—🇦🇱 BREAKING: Edi Rama secures fourth consecutive term as Albania’s Prime Minister.

Under Rama’s leadership, Albania has boosted its global tourism appeal and regional influence; focus now shifts to potential EU accession progress during this mandate.

📰 Source: Epirote Report.

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—🎤🇦🇱 FUN FACT: Dua Lipa was eligible to vote in Albania’s parliamentary elections.

The international pop star holds Albanian citizenship but has made no public endorsements ahead of the vote.

📰 Source: kos_data.

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—🇹🇷 NEW: Turkey supplying advanced EW kits and operator training under 2022 defense pacts.

Analysts report that Turkey has provided Pakistan with electronic warfare systems tested in Libya and Karabakh, along with training in credential spoofing and covert narrative operations, contributing to a broader ISR-denial capability stack in South Asia.

📰 Source: Thomas Keith via /CIG/ Telegram.

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—🇮🇱/🇷🇸 NEW: Israeli military transport Boeing 747 lands in Belgrade from Tel Aviv.

The aircraft’s arrival in Serbia was tracked and confirmed via open-source channels.

📰 Source: East Info channel.

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BREAKING:
🇬🇧🇺🇸❌🇷🇺🇧🇬-A UK court has sentenced six Bulgarian nationals for operating a Russian spy network on British soil, Reuters reports.

➡️The group was accused of gathering sensitive information, surveilling targets, and passing intelligence to Moscow over several years. Their operations included the use of fake documents and covert communication methods to support Russia’s geopolitical interests in Europe.

➡️This high-profile conviction marks a major escalation in Britain’s crackdown on foreign intelligence activity, particularly following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing concerns over Kremlin-linked espionage across NATO states.

—🇷🇴/🇺🇦 NEW: Romanian presidential frontrunner Simion demands compensation for military aid to Ukraine.

George Simion stated Romania should receive compensation for donating a Patriot missile system and other support, adding that Bucharest will no longer give money to foreign countries and reaffirming his neutral stance aligned with Donald Trump's policies.

📰 Source: Reuters.

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—🇪🇺/🇷🇸 UPDATE: EU Council President Costa backs Serbia’s reform path after Vucic-Putin meeting in Moscow.

Costa reiterated support for Serbia’s EU accession, citing Vucic’s clear commitment to reforms on electoral law, media freedom, and anti-corruption despite his visit to Russia.

📰 Source: AP News.

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—👑🇷🇴 NEW: Presidential frontrunner George Simion signals political backing for monarchy restoration in Romania via constitutional reform.

Simion declared openness to reinstating the monarchy, stating "some people in Romania would like to return to the monarchy... I would agree with that," and emphasized it would occur only with parliamentary majority support. He confirmed AUR seeks a constitutional change to enable this.

A 2023 INSCOP survey found that 56.4% of Romanians believe the country's situation would have improved if the monarchy had been restored after 1989; however, only 35.4% would vote to reinstate it.

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📰 Source: Daily Romania.

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—🇭🇷/🇩🇪/🇺🇦 NEW: Croatia transfers 30 M-84 Yugoslav tanks to Germany for future delivery to Ukraine.

Ukrainian media report the tanks will be refurbished in Germany before being sent to Ukrainian forces; Berlin reportedly offered a discount on Leopard 2A8 tanks in return.

📰 Source: About Serbia in Russian channel.

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—❗️🇷🇺/🇺🇦/🇹🇷 BREAKING: Low-level Russian delegation to meet Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul; neither Putin nor Lavrov attending.

The Kremlin confirmed its Istanbul team includes Medinsky, Galuzin, Fomin, and Kostyukov—without senior figures. Ukrainian President Zelensky is en route to Ankara, ready for talks "in any format," while US envoys Witkoff and Rubio also travel to Turkey. Trump will not participate.

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