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Anglicans and Methodists work to better respond to a possible war
Evangelical Focus
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July 9, 2025
Amidst a global context where wars and conflicts are present in every corner of the world, the Church of England and the Methodist Church have decided to prepare themselves at all levels in order to better respond to growing security threats. Hugh...
More than 100,000 people to attend the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide
BGNES
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July 11, 2025
More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, committed by Serbian forces in 1995. Five newly identified victims will be buried. The traditional "March of Peace" will also...
Kosovo war rapes: Male victim breaks 'suffocating' silence
Inquirer
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June 17, 2025
A monument dedicated to Bosnian-Serb fighters is seen in the center of Eastern-Bosnian town of Foca, on May 20, 2025. At least 20,000 people suffered sexual violence across Bosnia as Yugoslavia collapsed into the worst war Europe had then seen...
Aligning Public Resources with National Priorities in Southeast Europe
The European Sting
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July 10, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with IMF. Faced with intensifying fiscal pressures, from rising health and pension costs to increased defense spending and the need to address gender inequality, climate change, and...
Kosovo Court Acquits Serb of Involvement in Dubrava Prison Massacre
Balkan Insight
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June 16, 2025
Gavrilo Milosavljevic (seated) in court on June 16, 2025. Photo: BIRN/Adile Agushi. Pristina Basic Court on Monday acquitted Kosovo Serb former prison officer Gavrilo Milosavljevic of war crimes charges related to the mistreatment and killing of...
Archbishop Makarios condemns deadly attack on Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus
Neos Kosmos
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June 24, 2025
Archbishop Makarios of Australia has expressed deep sorrow and condemnation following the deadly attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Prophet Elias in Damascus. In a post shared on Instagram, the Archbishop called on all people to stand firmly...
Tennessee Attorney General Joins Bipartisan Coalition of 51 AGs to Protect Veterans’ Education Benefits
The Jefferson County Post - Tennessee
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general in filing a Virginia-led amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, standing with military veterans and their families to...
Where Trump Wants To Send Deportees Under The Third-Country Deal
Zero Hedge
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Eight men deported from the U.S. arrived in South Sudan last week after being held for weeks in Djibouti while their legal process was carried out in court. South Sudan is on the United State’s no-travel list due to “crime, kidnapping and armed...
158 Human Traffickers Arrested and 1194 Victims Safeguarded in Global Operation
Albanian Daily News
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A major operation against human trafficking has resulted in the safeguarding of 1 194 potential victims and the arrest of 158 suspects. As part of ongoing investigations, an additional 205 human trafficking suspects have also been identified. The...
Bears at the Gates: When the Wild Gets Too Close in Montenegro and Kosovo
Balkan Insight
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June 24, 2025
Under Montenegrin law, brown bears are classified as large game species, but hunting is restricted. Hunting of females with cubs is permanently banned. For adult males, the hunting season runs from October 1 to November 30, but in practice,...
Nobel Peace Prize: Does Donald Trump Stand A Chance? How The Winner Is Decided | Explained
News18
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July 11, 2025
Last Updated:July 11, 2025, 12:57 IST Nobel Prize nominations aren't open to the general public. The Nobel Peace Prize is overseen by a five-member committee appointed by the Norwegian Parliament During a dinner at the White House on Monday, July...
Kosovo court blocks Serbian flag display before Orthodox holiday
Gazeta Tema
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June 13, 2025
Judges say local council overstepped legal limits; Serbia-linked party vows appeal over perceived bias. PRISTINA, June 13 (TemA) – Kosovo’s Basic Court in Prishtina has ordered the Serb-majority town of Gracanica not to display Serbian flags ahead...
Kosovo opposition proposes unity government to end deadlock
Gazeta Tema
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June 12, 2025
LDK proposes interim government of all parties to restore legitimacy and prepare for elections within 10 months. PRISTINA, June 12 (TemA) – The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has proposed a 15-point plan to form an interim “unity government”...
Memory Keeper
Artforum
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July 10, 2025
CONFLICT PHOTOGRAPHERS often speak of their cameras as “weapons” in their quest to bear witness. So too does Małgorzata Mirga-Tas wield her tools—needle and thread, textiles and paint—in her mission to honestly and empathetically convey Roma life...
Kosovo marks 26 years since NATO peacekeepers arrived
Gazeta Tema
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June 12, 2025
12 June marks 1999 deployment of KFOR peacekeepers following 78 days of NATO airstrikes to end mass violence. PRISTINA, June 12 (TemA) – On this day in 1999, NATO forces entered Kosovo as part of a peacekeeping mission known as KFOR, following 78...
A Sacred Friendship: How Byzantine Art — and Alexei Lidov — Changed My Life
Religion Unplugged
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Alexei explained that in the West, with the Enlightenment, art and architecture became separated from the observer. Humans were no longer immersed in sacred space as the early churches intended, but had become critics and spectators instead of...
Gouillon, Hungary's Azbej discuss persecution of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs
Tanjug
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June 20, 2025
BUDAPEST - The director of the Serbian Office for Public and Cultural Diplomacy Arnaud Gouillon met with the Hungarian state secretary for the aid of persecuted Christians, Tristan Azbej, to discuss the decades-long persecution of Orthodox Serbs...
The Kosovo-Serbia dispute amid global turmoil: a defining test for the EU
New Eastern Europe
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June 20, 2025
Ongoing disagreement between Kosovo and Serbia remains a key geopolitical issue for the EU. Much like in Ukraine, the ability of Brussels to produce tangible results will decide whether or not it can operate effectively in its neighbourhood well...
Djuric: Pristina's indictments against Serbs an attempt of intimidation, persecution
Tanjug
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June 20, 2025
BELGRADE - Thursday's decision by the so-called Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina to issue indictments against 11 Serbs for their alleged involvement in putting up barricades in 2022...
The Sordid History of Offshoring Migrants
Foreign Affairs
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July 10, 2025
Just weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Department of Homeland Security began sending immigrants living in the United States to prisons in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama and to the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. At the...