—🇭🇺/🇺🇦/🇪🇺 NEW: Péter Magyar, the future Prime Minister of Hungary, has demanded expanded rights for the Hungarian minority in Ukraine as a prerequisite for EU accession talks.

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—🇷🇸 NEW: Vučić denounces extreme personal attacks and rumors regarding his family.

➡️ He claimed that detractors are spreading fabricated rumors about his parentage, specifically alleging that his mother was unfaithful with an Albanian man, an attack he characterized as a malicious attempt to undermine his personal and political standing.

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—🇭🇷❌🇷🇸 WATCH: Milanović dismisses Vučić’s rhetoric on regional military initiatives as “nonsense”.

➡️ Croatian President Zoran Milanović has sharply criticized Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s warnings regarding the emerging defense cooperation between Croatia, Albania, and Kosovo.

➡️ Milanović dismissed Vučić's claims as “foolishness and nonsense,” remarking that it is difficult to work with individuals who employ such fearmongering tactics.

➡️ The exchange follows Belgrade’s recent condemnations of the trilateral military alliance, which Serbia views as a threat to its national security interests.

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—🇷🇸🤝🇮🇱 NEW: Serbia and Israel sign security pact to fast-track arms procurement.

➡️ Serbia and Israel have signed a General Security Agreement on the Exchange and Mutual Protection of Classified Data in the Defence Sector, designed to accelerate the purchase of advanced Israeli weaponry.

➡️ Serbia’s parliamentary Security Board approved provisional implementation of the pact, allowing defense contracts to enter into force immediately without waiting for full parliamentary ratification.

➡️ The agreement is expected to facilitate massive deals with Elbit Systems, following a $335 million purchase in 2024 and a reported $1.6 billion agreement in 2025 for drones, missiles, and electronic warfare systems.

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—NOTE: Independent monitoring by Dunav Intel has confirmed a significant volume of military cargo flights and movements of aircraft linked to Israeli intelligence, indicating a deepening level of strategic exchange.

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—🇧🇬 NEW: Bulgaria's PP-DB coalition splits hours before first parliamentary session.

➡️ The political coalition PP-DB has officially announced a "divorce," increasing the number of political formations in the Bulgarian parliament to six.

➡️ The split is widely seen as a strategic move to boycott the election of a new Supreme Judicial Council, which requires 160 out of 240 votes.

➡️ With Radev currently commanding 131 seats, the fragmentation of PP and DB complicates his path to a majority; even with the support of another political group, he would likely fall one vote short at 159.

➡️ While support from the nationalist Revival party could potentially push the judicial council vote through, broader systemic reforms are now expected to face significant hurdles.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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🇷🇺📞🇷🇸🇧🇦 — Russian Media says that Military-purpose products are still being supplied from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to Ukraine via third countries, said a source.

Despite the fact that the Serbian authorities have imposed an official ban on the export and transit of military products, Serbian companies are finding new ways to circumvent these restrictions

At the same time, the agency's interlocutor emphasized - it is indicative that not a single Serbian enterprise has so far been "punished for illegal deliveries".

https://t.me/rian_ru/337845

—🇦🇱 NEW: Major call center fraud ring dismantled in Tirana.

➡️ Europol has announced the successful takedown of a massive fraud network operating out of call centers in Tirana, Albania.

➡️ The ring is reportedly linked to approximately €50 million in global losses, targeting victims through sophisticated financial schemes.

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🇦🇲 🇧🇬⚡️— Armenia and Bulgaria have signed a joint declaration on a strategic partnership, Pashinyan announced on social media.

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