—🇽🇰 ❌ 🇲🇰 NEW: A seventh-grade geography textbook in North Macedonia has sparked backlash after labeling the Dukagjini region of Kosovo as “Metohia” and presenting Kosovo in line with Serbian territorial narratives.
➡️ Following public and political outcry, education authorities signaled the term will be replaced with “Dukagjini” and announced online corrections to address the contentious wording.
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—❗️🇧🇬 URGENT: Tens of thousands of mostly Gen Z protesters have flooded Sofia and other major Bulgarian cities, rallying against the government’s proposed 2026 state budget, which they denounce as unfair and opaque. ➡️ Demonstrators, many of them students…
—❗️🇧🇬 URGENT: More than 30 cities across Bulgaria have seen what our source in the country describes as one of the largest protests in the country’s recent history.
➡️ Largely youth-led crowds returned to the streets to denounce corruption and demand the government’s resignation, days after Sofia withdrew its controversial 2026 draft budget.
➡️ Demonstrators again gathered outside parliament in the capital and in major centres including Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas and Ruse, insisting that shelving the euro-denominated budget and postponing tax hikes is not enough, and calling for broader political change and accountability.
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—❗️🇧🇬 URGENT: More than 30 cities across Bulgaria have seen what our source in the country describes as one of the largest protests in the country’s recent history. ➡️ Largely youth-led crowds returned to the streets to denounce corruption and demand the…
—❗️🇧🇬 MAP: Where did today's protests take place?
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—❗️🇧🇬 URGENT: More than 30 cities across Bulgaria have seen what our source in the country describes as one of the largest protests in the country’s recent history. ➡️ Largely youth-led crowds returned to the streets to denounce corruption and demand the…
—❗️🇧🇬 UPDATE: Some pictures of today's protests shared by our source in Bulgaria.
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A Bulgarian court has refused to extradite a Russian citizen to Lebanon over the Beirut port explosion case
The court ruled that Lebanese authorities cannot provide sufficient security guarantees, specifically, that the man would not face the death penalty, Reuters reports.
Russian national Igor Grechushkin, the owner of the ship Rhosus, from which nearly 3 tons of ammonium nitrate ended up in a Beirut port warehouse before causing the explosion, was detained in Bulgaria in September. Interpol issued a warrant for his arrest in 2020 at Lebanon’s request.
The August 4, 2020, blasts at the Port of Beirut were among the deadliest non-nuclear explosions in history, killing more than 200 people and injuring several thousand.
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The court ruled that Lebanese authorities cannot provide sufficient security guarantees, specifically, that the man would not face the death penalty, Reuters reports.
Russian national Igor Grechushkin, the owner of the ship Rhosus, from which nearly 3 tons of ammonium nitrate ended up in a Beirut port warehouse before causing the explosion, was detained in Bulgaria in September. Interpol issued a warrant for his arrest in 2020 at Lebanon’s request.
The August 4, 2020, blasts at the Port of Beirut were among the deadliest non-nuclear explosions in history, killing more than 200 people and injuring several thousand.
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—🇧🇬 Bulgaria faces new no-confidence vote amid nationwide protests ➡️ After five failed attempts, the liberal opposition succeeded in placing a new vote of no confidence against Prime Minister and the government on parliament’s agenda. ➡️ The motion will…
—❗️🇧🇬 BREAKING: Bulgarian government resigns minutes before the no-confidence vote.
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—❗️🇧🇬 URGENT: More than 30 cities across Bulgaria have seen what our source in the country describes as one of the largest protests in the country’s recent history. ➡️ Largely youth-led crowds returned to the streets to denounce corruption and demand the…
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—❗️🇧🇬 WATCH: Impressive drone footage of yesterday's protest in Sofia, one of the biggest in Bulgaria's recent history.
➡️ Bulgaria’s government has stepped down following nationwide anti-corruption demonstrations led by Gen Z activists. The unrest was triggered by the controversial 2026 budget — the country’s first in euros — ahead of Bulgaria’s planned eurozone entry on January 1, 2026.
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—❗️🇷🇺 /🇷🇸 /🇪🇺 WATCH: A hot mic picked up Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic telling European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that he had “just received a message from Moscow,” prompting her to respond “let’s wait till we are alone,” in what appears to show Belgrade relaying a communication from Russia to top EU officials during their Brussels meeting.
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—🪖 🇷🇸 WATCH: The Serbian Gendarmerie has fully integrated trench warfare and high-intensity tactical drills into its regular training cycle since the start of the war in Ukraine, reflecting a shift toward preparing for large-scale, high-intensity conflict scenarios.
➡️ Some operators are reportedly training with calibers smaller than the standard 7.62×39 round, suggesting experimentation with different weapon setups for sustained trench and close-quarters engagements.
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—🤝 🇺🇸 /🇽🇰 NEW: The U.S. Embassy in Pristina and the Kosovo Police will conduct a large-scale joint crisis response exercise in the capital on Friday, December 12, focusing on crisis management, interagency coordination, and emergency response procedures.
➡️ Residents are advised to expect an increased security presence around the embassy and other training sites, temporary traffic disruptions and short-term road closures, as well as the possible use of sirens, loudspeakers, and other visible training effects, with authorities stressing this is only a drill and not a response to any incident.
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—🐶 While the Serbian president was delivering a speech, two stray dogs wandered into the frame, briefly hijacking the scene and drawing attention away from the address itself.
➡️ The light-hearted moment underlined a serious and long-running problem across the Balkans, where large stray dog populations continue to pose public safety and animal welfare challenges despite repeated calls for more effective management.
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—🇧🇬 NEW: Bulgaria’s government has decided that the country will withdraw from the International Organization for Space Communications Intersputnik and will submit a proposal to the National Assembly to denounce the accession agreement, in force since 1972.
➡️ The move will formally end Bulgaria’s more than five-decade participation in the Soviet-era-founded satellite communications organization once parliament approves the government’s proposal.
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—🇹🇷 NEW: A viral claim that the “current prince of the Ottoman royal family” married another man last week has been debunked, with descendants of the dynasty preparing legal action against a US‑based Turkish man accused of falsely presenting himself as an Ottoman prince and exploiting the family name on social media.
➡️ The individual, using the name “Sina Osmanoglu” online, reportedly announced a same-sex marriage as “the first marriage in my dynasty,” prompting public backlash and a statement from genuine family members that he is not part of the Ottoman lineage.
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