems from state policy, not against the Albanian nation.

(Source: Official statement via Albanian press briefing)

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🇧🇦🇷🇺 Telegram sources indicate Dodik is currently in Moscow for a meeting with Putin next Tuesday.

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—🤝🇷🇸/🇭🇺 NEW: Serbia and Hungary sign strategic defense cooperation agreement.

Serbian President Vučić announced intention to form a military alliance with Hungary following talks with Defense Minister Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Belgrade.

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—🇷🇸/🇦🇱 NEW: Albanian MP Kamberi announces boycott of Serbian government formation talks.

Shaip Kamberi condemned the process as a “false democratic” move, citing 13 years of unmet Albanian demands for equal rights and status in Serbia.

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🇧🇦🇷🇺 Dodik meets Putin in Moscow.

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—❗️🇺🇸 BREAKING: Trump’s Liberation Day shakes up the Balkans.

The US has just announced sweeping new tariffs on nearly 100 countries — and several Balkan nations are on the list. Here’s the full breakdown of who’s affected.

🇦🇱 Albania: 10%
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 35%
🇽🇰 Kosovo: 10%
🇲🇪 Montenegro: 10%
🇲🇰 North Macedonia: 33%
🇷🇸 Serbia: 37%
🇪🇺 Rest (EU): 20%

No Balkan country has escaped from them.

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—🇲🇪/🇦🇪 NEW: Montenegro to lease Ulcinj's Long Beach to UAE's Mohamed Alabbar for 99 years.

Emaar, led by Alabbar, aims to build a Dubai-style mega-tourism complex on the 12 km-long beach; PM Spajic signed the deal in UAE, pending parliamentary ratification.

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—🇧🇦/🇩🇪 NEW: Germany to impose entry ban on Bosnian Serb leaders Dodik, Stevandić, and Višković.

Berlin is introducing national sanctions against the Republika Srpska leadership, barring key officials from entering German territory due to "their undermining of Bosnia's constitutional order".

📰 Source: Istraga

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—🇽🇰/🇺🇸 UPDATE: Kosovo to lift US import tariffs in strategic alliance gesture.

President Vjosa Osmani urged the suspension of all US product tariffs to deepen bilateral ties, enhance economic growth, and reaffirm Kosovo’s long-term commitment to Washington.

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—❗️🇷🇸/🇭🇺/🇷🇸 URGENT: Republic of Srpska may join military pact with Serbia and Hungary.

Milorad Dodik announced he will propose the Republic of Srpska join the Serbia-Hungary military agreement, signaling potential deepening of regional military alignment.

📰 Source: The National Independent on X

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—🇧🇦/🇩🇪 UPDATE: Republic of Srpska declares German Minister Anna Lührmann persona non grata.

Bosnian Serb authorities expelled the German Minister for European Affairs and Climate, citing interference in internal affairs and violation of international conventions. Lührmann had arrived in Banja Luka to meet with opposition figures without prior coordination or official announcement.

📰 Source: Serbian Herald

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