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Kosovo and Luxembourg pledge closer ties, King Charles hails new era in UK-France relations, and Trump faces MAGA meltdown
RTL Today
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The Today Radio news team brings you the latest headlines for Wednesday, 9 July. Luxembourg KOSOVO-LUXEMBOURG TIES – Kosovo and Luxembourg have agreed to bolster bilateral ties through a new €50 million cooperation package, signed during Deputy...
Legal Limbo: Lack of Documents Leaves Kosovo’s Roma Fearing Eviction
Balkan Insight
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July 9, 2025
Mane Hajredini returned to her birthplace in the Roma settlement in the Fidanishte neighbourhood of South Mitrovica almost 20 years ago, after being displaced during the 1999 Kosovo war, having her home burned down and spending six years in two UN...
Kurti is letting Kosovo down at a political price he’d rather not pay
Weekly Blitz
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July 8, 2025
Four months after its parliamentary election, Kosovo remains stuck in a political deadlock. Prime Minister Kurti and opposition leaders prioritize ego over compromise, leaving the country without a functioning government, paralyzing the economy,...
Government appoints former senior Army Ranger Wing officer to Deputy Chief of Staff post
The Journal
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July 8, 2025
THE GOVERNMENT HAS appointed Colonel Colm Ó Luasa as a Deputy Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, a wide-ranging role which includes responsibility for human resources. Ó Luasa, a former senior officer in the Army Ranger Wing and the Cavalry...
Kosovo Ombudsperson Probes Police Brutality Claims After Man’s Death
Balkan Insight
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July 8, 2025
Photo illustration: Kosovo Police. Kosovo’s Ombudsperson’s office on Tuesday said that it was investigating possible human rights violations in two cases where police allegedly used excessive violence against citizens. In one case, a 27-year-old...
International passenger traffic growth keeps market resilient
International Airport Review
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July 8, 2025
Passenger traffic remains resilient in May, but airport performance continues to be hampered by aircraft shortages and maintenance issues affecting airlines, ATM disruptions and aviation taxes. ACI Europe has released its air traffic report for...
Medals honour for Royal Yorkshire Regiment for courage and service in Kosovo
Forces Network
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The Royal Yorkshire Regiment's personnel receive operational medals at Catterick In a moment steeped in Army tradition, one that goes back two centuries, a general pins a medal on the chest of a proud soldier. What the medal stands for has not...
Kosovo’s Parliament Remains Hostage to its Politicians’ Irresponsibility
Balkan Insight
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July 8, 2025
Since April 15, the Assembly of Kosovo has turned into an ugly spectacle, where irresponsibility, arrogance and partisan calculations by the MPs overshadow the interests of the state and their constitutional duties. But comparing what is happening...
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,...
Kurt Okraku Engages Albania, Kosovo FA Heads On VAR, Football Development
Daily Guide
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July 8, 2025
Okraku (m) with Albania, Kosovo FA heads PRESIDENT OF the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and CAF 2nd Vice President, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has held high-level meetings with the Presidents of the Albanian and Kosovo Football Federations as...
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...
Kosovo parliament faces 43rd attempt to convene
Gazeta Tema
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July 7, 2025
Pristina, July 7 – Kosovo’s parliament is set to convene today for the 43rd time in an effort to establish its ninth legislature, nearly three months after the inaugural session failed to produce a functioning assembly. The repeated failures to...
JUST IN: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, Presents Him with Letter of Nomination (VIDEO)
The Gateway Pundit
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July 8, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu presents President Trump with Nobel Peace Prize nomination letter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday during a dinner meeting with President Trump that he is nominating the President for the Nobel Peace...
LATEST: New Deputy Chief of Staff for the Defence Forces appointed
KildareLive
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July 9, 2025
The New Deputy Chief of Staff for the Defence Forces has been appointed, according to the Department of Defence. Yesterday (July 8 last), the government this morning accepted the recommendation of An Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Simon...
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Bomb threat forces evacuation of Kosovo's parliament
BNE Intellinews
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The Kosovo parliament building was evacuated on July 5 following a bomb threat, just before an attempt to hold the long-delayed constitutive session of the newly elected parliament, a statement from the parliament said. The incident came amid a...
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...
Petkovic, Vujic discuss situation in Kosovo-Metohija
Tanjug
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July 7, 2025
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with Justice Minister Nenad Vujic on Monday to discuss the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and the problems facing Serbs in the autonomous province,...
Ambassador of Belarus S.Malinovsky meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
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04 July 2025 On July 4, 2025 a joint meeting was held between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Serbia, Sergei Malinovsky, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the...
The Balkans Model & Conditions for Peace in Ukraine
Small Wars Journal
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July 9, 2025
Editor’s Note: this article is being republished with the permission of the Irregular Warfare Initiative as part of a republishing arrangement between SWJ and IWI. The original article was published on 10 June 2025 and is available here. Following...