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🇦🇱 - Creators of Albanian AI minister, that was supposed to make government contracts transparent, are arrested for corruption.
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🇦🇱 - Creators of Albanian AI minister, that was supposed to make government contracts transparent, are arrested for corruption.
—This is, by far, the best I read this year. And it's only January.
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Stella Nikolova, a zooarchaeologist at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences says:
Dog meat was not a necessity eaten out of poverty, as these sites are rich in livestock, which was the main source of protein
Evidence shows that dog meat was associated with some tradition involving communal feasting
While the practice is considered taboo in contemporary European societies, this hasn't always been the case. Historical accounts mention that the ancient Greeks also sometimes ate dog meat, and archaeological analysis of dog skeletons from Greece has confirmed those stories
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Turkey has dismissed claims that its military role at Albania’s Pashaliman naval base is at risk, stating there’s been no request for withdrawal and that its mission continues unchanged. Ankara says Albania’s new cooperation with Italy, including a major Fincantieri shipyard project, does not affect Turkey’s position or its NATO-related activities.
Turkey maintains operational rights at the base, provides training and support to the Albanian Armed Forces, and views Pashaliman as a key strategic foothold in the Adriatic and Ionian seas, especially amid tensions with Greece.
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—☦️🇧🇦 /🇷🇸 Bosnian courts list Serbian Orthodox cemeteries and churches as “state property”
➡️ A Bosnian court in Mostar has registered several Serbian Orthodox Church properties as state-owned during a cadastral “harmonization” process, including two cemeteries with a chapel and a church in the Vrapčići district of Mostar and an Orthodox church in Čelebići near Konjic.
➡️ Separately, the Cathedral Church of the Most Holy Mother of God in Zenica and the surrounding land have also been registered as “state property” in the land registry, which a Serb rights committee has denounced as another blow to Serbian Orthodox Church property in the Federation.
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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…
—❗️🇪🇺 URGENT: The European Commission has for the first time adopted a visa strategy that recognises truck drivers as a separate category, laying the groundwork to address long-standing visa and mobility issues for drivers from the Western Balkans.
➡️ The move is aimed at facilitating cross-border freight transport between the region and the EU single market.
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—❗️🇪🇺 URGENT: The European Commission has for the first time adopted a visa strategy that recognises truck drivers as a separate category, laying the groundwork to address long-standing visa and mobility issues for drivers from the Western Balkans. ➡️ The…
—🇲🇪 /🇲🇰 /🇧🇦 /🇷🇸 UPDATE: Truck drivers from Montenegro and North Macedonia have lifted their blockades at freight border crossings towards the Schengen area, while hauliers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia plan to meet tonight to decide whether to end their own border blockades over the EU’s new Entry-Exit System stay rules.
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—☦️🇧🇦 /🇷🇸 Bosnian courts list Serbian Orthodox cemeteries and churches as “state property” ➡️ A Bosnian court in Mostar has registered several Serbian Orthodox Church properties as state-owned during a cadastral “harmonization” process, including two cemeteries…
—❗️☦️ 🇷🇸 ❌ 🇧🇦 URGENT: Republika Srpska PM Savo Minić said his government will not allow Serbian Orthodox churches and cemeteries to be registered under Bosnian state authorities and announced the formation of an inter-ministerial group to “protect the Church and Serbian people” in the Federation.
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—❗️🇷🇸 /🇧🇦 /🇷🇸 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said Serbia respects the territorial integrity and borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that this will remain Belgrade’s policy, but added he “intentionally” avoids using the term “sovereignty” because it…
—🇷🇸 (🇧🇦 ) /🇮🇱 NEW: Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said he asked Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to support a “return to the original Dayton framework,” including the restoration of Republika Srpska’s own army, finances, courts, intelligence services and all competencies granted under the 1995 peace agreement.
➡️ He framed the request as part of efforts to resist what he calls the dismantling of the Dayton system and to reassert entity-level powers within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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—🇮🇱 /🇷🇸 (🇧🇦 ) WATCH: Israeli President Isaac Herzog held talks in Tel Aviv with Ana Trišić Babić, Acting President of Republika Srpska, and Milorad Dodik, head of the ruling party in the entity, as part of Israel’s long-standing ties with Srpska.
➡️ The meeting underscores the close relationship that has developed over the years between Israel and Republika Srpska.
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—🇮🇱 /🇷🇸 (🇧🇦 ) WATCH: Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana has awarded Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik the Jabotinsky Prize for Liberty, one of Israel’s highest distinctions, citing his role in fostering bilateral relations between Israel and the Republic of Srpska.
➡️ The recognition underscores the growing political ties between Israeli authorities and Dodik’s administration in Banja Luka.
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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. ✅ @balkanspectator —…
—🇭🇷 /🇺🇸 NEW: Croatia has decided not to join US President Donald Trump’s new “Board of Peace” initiative, after President Zoran Milanović and PM Andrej Plenković agreed in a phone call that Zagreb will decline Washington’s invitation.
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—🤝 🇷🇸 /🇭🇺 NEW: Serbia and Hungary are deepening cooperation through diplomatic co-location, jointly operating embassies or consular offices in Greece, Malta, Chile, Congo and Zambia, with new shared premises planned in Vietnam and Tanzania.
➡️ Diplomatic co-location allows both states to share buildings and services while fully keeping separate sovereignty, foreign policy and consular authority, cutting costs and boosting coordination without affecting independent decision-making.
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—🇲🇪 /🇲🇰 /🇧🇦 /🇷🇸 UPDATE: Truck drivers from Montenegro and North Macedonia have lifted their blockades at freight border crossings towards the Schengen area, while hauliers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia plan to meet tonight to decide whether to end their…
—UPDATE: On 3 February, ministers from Western Balkan countries will meet European Commission representatives to discuss the Schengen-area restrictions that have triggered days-long border blockades by regional truck drivers protesting the EU’s Entry/Exit System and 90/180-day stay limit.
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Ankara is preparing to export the ISTIF‑class frigates TCG İzmir and TCG İçel to Indonesia for $1B, delaying the Turkish Navy’s modernization by up to 18 months.
The move has sparked strong backlash in Turkey, with analysts warning that key warships are being sold despite rising tensions in the Aegean.
The deal is not fully confirmed yet, but negotiations are advanced.
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It is and remains Chisinau’s right to determine policy in this context. We, by the way, have heard and welcome statements regarding the development of a new plan for the reintegration of Transnistria and are ready to consider a request from friendly Moldova for further practical cooperation, including our contribution to Moldova’s security
We are already providing assistance — through the development of joint border infrastructure, reducing Moldova’s dependence on Russian energy resources, and through joint cooperation on the path to EU membership. It is very important that this is a coordinated effort
When asked whether Ukraine is considering the option of providing military assistance, Sybiha hinted that this would require a request from Chisinau
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