🇧🇦🇷🇺 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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—🇸🇰/🇷🇸/🇭🇺 NOTE: Slovakia might be the next country to join the Serbia-Hungary military alliance.

Even before the alliance was officially announced, Dragan Stanojević, Chairman of the Serbian Parliament's Committee on Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, had signaled Serbia's intention to propose alliances with both countries in response to the military cooperation agreement between Croatia, Albania, and Kosovo.

His statements appeared in news of March 27th, while the alliance was officially announced on April 1st.

📰 Source: Izvestia

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—🇺🇸/🇧🇦 NEW: Former Illinois Governor Blagojevich to lobby for Republic of Srpska in the Balkans.

Our friend from The Bosnian Kingdom channel has published very interesting information explaining that Rod Blagojevich, recently pardoned by Donald Trump, will represent Republic of Srpska via RRB Strategies, advocating for “Judeo-Christian values” in the region.

📰 Source: Politico

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—❗️🇽🇰/🇷🇸 BREAKING: Kosovo announces the arrest of 16 Serbian nationals, including former Serbian Army officers.

Interior Minister Sveçla confirmed two operations led to the arrest of 16 individuals allegedly involved in espionage and destabilizing activities.

📰 Kosovo media outlets are reporting on the incident.

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—🇽🇰/🇷🇸 UPDATE: Serbian Orthodox Diocese denies police entered seminary during Kosovo arrests.

The Raška-Prizren Diocese clarified that none of the 16 detained Serbs were arrested inside the Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prizren, and condemned Kosovo Police for “irresponsible” claims that religious sites were misused.

📰 Kosovar media is sharing this information.

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