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Promised Land: Hope and Illusion Characterise Kosovo’s Love Affair with Albania

During the turbulent 20th Century, many Kosovo Albanians looked at Albania as a land of hope and promise. Then they visited.In the summer of 1991, just as Yugoslavia was beginning to unravel, 13-year-old Albian Ismaili travelled with his family from their home in Kosovo to Albania to visit his mother’s …

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Restrained or Reckless: What’s the Hungarian PM Going to Say in Baile Tusnad?

Viktor Orban, relishing the EU presidency and buoyed by Trump’s position in the polls, is preparing to give another of his often-controversial speeches in the Romanian town on Saturday. Will he tone it down this year? The stage is set in Baile Tusnad for the grand event – the Romanian …

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Iran Update, July 24, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the US Congress on July 24.[1] Netanyahu described his vision for “a demilitarized and deradicalized” post-war Gaza Strip but did not offer details about how to achieve this vision.[2] Netanyahu further said that Israeli would need to ”retain overriding security …

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