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Wildfires expose Kosovo’s weak firefighting capacity
Gazeta Tema
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August 17, 2025
PRISTINA, Aug 17 – Kosovo is struggling to contain a surge of wildfires as high temperatures and dry weather overwhelm its ageing firefighting force and limited resources. Hundreds of blazes have swept farmland and forests in recent days. With...
Kosovo's months-long political deadlock cost economy €300mn
BNE Intellinews
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The Kosovo Business Alliance has warned that the ongoing institutional paralysis in the country is inflicting unprecedented damage on economic development, blocking access to vital international funding and undermining investor confidence, the...
Prestigious Camden International Film Festival To Showcase Almost Three Dozen U.S., North American & World Premieres, Many With Oscar Ambitions
Deadline
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August 18, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Some of the greatest documentary talents in the world will be descending on coastal Maine for the 21st edition of the Camden International Film Festival. CIFF announced its lineup today ahead of the event running September 11-14, a...
Sweden boss reveals Alexander Isak talks as he BACKS striking Newcastle star amid Liverpool transfer saga
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
Wantaway Newcastle striker Alexander Isak has received the backing of Sweden boss Jon Dahl Tomasson amid the ongoing saga surrounding his future. Isak, 25, is currently on strike and refusing to train or play with Newcastle's squad as he attempts...
Gaza Tribunal in Istanbul urges global action to stop Israel attacks
Sabah
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August 18, 2025
The Gaza Tribunal held an emergency news conference in Istanbul on Monday to address the escalating situation in Gaza. During the event, the Tribunal released a statement titled Time to ACT: Mobilizing Against Israel’s Planned Conquest of Gaza...
Cebu Landmasters Inc. breaks ground on North Grove, anchoring the vision for Pristina Town
Cebu Daily News
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August 11, 2025
Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI), the leading developer in the Visayas and Mindanao, has officially broken ground on North Grove, the flagship residential project of Pristina Town in northern Cebu City. As CLI continues to shape Cebu’s North Growth...
High Scardus Ultra — Kosovo’s Sharr Mountains call the world to run
Diplomat magazine EU
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August 9, 2025
On 6 September 2025 the High Scardus Ultra returns to southern Kosovo — a mountain running festival built around the jagged ridges and glacial lakes of the Balkan Sharr (Shar) Mountains. The fourth edition this year offers three distances (an 11...
‘Constant War’: Kosovo’s Documentary Festival Addresses Age of Conflict
Balkan Insight
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August 8, 2025
Veton Nurkollari, the artistic director of DokuFest, explained that “the theme is not a standard one, it is not one word or expression but a set of words, unrelated at first sight. It is more of a conclusion, like when you go to the doctor and...
Syracuse professor trains journalists at Kosovo’s national broadcaster through Fulbright program
Syracuse Sun - New York
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August 6, 2025
Anthony Adornato, associate professor and chair of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, recently completed a three-week Fulbright Specialist assignment in Kosovo. During his time...
KFOR RC-E Provides Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course for Kosovo Police
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 7, 2025
CAMP BELVEDERE, Kosovo — In the event of an emergency, first aid training can be vital. For those who are first to respond, it can mean the difference between life and death. To strengthen preparedness, soldiers from Kosovo Forces Regional...
Give Kosovo’s Public Broadcaster Its Funds, Protesting Workers Demand
Balkan Insight
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August 6, 2025
RTK workers’ union protest in front of the government building on August 6, 2025. Photo: BIRN Staff at Kosovo’s public broadcaster, RTK, protested in front of the government building on Wednesday, demanding the allocation of the second half of...
Response for sustainable peace and stability
New Age Bangladesh
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Rohingya refugees gather to listen United Nations secretary general during his visit to a refugee camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar on March 14. | Agence France-Presse/Munir Uz Zaman MYANMAR is a complex geopolitical milieu in the Indo-Pacific region...
Kosovo's public broadcaster RTK on verge of collapse as financial crisis deepens
BNE Intellinews
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Kosovo’s public broadcaster, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), is facing an imminent financial collapse due to the prolonged failure of national institutions to allocate its legally approved budget, the International Federation of Journalists...
Kosovo: authorities must guarantee funding for public broadcaster RTK
European Federation of Journalists
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Picture credit: RTK. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its affiliate the Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK) in calling on authorities to guarantee funding for Kosovo’s public broadcaster RTK. For several months, RTK has...
EU rejects Serbian claims of deception over Kosovo deal
Gazeta Tema
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July 31, 2025
The European Union has rejected accusations from Serbia’s former PM Ivica Dačić, who claimed Brussels "deceived" Serbia into signing the 2013 agreement with Kosovo. In a statement to N1 TV, the EU said both Serbia and Kosovo entered the agreement...
Helping Hands and Healing Paws in Kosovo
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 29, 2025
U.S. Army Veterinary Services from Charlie Company, 199 Brigade Support Battalion rarely get the opportunity to interact with the local animal population. When a request came in for help with the stray cat population control on Camp Film City,...
Trump claims Chinese president Xi made him a big promise about the fate of Taiwan
The Independent
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August 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
We took action in Kosovo. Why should Gaza be any different?
The Herald (Scotland)
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July 24, 2025
The UK is threatening more sanctions against [[Israel]] but in reality they have no effect at all. Why would [[Israel]] listen to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer or his Foreign Secretary David Lammy? They have no influence in what is an ongoing...
Bulgarian military contingent returns from NATO mission in Kosovo
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 24, 2025
The contingent of the NATO Stabilization Force in Kosovo has been welcomed with a solemn ceremony in Blagoevgrad, BTA reports. In his welcome address, Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov congratulated the servicemen on the successful completion of...
Bulgaria Reaffirms NATO Commitment as Defence Minister Welcomes Troops Returning from Kosovo
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov welcomed home the mechanized infantry company that participated in NATO’s operational reserve forces in Kosovo (KFOR) over the past three months. The ceremony took place in Macedonia Square in...