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...

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...

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...

EU survey shows consumer views on food safety

A survey by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has revealed how much people are aware of and pay attention to food safety. EFSA conducts the survey every three years. This year it includes the 27 EU member states and seven EU candidate...

Kosovo dispatch: US halts Strategic Dialogue, citing instability and marking political setback

The United States government announced on September 12 that it will suspend the long-anticipated Strategic Dialogue with Kosovo, citing Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s actions as a source of escalating tensions and instability. In a statement posted...

Begaj presses Kosovo UN seat, EU deadline

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (TemA) — Albanian President Bajram Begaj used his UN address to demand a seat for Kosovo and to fix Albania’s EU timetable: close accession talks by 2027, join by 2030. He said the Assembly “cannot be complete” while Kosovo...

Why Trump’s 'chaotic' strategy to 'flood the zone' will 'blow up' in his face: expert

President Donald Trump's "flood the zone" strategy — a push to do everything at once to overwhelm — "involves a lot of mopping up," writes Bloomberg's Wes Kosova. Noting that Trump signed 205 executive orders between January 20 and September 20,...

Dua Lipa Gets High Praise From Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani at F4D ‘First Ladies Luncheon’

Fashion 4 Development’s annual “First Ladies Luncheon” is a magnet for powerful women, and Tuesday’s event at the Pierre Hotel was no exception, with Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani being an honoree. Before the event started, the president, who...

Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech

In a lengthy, no-holds-barred speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump aggressively critiqued other nations on a range of policies. Trump called climate change "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and...

'Total disgrace' - Alexander Isak and Sweden boss slammed for FIFA World Cup qualifying catastrophe

Sweden are on the verge of missing out on the 2026 FIFA World Cup after three straight defeats in qualifying. The Scandinavian country have been defeated twice this month, losing first to Switzerland and then Kosovo, in what appears to have been...

Why did the US suspend its strategic dialogue with Kosovo? And what’s next?

On September 12, the Trump administration suspended its strategic dialogue with Kosovo, citing unspecified actions and statements from caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti. The suspension comes seven months into a political crisis in Kosovo, with...

Bislimi denies Kosovo is targeting Serbian health institutions in the north

Kosovo’s acting Deputy Prime Minister, Besnik Bislimi, denied on Tuesday that the Kosovar authorities are targeting health institutions run by Serbia in the country’s north—an area predominantly populated by Serbs. In a statement on his personal X...

Albania aims to revive domestic defence industry as it hosts top Nato officials

Albania is moving to reinvigorate its domestic defence sector and expand its role in regional security, Prime Minister Edi Rama and Defence Minister Pirro Vengu said during high-level meetings this week with Nato officials and partner countries....

How Kremlin Propaganda Is Engineering Moldova’s Vote: Study of Key Narratives Targeting 2025 Elections

Russian and pro-Russian outlets are running a coordinated disinformation campaign in Moldova to shape perceptions of voters ahead of the upcoming elections—and to fracture Kyiv–Chișinău–EU alignment. Our analysis of the content produced by...

EU opens energy, environment cluster in accession talks with Albania

The Council of the EU held an accession conference with Albania and declared the opening of formal talks on cluster 4. “Enlargement is at the top of our priorities as a geopolitical necessity for the EU. I am happy that we took a next step today...

Which companies are the most profitable in Serbia?

The Top 100 lists of business entities in 2024 were compiled based on the regular annual financial reports for 2024 for 113,463 companies, following analysis and ranking of data from the perspective of business performance – according to operating...

The joy of qualifying belongs to the few, not the powerful

The announcement will come as a bit of a shock in Torshavn. These have been a heady few days in the Faroe Islands. On Thursday, the archipelago’s national team thrashed Montenegro in World Cup qualifying. On Sunday, a late goal from Martin...

Britain has lost control of its borders, Mahmood admits

Shabana Mahmood will warn on Wednesday that the UK’s failure to control its borders is eroding trust not just in politicians but in the state itself. The home secretary will host counterparts from six western Balkan countries that are crucial to...

Review: The Beauty of the Donkey

13/10/2025 - Through part-reenactment and part-historical discovery, Dea Gjinovci examines her father’s scars from his exile from Kosovo by returning with him to his hometown Dea and Asllan Gjinovci in The Beauty of the Donkey In Switzerland,...