—🇺🇸 POLYMARKET: The NSA confirms Mythos “broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks, but in hours”

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—🇺🇸/🇽🇰 NEW: NATO's commitment to the security and stability of Kosovo "remains unwavering," newly appointed Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska stated during a regional security update.

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—🇧🇬/🇮🇱 POLITICO: "Bulgaria has licensed Circles, a Sofia-based surveillance technology company to Azerbaijan, Serbia, Malaysia and Mexico."

➡️ "Circles is an affiliate of the NSO Group, the Israeli firm behind the notorious Pegasus spyware", according to the newspaper.

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—❗️🇨🇭/🇵🇱 Swiss Federal Government: "In view of the deteriorating security situation in Europe, Switzerland is expanding its military-diplomatic presence. A new defence attaché will be stationed in Warsaw, Poland, in the first half of 2027."

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—🇬🇷/🇹🇷 The Jerusalem Post: "Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy revealed that Greece recently returned 1,055 ancient coins that were illegally removed from Turkey."

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—🇷🇴/🇪🇺 WATCH: The infrastructure jacket for the Neptun Deep gas project has officially departed Saipem’s shipyard in Sardinia, Italy, bound for its installation site in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea.

➡️ Upon completion, Neptun Deep will stand as the largest offshore natural gas development in the European Union, significantly enhancing regional energy security.

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🇮🇱🤝🇧🇦 — Israeli Prime-Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Bosnian Serb president Siniša Karan today

🇧🇦 The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina was not displayed

🇧🇦 Instead only the flag of the Republika Srpska was visible.

🗿 The leaders agreed to deepen cooperation between Israel and Republika Srpska

🤝 Israeli foreign minister also met with the Bosnian Serb president, saying that "Serbs are true friends of Israel" and discussing the need to protect Bosnia's Christian minorities.

—❗️🇸🇮 WATCH: Slovenian PM Janez Janša has stated that recent arrivals along the Balkan route are "not refugees," clarifying that the vast majority are young economic migrants aged 20 to 35 originating from Morocco, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

➡️ Janša has now joined a coalition of 19 EU leaders demanding stricter border controls and accelerated repatriation procedures to counter the ongoing migration influx.

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—❗️🇷🇴/🇲🇩 Romania’s Chamber of Deputies tacitly adopts proposal for union with Moldova

➡️ The legislative proposal, initiated by the SOS Romania party, authorizes the government to immediately commence reunification negotiations with Chișinău, invoking the Helsinki Final Act which allows for peaceful border modifications.

➡️ The bill will now advance to the Senate, which acts as the decisive chamber on the matter.

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—🇷🇸/🇺🇸 WATCH: A digital billboard promoting investment opportunities in Republika Srpska has been displayed on the iconic screens of Times Square in New York City.

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—🇺🇸/🇪🇺/🇷🇺 NEW: The United States aims to purchase the European section of the "Nord Stream" pipeline in order to resell Russian gas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated.

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—💸 NOTICE: The window for the free exchange of Bulgarian lev (BGN) banknotes and coins at commercial banks and selected Bulgarian Post branches will officially close on June 30, 2026.

➡️ All exchanges are processed at the fixed conversion rate of 1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN.

➡️ While commercial entities may introduce service fees starting July 1, the Bulgarian National Bank will continue to exchange the currency free of charge indefinitely.

➡️ For single transactions exceeding 30,000 BGN, individuals must provide the respective bank with at least three business days' advance notice.

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—❗️🇦🇱 BALKAN SPECTATOR NOTICE: If you are at the ongoing protests in Albania, or have recently attended them, and have original videos or photos recorded by yourself that you would like us to publish, feel free to send them through the channel’s direct messages.

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—🇺🇸/🇷🇸 WATCH: Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich stated that US President Donald Trump will find a new strategic ally in Southeast Europe in Milorad Dodik, the leader of Republika Srpska.

➡️ According to Blagojevich, this shift follows the recent electoral defeat of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, a long-standing ally of the Trump administration in the region.

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—🇷🇴/🇮🇳 NEW: The Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIB) has opened a representation office in New Delhi.

➡️ CCIB leadership noted that the office will help position Romania as a vital link between the European Union and India amid the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, with additional expansions planned for Japan and China.

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