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Iran-Linked Hackers’ Fresh Strike on Albania Highlights Continued Negligence
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (855+ words) We are approaching zero hour." A familiar message went out on Tuesday morning from four Telegram channels serving the Homeland Justice group, an Iran-linked hacker outfit that has repeatedly targeted Albania. After being dormant for months, the hackers said they…...
Turkey Urges Israel to Release Detained Turkish Reporters
1+ week, 3+ day ago (432+ words) The Turkish government, opposition and rights groups have called on Israel to release two Turkish journalists who were detained by Israeli forces in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Emrah Cakmak, a journalist with CNN's Turkish TV channel, CNN Turk, and his…...
Balkan Leaders Heap Praise on Trump's Board of Peace at Ceremonial Launch
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (984+ words) As US President Donald Trump oversaw his Board of Peace's inauguration on Thursday in Washington, leaders of Balkan countries that have joined the new body lauded his efforts to stop the Gaza conflict, which has cost tens of thousands of…...
Hamid’s Story: A Tale of Death and Europe’s Drift Towards Offshore Detention
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1736+ words) A familiar face in the Turin suburb where he lived, Hamid Badoui seemed an unlikely candidate to become the tragic face of Italy's most ambitious experiment in migrant detention beyond its borders. Born in Morocco but living in Italy for…...
Albania to Join Trump Peace Board, Other Balkan Countries Silent
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (452+ words) Albania's Prime Minister, Edi Rama said on Tuesday that he had accepted US President Donald Trump's invitation to join the Board of Peace, sent also to a couple of dozen other countries. In a letter sent to Trump and published…...
Why Czechia’s Unambiguous Stance on Israel and a Palestinian State Isn’t So Simple
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1319+ words) A correction was made," the New York Times wrote earlier this year in the footnote of an article on the state of Palestinian statehood recognition around the world. An earlier version of the story" misstated the Czech Republic's position on…...
Unlikely Friendship: Albanian PM Eyes Potential Gains From Israel Alliance
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (122+ words) Unlikely Friendship: Albanian PM Eyes Potential Gains From Israel Alliance'balkaninsight.com "Prime Minister Rama is a great friend of the Jewish people, a great friend of the Jewish state, and may I say also a great personal friend," Israeli Prime…...
Kosovo, Bulgaria, Turkey Join Trump's 'Board of Peace"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (436+ words) Kosovo Bulgaria and Turkey, along with representatives of other countries, joined US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, at the signing ceremony of the Board of Peace Charter, creating a new international body supposedly aimed at resolving conflicts…...
Greek Trial of 24 Aid Workers ‘Aimed to Criminalise Solidarity’
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (462+ words) Lawyers and human rights organisations have welcomed Thursday's verdict by a Greek court, which acquitted 24 humanitarian workers, putting an end to a judicial saga that started seven years ago. The case unfolded during the 2015-2018 refugee crisis, when the Greek island…...
Court Blunder in Hague War Crimes Trial Could Jeopardise Fairness
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1385+ words) The Kosovo Special Court in The Hague has returned to business after the highly eventful year of 2025. Much work remains to be done in concluding the protracted war crimes and crimes against humanity case against four veterans of the Kosovo…...