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🇽🇰 With 62 votes in favor, Kosovo’s parliament has elected Albin Kurti as prime minister, marking the start of the Kurti 4 govenrment.

However this govenrment may not last long.

- The election kicks off a 60-day deadline to elect a president (which will require support from opposition parties that have refused to cooperate with Kurti).

- If parliament fails to elect a president within the deadline, the government and parliament will be dissolved, triggering snap elections.

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Year of independence of Balkan countries:

🇽🇰 2008
🇷🇸 2006
🇲🇪 2006
🇧🇦 1992
🇲🇰 1991
🇭🇷 1991
🇸🇮 1991
🇹🇷 1923
🇦🇱 1912
🇧🇬 1908
🇷🇴 1877
🇬🇷 1830

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🇲🇰🇧🇬 North Macedonia PM Mickoski questioned why Bulgarians should be added to the constitution (a condition for joining the EU).

He said that N.Macedonia has only 3,000 Bulgarians according to census.

"We are not talking about 300,000 or 3 million; we are talking about 3,000 citizens."

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🇩🇪 German police removed the Albanian and KLA flags from the protesters cars.

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🇩🇪🇨🇭🇽🇰 "I am a soldier of the KLA"

Young people gathered in cities across Germany and Switzerland in support of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

Videos from Munich, Stuttgart and Zurich.

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🇽🇰 Kosovo’s ruling party, Vetevendosje, is facing criticism over officials joining protests in Albania while not taking part in protests in Kosovo.

They are being accused of "caring" more about flamingos 🦩 than KLA leaders 🇦🇱

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🇽🇰 Citizens gathered again tonight in Prishtina in support of KLA leaders.

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🇽🇰 The deepest cave in Kosovo was discovered today.

The cave is located in Kosovo’s Accursed Mountains. It has been explored to a depth of 200 meters so far, with researchers estimating that it could reach up to 500 meters.

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🇩🇪🇨🇭🇽🇰 "I am a soldier of the KLA"

Young people gathered in cities across Germany and Switzerland in support of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

Videos from Munich, Stuttgart and Zurich.

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@Slloni5 I vote based on aura

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🇽🇰 The sons of Thaçi and Veseli are going viral among Gen Z.

Could they win elections if they ran with PDK?

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🇽🇰 Protests in support of the KLA continued tonight in Prishtina.

The Four Demands Read Out by Protesters:

1. Repeal or amend the law establishing the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague

2. Dismiss Vice PM and Minister of Justice Donika Gërvalla (who has been accused of submitting documents against KLA leaders in The Hague).

3. Provide unlimited support and sufficient funding for the defense of KLA leaders.

4. Engage the best international legal experts to support the defense.

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🇷🇸🇮🇱 Serbia in collaboration with Israel has opened a factory to assemble advanced Israeli-made drones for the Serbian military and armed forces in other countries.

President Vucic said Serbia plans to open at least three more Israeli arms factories in the country.

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🇮🇱🇧🇦 Israeli PM Netanyahu met again with pro-separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik amid growing attempts to undermine Bosnia's sovereignty.

The flag of Bosnia was not displayed; only the flag of the "Republika Srpska" entity was visible.

Dodik said the parties are finalizing agreements on economic and cultural cooperation.

“Serbs and Israelis are brothers by history and brothers by the future,” Dodik said during his visit to Jerusalem.

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🇽🇰🇷🇸 Dua Lipa and Rita Ora, who have been labeled "Serb haters" have sparked anger in Serbian media over their recent social media posts.

The outlets use the derogatory Š-word slur against the singers, publishing fabricated news.

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🇽🇰 Dua Lipa expressed support for Kosovo Liberation Army on Instagram.

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🇽🇰🇺🇸 Protests in support of former KLA leaders held in Times Square in New York.

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🇽🇰 Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi has been found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.

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🇷🇸🇽🇰 Serbian President Vucic expressed anger at the verdict against Thaçi et al. trial because it does not demage the credibility of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

- Vucic said the court did not find systematic attacks against Serbian civilians by KLA.

- He also said the court rejected crimes-against-humanity charges

- failed to address "crimes against Serbs after June 20, 1999"

- Court turned down "Yellow House"-organ trade claims

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🇽🇰 Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi has been found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.

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🇽🇰 Despite warnings, protests by citizens against the verdict in the Hague trial of former KLA leaders have remained mostly peaceful.

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🇽🇰 Rita Ora also expressed support for the Kosovo Liberation Army on Instagram following today’s verdict in The Hague.

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🇽🇰 Dua Lipa expressed support for Kosovo Liberation Army on Instagram.

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🇭🇷🇽🇰 Croatia Foreign Ministry comment on the verdict against KLA leaders:

"This judgment does not change the historical context of the war in Kosovo, nor the fact that Kosovo and its population were victims of repression and grave crimes committed by the Milosevic regime.

The individual responsibility of an individual cannot serve as a basis for relativizing those crimes or for calling into question the freedom and independence of Kosovo."

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🇽🇰 Protesters gathered to protest in front of Kosovo's government building.

They threw stones, breaking the building's windows, and clashed with police.

Anti-Albin Kurti chants were heard from protesters.