—❗️🇷🇸 BREAKING: Novak Djokovic, the greatest tennis player of all time, has expressed his support for the student-led protests in Serbia by making the signature “pump it up” gesture used by demonstrators calling for snap elections.

🔗 The National Independent

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🇬🇷🤝🇮🇳-India has reportedly offered its Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LR-LACM) to Greece. The missile has a range exceeding 1,000 kilometers and is designed for precision strikes against strategic targets.

📝NOTE: The LR-LACM is subsonic and can be equipped with either conventional or nuclear warheads, making it a versatile option for long-range deterrence and deep-strike capabilities.

—🇬🇷/🇱🇾 NEW: Greece will deploy two frigates and an additional naval vessel off the Libyan coast to deter rising migrant crossings toward Crete and Gavdos.

This operation, coordinated with Libyan authorities, aims to send a clear message to smugglers and reduce dangerous sea voyages originating in northeastern Libya.

📰 Source: Balkan Spectator Newsroom

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—🇽🇰/🇺🇸 USAID is concluding decades of work in Kosovo.

Former US Ambassador to Kosovo Jeff Hovenier said the agency made lasting contributions to the country’s postwar recovery and development.

🔗 kos_data

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—❗️🇷🇸 BREAKING: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has pardoned four SNS activists accused of attacking students—including breaking a female student’s jaw—in Novi Sad in late January.

➡️ They were formally charged with violent crimes for assaults carried out during the night of January 27–28, 2025, in front of SNS party offices, where one female student suffered a broken jaw when struck with a baseball bat. As of July 2, the Ministry of Justice forwarded Vučić’s pardon order to the Novi Sad Basic Court, suspending all charges.

➡️ The court also lifted the house-arrest and electronic monitoring previously imposed on one defendant, D.N. (22), effective July 3. The case file has been remanded back to the presiding judge for further action.

➡️ SNS MP Vladimir Đukanović had publicly appealed to President Vučić to pardon the young SNS activists on trial in Novi Sad for allegedly defending party office premises.

📰 Source: Balkan Spectator Newsroom per direct source in Serbia.

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—❗️🇷🇸 BREAKING: Serbian Crown Prince Filip addresses the Serbian People.

Dear People,

As the Crown Prince and as someone who deeply believes in Serbia, I feel a duty to address you in these difficult days for our Fatherland.

We are witnessing scenes that should have no place in a country whose tradition is freedom, whose future lies in the unity and dignity of all its citizens.

No one should be attacked for peacefully defending their beliefs. Violence against unarmed people, especially students and young people, is not the path to stability. The government bears the highest responsibility to preserve peace, not to endanger it.

The interests of the state are not and cannot be the interests of any party. Serbia belongs to all—both those who govern and those who think differently. Hatred among citizens is the greatest defeat.

Serbia must remain a country of free and dignified people, a country where differences are resolved through dialogue, not force.

I call on everyone to rise above conflict, not to forget that we are one people, one land. I call on those who make decisions to put above all else the safety, security, and dignity of people.

Let reason, patience, and love for Serbia guide us.

May God protect our Fatherland and all good people.

Crown Prince Filip

📰 Source: Crown Prince Filip on X

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—⛰🇬🇷/🇬🇷 NEW: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled for an official two-day visit to Mount Athos on July 4–5.

➡️ He is expected to arrive on Friday, July 4, where he will meet with representatives of the 20 monasteries in Karyes and visit some of the most prominent ones (Iviron, Vatopedi, Simonopetra, and Xenophontos).

➡️ He will stay overnight from Friday to Saturday and return to Athens after completing his tour on Saturday, July 5.

📰 Source: Balkan Spectator Newsroom

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—❗️NEW: A group of Mount Athos monks issued a strongly critical open letter ahead of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit, questioning the sincerity and legitimacy of his pilgrimage.

➡️ Key Points:

1. Motive of visit questioned
The monks question whether Mitsotakis is visiting as a true pilgrim or simply to restore his image amid scandals and policy failures.

2. Religious criticism
The monks denounce Mitsotakis for:

- Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and burial protocols.
- Restricting religious services during the pandemic while allowing secular gatherings.
- Legalizing same-sex marriage (Feb 2024), calling it a betrayal of Christian and Greek traditions.
- Promoting art they view as blasphemous and satanic.

3. Moral and national decline
He is blamed for eroding Orthodox values, overtaxing citizens, and encouraging emigration and mass immigration.

4. Digital identity concerns
The letter condemns digital ID reforms as steps toward a dystopian, anti-Christian system aligned with the “New World Order”.

5. Call for action
The monks urge Mount Athos authorities to either call Mitsotakis to repent or refuse to receive him, citing scriptural warnings against associating with unrighteousness.

6. Signatories
Over a dozen monks and elders from key monasteries including Panagouda, Koutloumousiou, and Chilandari signed the letter.

In essence, the open letter paints Mitsotakis as spiritually and morally unfit to set foot on the Holy Mountain, accusing his government of policies that undermine Orthodoxy, Greek identity, and human dignity.

📰 The Holy Wisdom channel published the full letter, you can read it here

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—🇪🇺 NEW: EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos met Western Balkans leaders to accelerate the implementation of the EU’s Growth Plan for the region.

She gathered prime ministers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia to review progress on €6 billion funding under the Reform & Growth Facility, propose a new €87.7 million investment package under the Western Balkans Investment Framework, and push reforms in consumer protection, tourism, digital connectivity, energy and transport ahead of EU accession.

📰 Source: European Commission

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—🇹🇷/🇮🇹 NEW: Baykar to produce TB2 and Akıncı UAVs in Italy via Piaggio Aerospace acquisition.

Baykar has formally closed its acquisition of Piaggio Aero Industries and Piaggio Aviation, designating production of its Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicles at Piaggio’s Italian facilities in Villanova d’Albenga, Genoa, and other sites under a joint venture with Leonardo.

📰 Source: Army Recognition Group

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🇷🇴⚡️🇷🇴Călin Georgescu's trial for "legionary propaganda" begins today.

He is being accused of "publicly promoting fascist, legionary, rasist or xenophobic doctrines" after he quoted Corneliu Zelea Codreanu on live television:

"He who fights, even alone, for God and his country will never be defeated."

If found guilty, he will face up to 3 years in prison, since the crime in question was committed before the new "Vexler" law.

@Wallachian_Gazette

—❗️🇸🇮/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Slovenia to hold Consultative Referendum on NATO Membership

➡️ Slovenia’s ruling Freedom Movement has announced a consultative referendum on whether the country should remain in NATO.

➡️ Prime Minister Robert Golob stated, “There are only two options: either we stay in NATO and pay membership fees, or we leave the alliance. Anything else is populist deception of the Slovenian people.”

🔗 The National Independent

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—🇬🇷/🇱🇾 NEW: Greek FM Gerapetritis to meet Haftar in Benghazi and Libyan government officials in Tripoli ahead of migration and maritime talks.

➡️ Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will travel to Benghazi on Sunday, July 6, to meet with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, followed by a visit to Tripoli on Tuesday, July 15, to hold discussions with senior officials from the Libyan Government of National Accord.

➡️ The meetings will focus on migration management – in light of Libya’s recent facilitation of maritime routes to Greece – and on addressing Tripoli’s shifting position regarding the contested Turkish–Libyan maritime agreement.

📰 Source: AA

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—❗️🇹🇷 BREAKING: The mayors of Adiyaman, Adana, and Antalya — all members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) — were arrested today.

🔗 The National Independent

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