🇷🇴❤️‍🔥🇲🇩 — Greater Romania on the Way? In a new interview, Moldovan President Maia Sandu says for the first time ever that she would vote for reunification with Romania if a referendum were held.

📝She adds that there is no majority for it now, calling EU integration the most realistic way to protect Moldova’s sovereignty.

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—🛢🇷🇸/🇭🇺 NEW: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has held talks in Belgrade with the top leadership of Hungary’s MOL on a potential purchase of Serbia’s oil company NIS.

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—🇦🇪/🇦🇱 NEW: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has awarded the Order of Zayed, the country’s highest civilian honor, to Albanian PM Edi Rama in recognition of his role in strengthening bilateral relations.

➡️ Rama said he aims to deepen cooperation with the UAE in trade, investment, and sustainability.

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—🇧🇦🇷🇸❌🇪🇺 NEW: Truck drivers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia plan to block all cargo border crossings to Schengen countries on January 26, protesting the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) and accusing Brussels of ignoring demands to simplify procedures.

➡️ The blockade would hit freight traffic on key routes between the Western Balkans and the EU if no compromise is reached before that date.

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—🇧🇬/🇲🇰 NEW: The Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje was attacked, prompting Sofia’s Foreign Ministry to condemn the incident and call on North Macedonia’s authorities to identify and punish the perpetrator.

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—🇽🇰❌🇮🇷 NEW: Kosovo’s foreign minister has voiced support for Iranian protesters and condemned the Iranian Islamic regime’s use of force.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇷🇸 (🇧🇦) NEW: Relations between Israel and the Republic of Srpska are expanding as Israeli company Aktiv Israel prepares to move production from Turkey to Srpska.

➡️ Milorad Dodik, leader of Srpska’s ruling party, will travel to Israel on 25 January and is expected to meet the country’s president during the visit.

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—🪖🇧🇦 NEW: Bosnia revoked the drone production license of BNT – Tvornica mašina i hidraulike in Novi Travnik, after inspections found discrepancies between declared and actual drone parameters, continued production after the permit expired, and failures to submit subcontractor agreements within the legal deadline.

Defence Minister said he hopes the decision will be reviewed through legal procedures so that production can resume soon, only days after he publicly claimed Bosnia had developed a domestic drone “better than Bayraktars” ahead of its planned unveiling at the EDEX arms fair in Cairo.

🔗 Dunav Intel

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—🇦🇱/🇬🇷/🇲🇪 WATCH: Albanian PM Edi Rama joked about Greeks and Montenegro during a panel discussion in the UAE.

"As a Greek ... you always underestimate people because you believe you have a monopoly on philosophy and are the direct heirs of Plato and Aristotle, but you are not."

"Montenegro is the greatest and biggest country in the region. They gave 50 million citizens. We are small, but Montenegro is the one."

🔗 kos_data

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—🇷🇸 (🇧🇦) /🇮🇱 NEW: Milorad Dodik sharply condemned “wanted” posters targeting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Sarajevo, calling them an act of political and religious hatred.

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