The Latest: Kosovo blames other nations for radicalization (Washington Post))
UNITED NATIONS — The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Kosovo’s foreign minister says that other nations have exported violent extremism to his country, which has seen a greater percentage of its citizens fight for the Islamic State group than any nation in Europe. Authorities say that about […]
Read More →“West humiliated Russia in Balkans; Putin won’t give it up” (B92, Washington Post)
Russia’s “information campaigns in the Balkans” are part of its “strategy is to create a perception of Russia as a great power and powerful ally.” There, is, however “little substance behind it in investments or donations to the nations involved,” writes the Washington Post. The article published under the headline “Russia has a years-long plot […]
Read More →Muslim Kosovars rediscover their long-forgotten Roman Catholic roots (The Washington Post)
BROD, Kosovo — The Catholic priest followed the village elders up a narrow road that curved between the green hills in the tiny hamlet of Gjonaj in southern Kosovo. As the priest, Don Albert Jakaj, 36, emerged from the wooded path, he saw the light gray stone church, believed by locals to be a thousand […]
Read More →Drone toting pro-Albanian flag causes riots that end Albania vs. Serbia Euro 2016 qualifier early (Washington Post)
Updated at 9:45 p.m. EDT Albania’s coach Giovanni de Biazzi of Italy has told Albanian media that four of his players were injured in the scuffle. “We also complained [to UEFA delegate Harry Been] that security staff in the stadium attacked us physically, as well as fans and some players,” he Biazzi told Albania’s Supersport […]
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