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Virginia Woolf-influenced installation among projects from HEAD Geneva School of Art and Design
Dezeen School Shows: an installation influenced by Virginia Woolf's iconic essay A Room of One's Own is among the projects from HEAD – Geneva School of Art and Design. Also featured is a project investigating uses of mycelium and an installation...

Turkey Provides Kosovo with Kamikaze Drones. Serbia Accuses Ankara of “Undermining Stability”
The President of Serbia has criticized Turkey for selling arms to Kosovo, namely Skydagger kamikaze drones. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused Turkey of violating international law and destabilizing the situation in the Western Balkans....
Fatherland Movement: Vucic’s Hypocritical, Cynical Rallies in Support of Serbs in Kosovo
Source: Beta News / Politics | 09.10.25 | access_time 20:49 Kosovo Serbs gathered to protest Pristina’s decision to make the Euro the only legal currency, Mitrovica, Feb. 12 2024 (Photo: PrintScreen YouTube) The intention of Serbian President...

Serbia angry with Turkey for arming Kosovo
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has accused Turkey of breaching international law [Getty] Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has accused Turkey of destabilising the western Balkans by supplying weapons to Kosovo, describing Ankara’s actions as...

Turkey Sends Thousands of Kamikaze Drones to Kosovo, Threatening Balkan Stability
A Serbian Army base located near the Kosovo border. Credit: Vojska Srbije, CC BY 3.0 rs/Wikipedia Turkey has dispatched thousands of kamikaze drones to Kosovo this week, potentially heightening regional tensions in the Balkans. Kosovo’s Prime...

Kosovo’s* just energy transition: greening the Kingdom of Coal
Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles. The Energy Community Secretariat organized the contest in collaboration with Bankwatch, CAN Europe, the CLEW...

Serbian president slams Turkey over arms sales to Kosovo
While a 1998 U.N. Security Council resolution does proscribe the sale or supply of weapons to Kosovo, an agreement from the following year, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244, states that this prohibition “shall not apply to arms and related...

Fort Dodge, Kosovo relationship is worthy of support
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has Americans thinking about foreign affairs in a way that they probably have not done in a long time. Among other things, the war has made it clear once again that peaceful bonds of friendship need to be forged...

Turkish Skydagger kamikaze drones arrived early in Kosovo: Premier
BELGRADE, Serbia Containers carrying thousands of Turkish Skydagger kamikaze drones have already arrived in Kosovo, marking an early delivery under a contract with Turkish defense company Baykar, Kosovo’s prime minister said Wednesday. Dozens of...
Baltic Pitching Forum to host inaugural European Short Film Industry Events Summit
The first ever short film forums and markets’ meeting will take place during renowned industry event Baltic Pitching Forum this week, from 8-10 October in Vilnius, Lithuania. The European Short Film Industry Events Summit (ESFIES) will be the...

Sweden to begin stockpiling food for first time since Cold War
EU defence ministers are also set to discuss a ‘drone wall’ amid Russian incursions in recent months (Picture: UK MOD) Sweden will start filing up its silos with food for the first time since the Cold War amid fears of a war with Russia. After...

British MP: Serbian Orthodox Church Involved in Arms Smuggling for Militias in Kosovo
British MP Alicia Kearns has accused the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) of taking part in arms smuggling from Serbia into Kosovo. Speaking during a session of Parliament, Kearns claimed that weapons are being transported from Serbia to Kosovo in...

Centre Film Festival set for Nov. 10-16
STATE COLLEGE — The Centre Film Festival returns for its seventh season, Nov. 10–16, bringing global stories and local voices together across five cherished venues — UEC Theatres, The State Theatre, and The Rowland Theatre as well as the Carnegie...

Centre Film Festival Announces 2025 Lineup, Expands With VR Showcase and Global Premieres
Pablo Lopez, Happy Valley Adventure Bureau film production manager; Pearl Gluck, Centre Film Festival founder; and Jess Whitley, assistant to the State College borough manager, pose for a photo during a press conference at The State Theatre for...

Celebrities: Death in September 2025
Dhimitër Anagnosti, 89, Albanian film director (The Return of the Dead Army, Përralle Nga e Kaluara) and politician, minister of culture (1992–1994) and MP (1991–1996). Jimmy Bone, 75, Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, St Mirren) and...

Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals Slip
Change font size: - + Reset Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals SlipTirana, September 26, 2025 — By Tirana Times Staff Albania’s summer tourism season ended on a stronger note in August, with a surge in visitors from...

What the looming verdict in Thaçi war crimes trial could mean for Kosovo, the Balkans, and beyond
Did a political representative of a guerrilla army have command responsibility for alleged crimes committed by its members during the Kosovo war? This is the central question an international trial panel will soon have to answer in the case...

Kosovo Business Alliance warns diaspora investments locked in non-productive real estate
The Kosovo Business Alliance (AKB) has raised concerns about the flow of remittances into Kosovo, stating that much of the diaspora’s money is tied up in housing rather than the productive sectors, the AKB said in a statement released on its...

With a truce in Israel, Trump now says he’s ended eight wars. His numbers are off
As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, taking a first step toward peace, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, telling them he had ended his eighth war. “After so many years of unceasing war...

Fortress Europe, delayed
Welcome to Rapporteur. This is Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta in Brussels. Got a story we should know about? Drop us a line – we read every message. Need-to-knows: Migration: Belgium urges EU backing for coordinated deportations to Afghanistan...