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Djuric, Jenca discuss Kosovo-Metohija, region and international issues
Tanjug
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July 9, 2025
BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Miroslav Jenca in Belgrade on Wednesday to discuss regional relations, the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and current international...
Agriculture's Share in Economy, Largest in Europe
Albanian Daily News
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Albania is facing a paradox, where food prices for the first time in history exceeded the European Union average, but meanwhile, the country has the highest share of agriculture in its economy compared to all countries in Europe. The latest...
Bilateral partnership: Kosovo and Luxembourg pledge closer ties with new funding pact
RTL Today
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July 8, 2025
Kosovo and Luxembourg have agreed to bolster bilateral ties through a new €50 million cooperation package, signed during Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi’s working visit to Luxembourg on Monday. On Monday, Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister,...
Kosovo Serb party launches petition against new bridges in Mitrovica
Gazeta Tema
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July 7, 2025
Mitrovica, July 7 – Serb List, Kosovo’s largest ethnic Serb party, launched a petition Monday opposing the construction of two new bridges over the Ibar River in Mitrovica, accusing the government in Pristina of acting unilaterally and ignoring...
Kosovo Serb Party Petitions Against New Bridges in Divided Town
Balkan Insight
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July 7, 2025
Ongoing construction on a bridge that will serve both vehicles and pedestrians, July 7, 2025. Photo: BIRN/Florinda Kelmendi. Kosovo Serbs gathered on Monday in front of the office of the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party in North Mitrovica to...
Serb List launches petition against construction of two bridges over the Ibar River
Euronews Albania
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July 7, 2025
At the initiative of the Serb List, the largest Serbian party in Kosovo which enjoys the support of Belgrade, a petition was launched on Monday in North Mitrovica against the construction of bridges over the Ibar River. The foundation stones were...
World Bank Appoints New Country Manager for Kosovo and North Macedonia
South Africa Today
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July 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, USA – July, 07th 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The World Bank has appointed Carole Megevand as its the new Country Manager for Kosovo and North Macedonia, effective July 1, 2025. In her new role, Megevand will lead the World...
The not-so-affordable housing in the Balkans
Kosovo 2.0
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July 10, 2025
For the past seven years, Dejana Stosic, a 26-year-old, has been renting in Serbia’s capital after relocating from a small town in the south of the country. Stostic recently found a job with a higher salary as a coordinator at a private company in...
Kosovo farmers protest cheap wheat amid imports
Gazeta Tema
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July 4, 2025
PRISTINA, July 4 — Dozens of Kosovo wheat farmers demonstrated in Pristina on Thursday, decrying a price of only €0.17–0.18 per kilogram set by local flour mills—prices they say are driven down by Serbian imports. Customs data show that Serbia...
Kosovo reports livestock disease outbreak
Gazeta Tema
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July 3, 2025
PRISTINA, July 3 — Kosovo’s Food and Veterinary Agency (FVA) has confirmed an outbreak of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious viral disease affecting sheep and goats, in the village of Landovicë near Prizren. Veterinary teams...
Trump sends out tariff letters to more countries but avoids major US trade partners
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners Wednesday with a pledge to announce import taxes on other countries later in the day. None of the countries targeted in the letters -- the...
Where Is Cannabis Legal In Europe?
Forbes
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A guide to medical marijuana and recreational use laws across the continent and the United Kingdom. In April 2024, Germany legalized recreational marijuana, becoming the largest country in Europe to turn green. There are currently 28 EU countries...
Trump targets Brazil for 50% import taxes
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 10, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, breaking...
Here's How Far A B-2 Bomber Can Fly Without Refueling
SlashGear
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July 9, 2025
The B-2 Bomber is one of the most iconic aircraft in U.S. military history. Lauded for its stealth capabilities, the B-2 Bomber is a long-range, all-altitude heavy bomber hailed for its ability to bypass air defenses. As such, the Northrop...
Kosovo Begins Construction of Two New Bridges over the Ibar to Connect Mitrovica
Euronews Albania
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July 1, 2025
The construction of two new bridges on either side of the main bridge over the Ibar River — an initiative through which the acting Government of Kosovo aims to connect the Serb-majority North Mitrovica with the Albanian-majority South Mitrovica —...
Ex-soldier crashed car after police followed him from to Conon
Ross Shire Journal
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July 10, 2025
Inverness Sheriff Court.A former soldier who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following tours of Kosovo and Iraq crashed his car after officers followed him from Muir of Ord to Conon Bridge. Father of two, 45-year-old production...
Lessons in Finland’s Conscription Model
Small Wars Journal
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July 10, 2025
Finland is a country in Northern Europe that has excelled in both quality of life and military capability. Sharing one of the largest borders with a consistently hostile neighbor in Russia, Helsinki’s quality of life could not have been achieved...
Djuric: Serbia will not allow forced redrawing of realities in Kosovo-Metohija
Tanjug
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July 2, 2025
BELGRADE - The Government of the Republic of Serbia strongly condemns the latest unilateral and politically motivated act by Albin Kurti’s regime, marked by Tuesday’s ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of two new bridges in Kosovska...
Culture in Kosovo: Year zero
Kosovo 2.0
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July 2, 2025
While the citizens of Kosovo have moved past the frenzy of the election campaign, for almost four months now, we have seen elected deputies failing to elect the Speaker of the Assembly — a prerequisite for forming a government. In the meantime,...
Vučić slams Kosovo bridge plan, warns exodus
Gazeta Tema
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July 2, 2025
BELGRADE, July 2 — Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has protested to Western powers over Kosovo’s construction of two new bridges over the Ibar River, calling it a unilateral move that could trigger a “final exodus” of Serbs from Mitrovica’s...