—❗️🇪🇺❌🇷🇸 NEW: Serbia risks losing up to €1.5 billion in EU funding as the European Commission considers suspending payments over democratic backsliding, judicial concerns and Belgrade’s close ties with Russia, according to Politico.

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—🇺🇸/🇷🇸 (🇧🇦) WATCH: Donald Trump Jr said Republika Srpska has “great energy potential” and educated, hardworking people, calling it a major opportunity for US companies to invest during an interview with filmmaker Boris Malagurski in Banja Luka.

➡️ His visit, framed around business and investment outreach, highlighted hydropower and cheap electricity as key advantages for the entity in attracting American capital.

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—🇧🇦/🇺🇸 NEW: The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has amended the Law on the Southern Interconnection, clearing the way for a U.S. investor to build a new pipeline to bring American gas into the country.

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—❗️🇷🇸 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said the man behind the planned attack on the Balkan Stream gas pipeline previously held a military rank in his home country’s army before defecting, linking the foiled sabotage near Kanjiža to an individual with formal military training.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇷🇴/🇷🇺 Romanian President Nicușor Dan:

The FBI, alongside partners including the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), have announced the disruption of a sustained cyberattack targeting sensitive infrastructure in several Western states.

Cyber operatives associated with the GRU (the Russian military intelligence service) were collecting military, governmental, and critical infrastructure-related information.

Russia therefore continues its hybrid war against Western countries - only those acting in bad faith could fail to see this.

Romania must improve its cybersecurity and continue to coordinate with Western partners on these matters.

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—🇮🇱/🇽🇰/🇵🇸 NEW: Israel has welcomed Kosovo’s readiness to contribute to peace efforts in Gaza, with Ambassador Tamar Ziv stressing that the move reflects growing ties between the two countries.

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—🇲🇩/🇲🇩 NEW: The Transnistrian de facto authorities in Tiraspol have requested a meeting with the Moldovan government in Chișinău, officially citing the need for guarantees for Transnistria’s residents and their return to permanent places of residence.

➡️ The move appears prompted by Moldova’s withdrawal of citizenship from separatist figure Mova and the refusal to allow him entry into the country.

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—🇽🇰/🇷🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: Kosovo PM Albin Kurti told the London Defence Conference that Serbia is acting as a proxy of Russia.

➡️ He claimed there are 48 Serbian forward operational bases around Kosovo’s border, all located inside what is formally designated as the NATO security zone.

➡️ He added that the Kremlin maintains an office within Serbia’s Ministry of Defense in Belgrade and that the Balkan regional centers of Russia Today and Sputnik are based in Serbia.

🗒 Note: the picture just illustrates the claims of PM Kurti but does not assume they are true.

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—🇸🇮 NEW: Zoran Stevanović, leader of the Resnica (Truth) party, has been elected Speaker of Slovenia’s parliament with 48 votes in a secret ballot, backed by the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) of Janez Janša and other center-right allies.

➡️ His election strengthens the emerging center-right bloc and increases the likelihood that SDS leader Janez Janša will assemble the numbers for a fourth government once coalition negotiations conclude.

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—☪️ 🇦🇱/🇨🇭 NEW: The Albanian Muslim community has withdrawn its plan to turn the historic Läufferhaus in the village of Siebnen, canton Schwyz, into an Islamic cultural center after a residents’ petition opposing the project gathered around 5,000 signatures, largely organized by the conservative SVP.

➡️ The association says it is shelving the project “for now” and will seek an alternative location in consultation with local authorities to avoid further tensions.

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—UPDATE: The Federation of BiH government tried to insert a contentious “state property” amendment into the Southern Interconnection gas law at the last minute, but swiftly withdrew it and passed the original version instead, after what local media describe as direct US intervention and pressure in Sarajevo.

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—🛢🇭🇷/🇭🇺 NEW: Croatian PM Andrej Plenković says Hungary can fully replace Russian crude via Croatia’s Adriatic pipeline and Krk terminal.

➡️ He accused Viktor Orbán’s government and MOL of spreading a “false narrative” that Zagreb lacks capacity to supply Hungarian and Slovak refineries.

➡️ Plenković insists JANAF’s transport capacity exceeds the maximum output of the Százhalombatta and Bratislava plants, effectively offering Budapest a route to end its dependence on Russian oil if it chooses to use it.

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—🇷🇸 Serbian Empire: a brief but explosive Balkan powerhouse

➡️ The Serbian Empire under Stefan Dušan reached its peak in the mid‑14th century, briefly dominating much of the Balkans and parts of the Byzantine world before rapidly fragmenting after his death in 1355.

➡️ In just a few decades, Serbia expanded across modern-day Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and northern Greece, but weak succession and internal divisions left the empire vulnerable to Hungarian pressure and the advancing Ottomans.

🔗 Imperator Cat

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—🇺🇸/🇦🇱 NEW: Former New York City mayor Eric Adams has been granted Albanian citizenship under a special decree signed by President Bajram Begaj, following a request submitted by Adams himself.

➡️ Albanian and US media note that the move formalizes Adams’ long-cultivated ties with Albania and its diaspora, which he highlighted during previous visits and in public statements.

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#BREAKING | 🇭🇺 — Hungarian opposition Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar, has secured a parliamentary majority and is on track for a two-thirds constitutional supermajority.

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#BREAKING | 🇭🇺 — Hungarian opposition Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar, has secured a parliamentary majority and is on track for a two-thirds constitutional supermajority.

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#BREAKING | 🇭🇺 — Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has congratulated him on his victory in the parliamentary elections.

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#BREAKING | 🇪🇺 🇭🇺 — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says "Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight."

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🇭🇺⚡️— Péter Magyar:

Together we have replaced the Orbán regime, together we have liberated Hungary, we have taken back our homeland.

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