—🇽🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: Kosovo purchases armored vehicles from the US, confirmed as part of defense capacity upgrade.

Kosovo’s Ministry of Defense has officially confirmed the acquisition of US-made armored vehicles to enhance operational readiness; models likely include the M1117 ASV.

Images allegedly show the purchased vehicles at an unknown location, likely somewhere in Kosovo.

📰 Source: Kosova Press
🔗 Video: The National Independent

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❌👺❗️ — Sesame Street character Elmo's account on X/Twitter has been hacked, calling on Trump to release the Epstein files and inciting violence against the Jews

—🤝🇹🇷/🇱🇾 NEW: Marked improvement in Turkey’s relations with Libya’s eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) faction after years of rivalry.

According to Turkish newspaper Zaman, Turkey’s consul near Benghazi held a high-level meeting with Lt. Gen. Saddam Haftar and LNA officials to discuss reopening the Turkish consulate—a signal of renewed diplomatic engagement with the eastern authorities.

📰 Source: Zaman, via Lybia Review

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—🇱🇾/🇺🇳/🇬🇷 NEW: Libya files formal UN protest against Greece’s maritime claims off Crete.

Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic note with the United Nations, asserting that Greece’s newly delineated Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), published in the EU Official Journal on June 12, unlawfully encroaches upon Libya’s maritime boundaries—especially by granting hydrocarbon exploration rights in contested waters. Libya provided its own EEZ map and demanded Athens cease unilateral actions lacking legal or bilateral basis.

Greece has dismissed the Libyan complaint, arguing it relies on the Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum, which Greece considers invalid and unrecognized under international law.

📰 Source: Ekathimerini

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—🇲🇰 NEW: North Macedonia has passed a law recognizing madrasa (Islamic religious school) diplomas as equal to high school diplomas, allowing graduates to access university and the job market.

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—🇷🇸/🇭🇷 NEW: A 22-year-old Serbian citizen who posed on a motorcycle with three fingers raised on the island of Hvar has been expelled from Croatia.

➡️ The citizen of Serbia thereby offended the feelings of the citizens of the Republic of Croatia and the reputation of the Republic of Croatia, it is alleged.

➡️ In accordance with the Aliens Act, a decision was made to expel the 22-year-old and he was banned from entering and residing in the European Union and the European Economic Area.

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—🇽🇰 NEW: Ethnic map of Kosovo using 2024 census. This map goes into detail by each village, town and city.

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—🇸🇮/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Slovenia has declared Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich persona non grata over alleged incitement to violence and human rights violations against Palestinians.

🔗 The National Independent

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