—🇦🇱/🇽🇰 NEW: Albanian PM Edi Rama has voiced support for Vjosa Osmani to serve another term as Kosovo’s president, praising her international role and describing recent backing from the United States as a sign of the personal respect she has earned.

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—🤝🇽🇰/🇺🇸 WATCH: Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani held a lengthy and amicable conversation with US President Donald Trump in Davos before signing the Charter of the Board of Peace as a founding member state on behalf of the Republic of Kosovo.

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—NOTE: The US-led “Board of Peace” has been formally established as an international organization, with Kosovo among its founding members, as President Vjosa Osmani signed the charter at a ceremony in Davos.

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—🇷🇸 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he is not sure whether Serbia will join US President Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace, warning that the initiative has further “divided” Europe as governments split over whether to participate in the new peace forum.

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🇹🇷🤝🇺🇸🇺🇳🕊 — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan signs Board of Peace Charter with President Trump at Davos.

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🇧🇬🌐🤝🇺🇸🇺🇳 — High Representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov at the Board of Peace:

"Who would've thought, two years ago, that we would be sitting here, with this group of countries... giving the people of Gaza a new chance?... For too long, Gazans, Palestinians, and Israelis have lived with conflict, with death, with destruction. Now, the page turns."

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—🤝🇧🇬/🇵🇰 NEW: Bulgaria’s national news agency BTA has signed a news exchange agreement with Pakistan’s Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), enabling the two state agencies to share news content between Sofia and Islamabad on a regular basis.

➡️ The deal aims to expand bilateral media cooperation and improve coverage of political, economic and cultural developments in both countries for their respective audiences.

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—❗️🇧🇦❌🇷🇸 BREAKING: The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has declared the previous Government of Republika Srpska and its decisions unconstitutional, stepping into what RS officials claim is an entity-level matter beyond the court’s mandate.

➡️ The move is expected to trigger a fresh constitutional standoff between Sarajevo institutions and Republika Srpska.

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—🇭🇺/🇲🇰 NEW: Hungary’s 4iG-backed One enters North Macedonia as third mobile operator.

➡️ One Macedonia Telecommunications is a subsidiary of Hungary’s 4iG Group and has been selected and licensed as North Macedonia’s third mobile operator, with 5G spectrum rights across several bands.

➡️ The company has a multi‑year licence and rollout obligations, including initial 5G coverage of at least one city by March 2027 and nationwide 5G coverage by 2030, alongside existing duopoly players Makedonski Telekom and A1.

➡️ 4iG is indeed Hungarian, state‑aligned and expanding regionally under the ONE brand in Albania and Montenegro, and has been repeatedly described as closely tied to Viktor Orbán and his government, including in defence-sector deals and diplomatic lobbying.

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—👁🇲🇰 NEW: The Parliament of North Macedonia has approved the “Safe City” law to install AI-powered surveillance cameras across the country, after the government pushed it through with backing from a far-left party.

➡️ Albanian opposition parties voted against, accusing the government of targeting ethnic Albanians by concentrating cameras in Albanian-majority cities, while critics warn the project will deepen mass surveillance and instill fear among citizens.

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—🇷🇴/🇲🇩 NEW: Romanian President Nicușor Dan rejected calls for a referendum on uniting Romania with Moldova, arguing there is no basis to hold one as long as a majority in Moldova does not support unification and prefers the EU path.

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—UPDATE: Pakistan’s Punjab province has expressed interest in Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) information on study opportunities at Bulgarian universities, signaling growing educational ties between Bulgaria and Pakistan’s most populous province.

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—❗️🇷🇸❌🇧🇦 URGENT: Leader of the ruling SNSD in Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said Srpska must decide whether to remain within the Dayton Agreement or withdraw its consent, claiming the latest decision of the Constitutional Court has undermined the accord.

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