But if the country fails to form a government again, Kosovo risks losing access to the bloc’s €6 billion Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, as it needs to deliver reforms to unlock the funding.
“Kosovo already faces an uphill battle…
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POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2025 – POLITICO
And the second was the war in Ukraine, which dragged into its fourth, bloody year and — together with Trump’s return to the White House — forced Europe’s leaders to make hard choices about the EU’s security,…
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Ukraine war briefing: Kim Jong-un celebrates sharing ‘blood, life and death’ with Russia | Ukraine
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has highlighted how his country and Russia had shared “blood, life and death” in the Ukraine war in a new year’s greeting to Vladimir Putin. In the message, published by the state-run KCNA news…
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British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted | Egypt
The British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has arrived in London after the Egyptian government lifted a travel ban that it had imposed on him despite releasing him from jail in September.
Abd el-Fattah had been held in jail nearly…
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UK to offer military gap year in effort to boost recruitment
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to launch a “gap year” scheme to give school and college leavers a taste of the Army, Royal Navy and RAF, but without making a long-term commitment.
The paid 12-month course is aimed at under-25s and is part of…
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Palestinian held over deadly car‑ramming, stabbing – DW – 12/26/2025
A Palestinian man rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel, killing both, police said on Friday.
In retaliation, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz quickly ordered military action in what he said was the…
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8 killed in first major mosque attack since Assad – DW – 12/26/2025
At least eight people were killed on Friday when an explosion struck a mosque used by Syria’s Alawite minority in Homs, state media reported.
The blast, believed to be the first attack on a mosque since the overthrow last year of longtime…
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How is India’s first gene-edited sheep Tarmeem doing?
India’s first gene-edited sheep recently turned a year old and researchers who developed it say it’s doing well.
Born on 16 December last year in Indian-administered Kashmir, the sheep has been named Tarmeem – the Arabic word for modification or…
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Man attacks people with knife and chemical at a factory in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — A man was arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with what was believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan on Friday, officials said. There was no…
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