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Kosovo deputy PM questioned in waste facility probe
Gazeta Tema
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June 18, 2025
Kosovo’s acting deputy prime minister, Besnik Bislimi, was questioned by the Special Prosecution on Wednesday in connection with a controversial 20-year lease of a €7.7 million animal waste facility. The investigation concerns the 20-year lease of...
United States Involvement in Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam: Funding and Geopolitics-U.S. Financial Support: Fact vs. Fiction
Zehabesha
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June 23, 2025
By PAUL DELKASO President Trump’s tweets—polarizing though they may be—carry hard realities beneath the rhetoric. His latest remark about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), while framed with trademark bravado, deserves a closer look. Yes,...
Kosovo, Hungary presidents meet to strengthen relations"
Gazeta Tema
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June 17, 2025
Kosovar President Vjosa Osmani met Hungary’s President Tamas Sulyok in Budapest on Tuesday in a bid to strengthen bilateral cooperation and expand strategic partnerships. BUDAPEST, June 17 – Osmani received full military honors ahead of a formal...
Kosovo Can Deepen US Ties with Cyber-Defence and Drone Collaboration
Balkan Insight
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June 18, 2025
In late May, Montenegro approved a letter of intent to initiate domestic drone production in partnership with US-based By Light Professional IT Services and associate company 4WINDS, with Montenegrin firms such as Tara Aerospace and Poliex to...
Kosovo's PM calls for pressure on Belgrade after Trump comments on talks with Serbia
BNE Intellinews
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Kosovo’s acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti said normalising relations with Serbia remains possible, but only if Belgrade implements the 2023 Agreement on the Path to Normalisation, Gazeta Express reported on June 16. His comments follow remarks by...
Renamed Occupied Territories Bill banning importation of West Bank goods goes to Cabinet
Irish Independent
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Tánaiste Simon Harris is tabling the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 today. The proposed legislation would ban trade with the occupied Palestinian territory – effectively meaning the West Bank of the river...
Bears at the Gates: When the Wild Gets Too Close in Montenegro and Kosovo
Balkan Insight
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June 24, 2025
Under Montenegrin law, brown bears are classified as large game species, but hunting is restricted. Hunting of females with cubs is permanently banned. For adult males, the hunting season runs from October 1 to November 30, but in practice,...
North Macedonia, Kosovo* planning 400 kV power interconnection
Balkan Green Energy News
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June 23, 2025
Director-General of North Macedonia’s MEPSO Burim Latifi and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Transmission, System and Market Operator (KOSTT) of Kosovo* Shaban Neziri signed a memorandum of cooperation in Skopje. The two transmission system...
Almost 80% smartphones imported from China
The Rising Nepal
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By Laxman Kafle, Kathmandu, July 6: Nepal has witnessed a sharp rise in smartphone imports during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year 2024/25, with devices worth over Rs. 32 billion brought into the country. According to the statistics...
Jordanians Exempt as Syria Implements New Entry Fee Policy
Jordan News
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July 6, 2025
A decision to revise entry and transit visa fees for Arab and foreign nationals entering Syria came into effect Sunday, as part of what the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described as a new security and economic entry policy.اضافة اعلان Under...
The Kosovo-Serbia dispute amid global turmoil: a defining test for the EU
New Eastern Europe
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June 20, 2025
Ongoing disagreement between Kosovo and Serbia remains a key geopolitical issue for the EU. Much like in Ukraine, the ability of Brussels to produce tangible results will decide whether or not it can operate effectively in its neighbourhood well...
Kosovo to accept some deportees from US
China Daily
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Some people earmarked for deportation from the United States will be sent to Kosovo in southeast Europe. The landlocked territory of 1.6 million people will accept an initial 50 deportees a year, the Kosovo authorities told the Reuters news...
Serbia's Vucic Reveals Secret Military Build-Up, Cites Threats from Kosovo, Croatia, Albania, and Bulgaria
Novinite
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has stated that Serbia has been secretly rearming its military in recent years, with the goal of significantly boosting its capabilities to ensure national freedom and security, BGNES repoirts. According to him,...
Polish company LPP’s online sales climbs by 25.1% in Q1 FY25
Fibre 2 Fashion
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In the first quarter of 2025, the Gdansk-based company recorded strong double-digit sales growth in both the traditional channel by 19.9 per cent and online by 25.1 per cent respectively.The beginning of the current financial year at LPP was...
New cross-border interconnection planned between North Macedonia and Kosovo
CEENERGYNEWS
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June 20, 2025
The electricity transmission system operators of North Macedonia (MEPSO) and Kosovo (KOSTT) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to develop the electricity transmission network. The plan mainly focuses on the construction of a new 400-kilovolt...
Kosovo Demands Release of Ex-Policeman Detained by Serbia
Balkan Insight
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June 11, 2025
Illustration. Horgos crossing point between Serbia and Hungary. Photo: EPA-EFE/EDVARD MOLNAR HUNGARY OUT Kosovo authorities have demanded the release of Arbnor Spahiu, a former member of the Kosovo Police Special Unit, currently detained in...
Kosovo businesses protest electricity market liberalization
Gazeta Tema
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June 11, 2025
Industry leaders warn of rising energy costs and demand a one-year delay to the rollout of free-market pricing. PRISTINA, June 11 — Kosovo’s largest business organizations are calling for a one-year postponement of the country’s shift to a...
Total of 55 Foreign Students Enrolled at Academy of Economics in Svishtov
Bulgarian News Agency
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A total of 55 foreign students from 22 countries are studying at the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics – Svishtov, the Foreign Relations Centre of the educational institution told BTA. The countries of origin of the students and PhD students are...
Bosnia’s coal plants the biggest polluters in Western Balkans, CEE Bankwatch survey shows
BNE Intellinews
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Coal plants in Bosnia & Herzegovina were the biggest SO2 emitters in the Western Balkans in 2024, according to a survey by CEE Bankwatch, an environmental NGO. Last year, Bosnian plants emitted 212,840 tonnes of SO2 – 11.3 times higher than the...
Kosovo’s president sets Oct. 12 for municipal elections while a legislative impasse continues
WTOP - District Columbia
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June 9, 2025
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo ’s president on Monday set Oct. 12 as the date for municipal elections, while the… PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo ’s president on Monday set Oct. 12 as the date for municipal elections, while the country remains in a...