โ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland votes to permanently protect cash
โก๏ธ Switzerland has approved in a national referendum a constitutional guarantee to preserve cash as a permanent means of payment, with 73% of voters backing an initiative that prevents physical money from being replaced by purely virtual currency.
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โ๐ท๐ธ /๐บ๐ธ NEW: Chief of the General Staff Gen. Milan Mojsiloviฤ met in Belgrade with Adm. George M. Wikoff, commander of NATOโs Joint Force Command Naples, for talks on the regional security situation and further military cooperation, with a particular focus on Kosovo and Metohija and coordination with KFOR to prevent escalation on the ground.
โก๏ธ The visit, Wikoffโs first to Serbia since taking over JFC Naples, also included a tour of the Borovac training ground and South Base, facilities developed with U.S. support and used to prepare Serbian units for international missions.
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โโ๏ธ๐ข โ ๐ท๐ธ BREAKING: The Serbian government has introduced a 10-day ban on the export of crude oil, diesel, gasoline and other petroleum products used as engine fuel, in a move aimed at shielding the domestic market from shortages and sharp price spikes amid global supply disruptions.
โก๏ธ The measure applies to all modes of transport until March 19, after which Belgrade will decide whether to extend, modify or lift the restriction.
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โ๐น๐ท /๐ฌ๐ท NEW: A Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 UAV conducted surveillance near the Greek border opposite Didymoteicho and Orestiada in the Evros region, performing circular reconnaissance patterns around 18,000 ft one day after Greece announced the deployment of Patriot systems and F-16s to support Bulgariaโs air defence.
โก๏ธ The UAV likely operated from the Turkish drone base in Keลan, a key hub for monitoring the Greek-Turkish border.
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โโฆ๏ธโ๏ธ WATCH: Air-raid sirens sounded inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Christianityโs holiest site.
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โ๐ธ๐ฎ /๐ช๐บ NEW: Slovenian PM Robert Golob told Politico that his right-wing election rival Janez Janลกa is the closest ally Viktor Orbรกn will ever have and warned that if Janลกa wins, he will side with Orbรกn in efforts to โbreak up the European Union,โ calling this the real battle Slovenia and Europe now face.
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โโ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฑ โ ๐ฎ๐ท BREAKING: Khamenei's son and new Supreme Leader of Iran has been wounded in a US-Israeli airstrike.
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โ๐น๐ท /๐ฎ๐ท NEW: Tรผrkiyeโs Foreign Ministry has summoned Iranโs ambassador in Ankara after a second ballistic missile launched from Iran was intercepted by NATO air defenses as it entered Turkish airspace near Gaziantep, with debris falling in uninhabited areas and no casualties reported.
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โ๐บ๐ธ /๐น๐ท NEW: The United States has ordered non-emergency staff and family members to leave the US Consulate General in Adana due to heightened security risks linked to the regional fallout from the USโIran confrontation, while strongly urging American citizens to depart southeast Tรผrkiye.
โก๏ธ The consulate has suspended services, with US nationals instructed to seek assistance from the embassy in Ankara or the consulate in Istanbul.
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โ๐ช๐บ EU no longer trusts rules-based order, von der Leyen warns
โก๏ธ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU ambassadors in Brussels that the Union can no longer fully rely on a postโSecond World War โrules-basedโ international order, arguing that repeated geopolitical crises have deeply eroded the system and its multilateral mechanisms.
โก๏ธ She called for a more โrealisticโ foreign policy focused on EU strategic interests, greater strategic autonomy, stronger defence capabilities and a review of current consensus-based decision making in external action.
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โ๐ช ๐ญ๐ท NEW: Croatia has formally reintroduced compulsory military service after nearly two decades, with the first 800 conscripts beginning a twoโmonth basic training program today at barracks in Knin, Slunj and Poลพega.
โก๏ธ The draft, revived following legislative changes in late 2025, will see up to 4,000 young men called up annually for short-term training as Zagreb cites heightened security risks in Europe and the Western Balkans.
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โ๐ฎ๐ท /๐ฆ๐ฑ NEW: An Iranian missile strike on Albania is assessed as theoretically possible but practically almost impossible due to layered NATO air and missile defenses over Tรผrkiye and Greece, which would sit along the likely flight path.
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โ๐ช ๐ท๐ธ NEW: Serbia has sharply increased its arms purchases over the past 5 years, with imports rising by about 195%, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
โก๏ธ The country now ranks 37th worldwide, with its share of global arms imports growing from 0.2% in 2016โ2020 to 0.6% in 2021โ2025, placing it among the top 40 importers.
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โ๐ ๐ฌ๐ท Today in 432 BC, the Parthenon in Athens was consecrated and dedicated to Athena!
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