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Croatia’s Žito Group launches IPO
BNE Intellinews
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Croatian agri-food giant Žito Group on June 26 launched a public offering of shares, aiming to raise between €118mn and €141mn to fund investments and strategic acquisitions as it prepares for a listing on the Zagreb Stock Exchange. Of that total,...
Middleman for Mossad faces hefty jail term in Türkiye
Sabah
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June 16, 2025
The Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Istanbul wrapped up an indictment against Kosovar national Liridon Rexhepi, who is accused of running a financial network for Israel’s Mossad. Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Monday that prosecutors asked for a...
Macut receives Spanish ambassador
Tanjug
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June 27, 2025
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut received Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Juan Jose Sanz Aparicio on Friday to discuss bilateral relations and deepening the cooperation at all levels, above all, in the economy. According to a statement released by...
Balkan Investigative Reporting Highlights: 20 Stories from 20 Years
Balkan Insight
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July 2, 2025
From 2005 onwards, BIRN has expanded its work across more than 17 countries, building a network of reporters, editors, researchers and media partners. BIRN journalists have uncovered cross-border criminal networks, tracked disinformation...
China’s New Mantra To Win Wars — Disruption Over Destruction! Over 90% HPM Patents Filed By Chinese Firms
The Eurasian Times
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July 3, 2025
As tensions escalate in the Taiwan Strait, China has unveiled what appears to be its newest weapon in the arsenal of silent warfare—a mysterious graphite bomb capable of blacking out power grids across targeted areas. The simulation, citing data...
How Des Moines' sister cities work as it cuts relationship with France
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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Des Moines has paused its sister city relationship with Saint-Étienne, France, due to lack of communication. The city maintains active partnerships with Kofu, Japan; Shijiazhuang, China; and Pristina, Kosovo. The sister cities program aims to...
Macedonian PM Slams EU for 'Erasing Identity' from Progress Report
Novinite
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North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has sharply criticized the latest developments in the European Parliament, accusing it of erasing Macedonian identity and language in what he described as a "Taliban-style" move. His remarks...
Trump claims Iran and Israel are ready to talk
Cryptopolitan
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June 15, 2025
Donald Trump says he’s working the phones again—this time to force Israel and Iran to sit down and figure out how not to blow the planet up. In a long post on Truth Social, the president said he believes both countries “should make a deal, and...
EU Parliament set to remove “Macedonian identity and language” from draft report on North Macedonia
BGNES
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July 3, 2025
The three largest political forces in the European Parliament - the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe - have agreed to remove the terms “Macedonian identity” and “Macedonian language” from the draft report on North Macedonia's progress, BGNES reports. The...
Algorithmic bias: Platform capitalism, data and reality
Bianet
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July 1, 2025
According to data from Duke University Reporters' Lab, there are 443 platforms actively engaged in fact-checking worldwide (Duke Reporters' Lab, 2025). These organizations play an important role in combating disinformation; however, their...
BiH adopts Draft Reform Plan needed for Country to receive €1 Billion from EU
Sarajevo Times
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June 27, 2025
The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday adopted a draft reform plan and a list of reforms, thus creating the conditions for access to billions of euros that the European Union has earmarked for BiH as part of the financial...
Nudity at the Beach Still a Taboo in Albania, Citizens Call for Designated Areas
Euronews Albania
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July 2, 2025
At a time when many foreign tourists choose Albania for their vacations and often have no issue going topless on the beach, for the majority of Albanians, this remains a line that should not be crossed. In Durrës, beachgoers express surprise — and...
Protesters outside the US House make a last stand against the GOP megabill
North Dakota Monitor
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July 2, 2025
WASHINGTON — Protesters demonstrated against the “big beautiful bill” outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as House Republicans whipped votes to get the bill across the finish line and to President Donald Trump’s desk by a self-imposed July Fourth...
US warned Modi of Pakistan’s massive attack on May 9 night : Jaishankar
ARY News
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON: Indian External Affairs Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has revealed that the Trump administration had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a massive attack by Pakistan if India did not agree to certain conditions, according to...
Djuric meets with Czech special Western Balkans envoy
Tanjug
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July 1, 2025
BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric received Czech special Western Balkans envoy Edita Hrda in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss the current situation in the region, Serbia’s EU integration process and key issues of mutual interest. Djuric said the...
Efforts to End Israel-Iran Strikes Underway, Trump Says ‘Peace Coming Soon’
[your]NEWS
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June 15, 2025
President Trump emphasizes restraint while signaling U.S.-brokered diplomacy is active behind the scenes. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom President Donald Trump said Sunday that diplomatic efforts are underway to end the escalating military conflict...
EditorialConfusion over damage to Iran's nuclear sites bodes ill for talks
The National News
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On June 22, the US sent seven stealth bombers, backed by fighter jets and submarines firing cruise missiles, to target three Iranian nuclear facilities. The operation came off the back of a wave of Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian...
Q&A: Sebastian Junger Worries War Journalism Is Less Safe and Viable Than Ever
Columbia Journalism Review
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Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In April of 2011, the photojournalist Tim Hetherington was on assignment in the Libyan city of Misrata when he was struck in the groin by shrapnel. Hetherington and another photojournalist,...
European Parliament Set to Remove Macedonian Identity and Language from North Macedonia Report?
Novinite
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The three largest political groups in the European Parliament - EPP, S&D, and Renew Europe - have allegedly reached an agreement to remove references to Macedonian identity and language from the draft report on North Macedonia, BGNES reports. This...
Get prepared for war, General Synod is to be told next month
Church Times
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June 27, 2025
THE General Synod’s Business Committee has “laid on a very busy group of sessions” for July, the Synod’s secretary-general, William Nye, said on Thursday, as the full agenda was published. Clergy pay, the governance of the House of Bishops, and...