—🇽🇰/🇷🇸 NEW: Kosovar Police arrested two Serbian teenagers, aged 15 and 16, in Zubin Potok, northern Kosovo, over slogans on their T-shirts.

🔗 The National Independent

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—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 URGENT: The Election Commission of the Republic of Srpska will not carry out the early presidential elections called by Bosnia's Central Election Commission, saying it is following the directives of Srpska’s Parliament.

🔗 The National Independent

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—🏛 🇺🇸 NEW: Trump orders Government buildings to be built in classical Greek or Roman style.

The executive order, titled “Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again,” was published on the White House website.

According to the U.S. president, from the nation’s founding until the 1960s, government architecture in the style of Ancient Greece and Rome “inspired people and encouraged civic virtue,” while the modernist and brutalist buildings that followed appeared “unappealing” to many Americans.

A return to the ideals of Antiquity, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and their 19th- and 20th-century followers, the order states, will visually link the modern state to the roots of ancient democracy.

The document does not ban other styles, but if an alternative design is chosen, it must “command respect from the general public and visually embody the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of America’s system of self-government.”

🔗 Visegrád 24

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—❗️🇷🇸 URGENT: Amid Bosnia’s ongoing crisis, Serbian Presidency member Željka Cvijanović is heading to the US for high-level meetings, while Milorad Dodik, President of the Republic of Srpska, will travel to Russia.

🔗 The National Independent

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—🇷🇸 [August 31, 2025] Vučić supporters staged counter-rallies in 50 cities against student blockades across Serbia

For the first time since the movement began, coordinated rallies opposing the student protesters' blockade tactics took place across 50 Serbian cities and municipalities. These counter-demonstrations, organized by supporters of President Aleksandar Vučić and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), specifically targeted the protesters' use of road blockades and bridge occupations that have disrupted traffic and drawn attention to opposition demands.

The counter-rallies marked a significant escalation in organized pushback from Vučić loyalists, who echo the president's narrative that the student movement represents "terrorism" aimed at unseating his government.

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—📊 🇷🇸 Eurobarometer public opinion poll in Serbia:

🇪🇺 33% of people support Serbia’s EU membership
🇷🇺 59% of people trust Russia
🇨🇳 57% of people trust China
🇪🇺 45% of people think Serbia will never join the EU
🇪🇺 38% of people have a positive view of the EU

🔗 The National Independent

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🇻🇦🤝🇮🇱 — Vatican & Israeli Media reports that Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Roman Catholic Pope Leo XIV met today at the Vatican

➡️ Pope Leo XIV on Thursday received Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel, in audience in the Apostolic Palace.

➡️ The Israeli President subsequently met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, and Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations.

📝 According to a statement issued by the Holy See Press Office, during “the cordial talks with the Holy Father and in the Secretariat of State, the political and social situation in the Middle East was addressed, where numerous conflicts persist, with particular attention given to the tragic situation in Gaza.”

🕊 The statement added that there were talks about how to ensure a future for the Palestinian people and about peace and stability in the region. It said the Holy See reiterated its view that "a two-state solution is the only way out of the current war.”

📝 Reference was also made to what is happening in the West Bank and to the important question of the city of Jerusalem.

🤝 Before concluding, the Press Office statement noted that “During the discussions, there was agreement on the historical value of the relations between the Holy See and Israel.”