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—❗️🇷🇸 NEW: Užice has taken the spotlight from Belgrade, as a new wave of large protests is currently underway in the city.

The demonstrations in this city show no signs of slowing down.

🔗 The National Independent

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—🇦🇱/🇮🇱 NEW: Albania and Israel's ministers of Energy and Economy linked up.

They talked about strengthening cooperation.

Israel plans to integrate its companies into Albania's energy sector.

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🇨🇳❌🇬🇷-ESPIONAGE ALERT: CHINESE NATIONALS ARRESTED

➡️ Four Chinese nationals were arrested in Tanagra, Greece for allegedly photographing Rafale F3R jets and military facilities at the 114th Combat Wing.

➡️Authorities are investigating for possible espionage.
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🇧🇦- Al Jazeera Balkans, based in Bosnia, shuts down after 14 years of operation.
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#BREAKING | Ursula von der Leyen survives no-confidence vote in the European Parliament, securing her position as European Commission President.

The motion, led by MEP Gheorghe Piperea over transparency concerns, failed to gain the required two-thirds majority. Von der Leyen’s leadership remains intact despite criticism from some political groups.

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—🤝🇷🇸/🇺🇸 NEW: Serbia offers to host Ukraine peace talks during meeting with Trump envoy in Rome.

Serbian FM Marko Đurić told US Special Envoy Gen. Keith Kellogg that Serbia is ready to host public or informal dialogue to help resolve the Ukraine conflict.

📰 Source: Marko Đurić on X

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—🇹🇷/🇫🇷 NEW: Türkiye rejects French condemnation of its ongoing judicial proceedings in a clash over judicial sovereignty.

Ankara on 8 July strongly rebuked a statement by France’s Foreign Ministry—dating 7 July—dismissed as “unacceptable interference” in Turkish legal affairs, asserting its courts operate independently under the constitution, accused France of hypocrisy citing legal actions against its own opposition leaders and mayors, and urged Paris to respect Türkiye’s judicial process.

📰 Source: TRT Global

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#BREAKING | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to deliver a "historic speech" coming Saturday morning, Turkish media reports.

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—🇷🇸 FUN FACT: On this day in 1856, Nikola Tesla was born. The Serbian-American inventor and researcher was one of the greatest scientists of all time.

📰 Source: Based Serbia

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—❗️🇹🇷 NEW: CHP leader convenes emergency meeting after arrest of party mayors. CHP mayors Zeydan Karalar (Adana), Abdurrahman Tutdere (Adiyaman), and Muhittin Bocek (Antalya) were arrested in raids over bribery and organized crime allegations, prompting party…
—UPDATE: Turkish prosecutors launch criminal probe against CHP leader Özgür Özel over July 5 press remarks.

Özel is accused of insulting President Erdoğan, inciting criminal acts, and threatening public officials; prosecutors may also seek to lift his parliamentary immunity for prosecution.

📰 Source: Turkish media.

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—🇦🇱/🇮🇹 WATCH: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama knelt (again) before meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

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🇳🇱🇷🇴 The Netherlands has donated 18 F-16 fighter jets to Romania for the symbolic price of 1 Euro. These jets will bolster Romania’s F-16 training center, which currently trains pilots from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and other countries. With this transfer, Romania’s F-16 fleet now exceeds 70 aircraft.


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🇷🇸❌🇽🇰 — Serbian Foreign Ministry official vows to protect the Kosovo's Serbian ethnic identity until it is Freed from the current Pristina authorities!

“Serbs Will Preserve Kosovo’s Heritage and Pass It to Future Generations Until It Is Freed,” Says Public Diplomacy Director Arno Gujon


Arno Gujon, Director of Serbia's Office for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, emphasized that Kosovo is more than a territorial dispute — it is fundamentally about identity and culture.

“It’s not about agreements or signatures,” Gujon said, “it’s about the transmission of heritage. And Serbs pass that heritage to new generations, who will continue to do so until they free what is theirs.”

🔗 The National Independent (@NationalIndNews)
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—🇬🇷/🇹🇷 NEW: Russian analysts warn of rising war risk between Greece and Turkey amid Aegean tensions.

Greece is accelerating drone modernization with FPV and kamikaze UAVs supported by Ukraine and Israel, while unveiling a €25B defense plan including Israeli PULS systems, French drones, AI-based air defense, and a domestic “Greek Dome” by 2027. US MQ-9 drones at Larissa and NATO support fuel Turkish criticism.

Nordic Monitor highlights revived Turkish invasion plans targeting Western Thrace and Aegean islands in a 3–4 day blitz, rooted in the 2003 “Sledgehammer” scenario. Analysts say Turkish military posture, though constrained by Greek–French–US pacts, still reflects active revisionist intent.

📰 Read the full analysis on The Holy Wisdom

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—🇨🇾/🇧🇬/🇬🇷/🇭🇷 NEW: Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece and Croatia have the cleanest and purest bathing water in Europe in 2025.

Why not trying them this summer? 🌞

🔗 Random Balkan Guy

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—🇦🇱 NEW: Albania has the largest population decline in Europe.

Albania's population shrank by 18% between 2011 and 2024, the largest drop in Europe, according to Eurostat.

The country lost over 500,000 people.

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