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—🇭🇺/🇷🇸/🇸🇰/🇷🇺 WATCH: Hungary’s PM-elect Péter Magyar has accused a “godfather” figure, explicitly naming Russia, of standing behind the emerging alliance between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Hungary’s outgoing leader Viktor Orban, and Slovakia’s Robert…
—UPDATE: Vucic responded that he is ready to extend a hand to Hungary’s incoming government but will not accept any “humiliation.”

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—🇷🇴 NEW: Romania’s Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare is holding high-level talks in Washington during the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings with US officials, World Bank President Ajay Banga and IMF leaders, aiming to boost Romania’s credibility and attract new investments.

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—🇷🇸/🇷🇸 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will tomorrow host a high-level meeting in Belgrade with the top leadership of Republika Srpska, including the entity’s president, prime minister, parliament speaker, Serb member of the BiH Presidency and the…
—🇷🇸/🇷🇸 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the top leadership of Republika Srpska and senior Serbian military commanders in Belgrade to discuss plans to modernize the Armed Forces and assess regional security risks stemming from growing military cooperation between Albania, Croatia and Kosovo.

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—🇺🇸/🇧🇬 NEW: A total of 625 servicemen arrived at Varna Airport on an Atlas Air Boeing 747-443, from where they were transported to the joint Bulgarian-American facility at the “Novo Selo“ Training Range.

➡️ Later when the Boing 747 was taking off, it was struck by lightning.

➡️ This arrival of troops was part of the "Atlantic Resolve'' security assurance initiative.

➡️ In such frame, American formations participate on a rotational basis in bilateral, joint or multinational exercises in the Baltic States, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🇺🇸/🇧🇬 NEW: A total of 625 servicemen arrived at Varna Airport on an Atlas Air Boeing 747-443, from where they were transported to the joint Bulgarian-American facility at the “Novo Selo“ Training Range. ➡️ Later when the Boing 747 was taking off, it was…
—NOTE: The information about the number of soldiers and their real purpose is in the end still unclear.

➡️ Apparently more planes have come transporting more American soldiers, and the Ministry of Defense is still silent about their arrival at this moment.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—❗️🇧🇬 NEW: The Bulgarian Ministry of Interior has seized up to 1 million euros from vote-buying schemes, the caretaker PM announced.

➡️ Bulgaria is just a few days away from the parliamentary elections on April 19.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🇷🇸/🇷🇸 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the top leadership of Republika Srpska and senior Serbian military commanders in Belgrade to discuss plans to modernize the Armed Forces and assess regional security risks stemming from growing military…
—🇷🇸❌🇭🇷🇦🇱🇽🇰 NEW: Milorad Dodik claims Republika Srpska is “fundamentally threatened” by the military alliance between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo, calling it a pact “against the Serb people”

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—❗️🇩🇪/🇷🇴 NEW: A Rheinmetall representative in Romania said the German group aims not only to build new plants but to “build the future of Romanian engineering and defence industry,” adding it wants “Made in Romania” to become a standard of excellence across NATO armies.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 POLITICO: Rumen Radev is on course to win Bulgaria’s election this weekend, pledging to take on the country’s oligarchs and mafia.

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—🗳🇧🇬 Considering the political scenario and the polls, it's very likely that we are going for a 9th election after April 19th

➡️ Rumen Radev's party (that is in first place based on the polls) announced that they will not make a coalition with GERB or DPS, meanwhile PP-DB have criticized Radev and will not make a coalition with him.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🗳🇧🇬 Considering the political scenario and the polls, it's very likely that we are going for a 9th election after April 19th ➡️ Rumen Radev's party (that is in first place based on the polls) announced that they will not make a coalition with GERB or DPS…
—UPDATE: One subscriber added that some Bulgarian analysts predict PB-Revival coalition, since they are both pro-Russian.

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—UPDATE: One subscriber added that some Bulgarian analysts predict PB-Revival coalition, since they are both pro-Russian. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English
—❗️🗳🇧🇬NEW: Market Links' poll projecting 109 seats for PB and 16 for Revival, enough for a government coalition, a subscriber reports.

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—Dear Bulgarian friends, tomorrow, we will be paying a lot of attention to the channel's direct messages in case you would like to share anything with us, like pictures, videos, opinions, experiences... Anything. Thank you to the ones who are already sharing information with us.
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—🇹🇷/🇧🇦 NEW: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presidency on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, discussing bilateral ties and plans to deepen political and economic cooperation.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 NEW: Skepticism regarding Radev in EU media is already growing, a subscriber reports.

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