🇦🇱🤝🇮🇱 — Albanian Prime-Minister Edi Rama in Israel:

Albanians didn’t gather in rallies of hate against Israel.

They didn’t project their anger on Jewish visitors.

This stands in sharp contrast with what happened in many other parts of Europe.

Our country stands unshakeably against anti-Semitism just as it stands against Islamophobia.

🇦🇱🤝🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Albanian PM Edi Rama in Israel:

While we pray for the countless souls that have lost in the last days in the fires of Khomeinism, we hold hope and conviction that the days of Tehran's killers are coming to an end.

🇮🇷 Albania is known for hosting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK/PMOI)

—🇦🇱/🇮🇱 NEW: Albania's PM Edi Rama prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during his official visit to Israel.

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—❗️🪖🇦🇱 NEW: Albania will begin producing “Made in Albania” drones and anti-drone systems from 2026 under a joint venture between state-owned defense company KAYO and Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems, Defense Minister Pirro Vengu has confirmed.

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—❗️🇷🇸🇲🇪🇧🇦🇲🇰❌🇪🇺 URGENT: Truck drivers from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia have launched coordinated blockades of freight border crossings towards the Schengen Area, protesting the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) and 90/180-day stay limits that they say make regular operations impossible.

➡️ The action, which began around noon, targets cargo terminals only, with organizers warning the disruption to EU–Western Balkans trade could last several days while passenger traffic is largely allowed to continue.

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—🇭🇺🇸🇰❌🇪🇺 NEW: Hungary and Slovakia will file separate lawsuits at the EU Court of Justice against the bloc’s ban on imports of Russian gas and plan to coordinate their legal actions, Slovak PM Robert Fico said.

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—🇲🇪/🇪🇺 NEW: Montenegro has now closed its 13th EU accession negotiating chapter, more than one third of the total, consolidating its status as the frontrunner in the current enlargement wave and putting it in pole position to become the next EU member.

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—🇧🇬/🇪🇺 NEW: Former Bulgarian president Rumen Radev said Europe has become a “hostage” to its ambition for moral leadership in a world “without rules,” warning that this approach exposes the EU to mounting security and geopolitical risks.
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—🇭🇷 NEW: Croatian PM Andrej Plenković said Zagreb will first examine the legality and other implications of US President Donald Trump’s proposed international “Board of Peace” before deciding whether Croatia will join the initiative.

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—🇺🇸/🇷🇸 NEW: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance expects Belgrade to establish who is responsible for the September 2023 Banjska attack in northern Kosovo, as well as for the attacks on KFOR troops in May 2023.

➡️ He stressed that Serbia must clarify accountability for both incidents as part of its obligations toward regional security and stability.

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—🇲🇰 WATCH: Foreign workers from South Asia have begun arriving in North Macedonia after the government approved up to 10,000 work permits for 2026, a move authorities say is needed to address labor shortages.

➡️ The opposition has accused the government of enabling a “migrant invasion,” a claim officials firmly reject.

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