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Trump Speaks to Russia’s Putin, as the US Halts Military Aid to Zelensky’s Ukraine (VIDEOS)
The Gateway Pundit
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July 3, 2025
After his success in stopping several world conflicts, Trump is still toiling to stop the bloodshed in Europe between Russia and Ukraine. As conservative activist Charlie Kirk has reminded us, the US Donald J. Trump administration has ended four...
Belgium to host Kosovo military representative in Brussels
Belga News Agency
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July 3, 2025
Belgium will host a military representative from Kosovo in Brussels, defence minister Theo Francken announced during a visit to the Western Balkans on Thursday. “Kosovo plays a key role in the stability of the Western Balkans. Our relationship has...
Weapons Raids and Political Targeting: What Kosovo’s Election Tension...
ImpACT International
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Kosovo’s 2025 parliamentary elections took place in a climate marked by deep political, ethnic, and socioeconomic tensions. While the process was largely peaceful, the underlying issues of minority rights, state legitimacy, and economic hardship...
Kosovo’s Capital Plans Museum Highlighting Long Struggle for Peace
Transitions
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June 29, 2025
Mayor says new museum will strike a different note – by accenting efforts to achieve peace and freedom rather than focusing solely on wartime atrocities. From Balkan Insight (BIRN). With a Genocide Museum already proposed for Pristina and...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Kosovo MPs to reconvene as political gridlock continues
Gazeta Tema
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June 29, 2025
Kosovo’s parliament will reconvene Sunday in yet another attempt to finalize its post-election constitution, nearly five months after the February 9 vote. Lawmakers are continuing the 39th session, which was paused Friday without a vote. This...
Kosovo MPs fail again to elect speaker
Gazeta Tema
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June 29, 2025
Kosovo’s parliament failed for the 38th time to elect a new speaker, prolonging a political deadlock that has left the country without a fully functioning legislature since elections in February. At the center of the dispute is whether the vote on...
Trump hits Brazil goods with 50% tariff over Bolsonaro trial
ColoradoBiz
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S....
Hear Me Out—Trump Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Discourse Magazine
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Man of peace. Trump's international achievements, such as the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020, suggest that he's deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. Image Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Back in 2018, two Norwegian lawmakers...
Another View: Trump endangers US by ignoring rule of law
Marin Independent Journal - California
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July 2, 2025
Congressional approval for military engagement still matters. Here’s why. Last month’s strike against Iran was perhaps the most consequential U.S. military action in the Middle East of the past decade. As it stands, early indications suggest the...
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister: I Will Request a Macedonian Consulate in Korçë
Euronews Albania
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July 2, 2025
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Timcho Mucunski, paid a visit on Wednesday to Pustec, where he held meetings with the local Macedonian community. Speaking to the media, Mucunski stated that the government of North Macedonia needs to do more...
Djuric: Serbia will not allow forced redrawing of realities in Kosovo-Metohija
Tanjug
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July 2, 2025
BELGRADE - The Government of the Republic of Serbia strongly condemns the latest unilateral and politically motivated act by Albin Kurti’s regime, marked by Tuesday’s ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of two new bridges in Kosovska...
Culture in Kosovo: Year zero
Kosovo 2.0
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July 2, 2025
While the citizens of Kosovo have moved past the frenzy of the election campaign, for almost four months now, we have seen elected deputies failing to elect the Speaker of the Assembly — a prerequisite for forming a government. In the meantime,...
The 12 Best Movies About Presidents, Ranked
/FILM - Indiana
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July 2, 2025
What does it mean to be the President of the United States? Are you the leader of the free world, the responsible holder of the highest status in the land, a role model to one and all? Or are you a power-hungry despot, a selfish apex of broken...
Namibia shows off its hard power
BusinessLIVE
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Smart turnout at Grootfontein reveals a small iron fist that tilts to China 10 July 2025 - 05:00 by Dean Wingrin Namibia marked its 35th anniversary in June with a parade at Grootfontein that reflected a modern military, a contrast with its...
Weapons, warrants, and whistle protests: the tensions shaping Kosovo’s election season
EurActiv
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July 2, 2025
A high-profile police raid on properties linked to a rising Kosovo Serb political figure has stirred fresh controversy weeks ahead of local elections, with authorities citing a cache of heavy weapons and the targeted party denouncing the move as...
Kurti: Will Do Everything to Constitute Kosovo Assembly by Month’s End
Beta Briefing
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July 2, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 02.07.25 | access_time 18:03 Albin Kurti (BETAPHOTO/HINA/Lana SLIVAR DOMINIC) Acting premier of Kosovo Albin Kurti stated on July 2 that he would do everything for the new Assembly to be constituted by the end of...
Kosovo business group warns of capital flight
Gazeta Tema
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June 28, 2025
The Kosovo Business Alliance (AKB) has raised concern over a continued trend of businesses and capital moving out of Kosovo to regional and EU markets, citing a lack of domestic support and legal stability. AKB President Agim Shahini said around...
Kosovo as a political tool: Trump’s return to the Balkans
Serbian Monitor
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June 27, 2025
While the world follows complex global crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, US President Donald Trump has, at least momentarily, brought the issue of Kosovo back into the spotlight by recently declaring that it was he who, during his first term,...
Kosovo police restrict flags at Gazimestan amid Vidovdan tensions
Gazeta Tema
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June 28, 2025
Kosovo police restricted participants from carrying Serbian flags near the Gazimestan monument during Vidovdan commemorations, citing security protocols. In an official statement, police urged a peaceful gathering and warned against provocation....