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Albanian fans snapped spaghetti in front of Italian fans ahead of the Italy-Albania Euro 2024 match.
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Balkans in the Euro 2024 (first week):
- ๐ท๐ธ reported ๐ฆ๐ฑ (fined โฌ37,375)
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ reported ๐ท๐ธ (fined โฌ14,500)
- ๐ท๐ธ reported ๐ฆ๐ฑ (under investigation)
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ reported ๐ฆ๐ฑ (under investigation)
- ๐ท๐ธ reported ๐ญ๐ท (under investigation)
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ reported ๐ท๐ธ (NEW)
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Barbie vs Oppenheimer: Which is the most searched movie in the Balkans in the last 24 hours
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๐ฆ๐ฑโช๏ธ Albania is no longer a Muslim-majority country, according to recent census.
The number of Muslim believers dropped to 45.7%. down 11% from previous census.
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The virus North Macedonia used to hack Venezuela
๐ป๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ Venezuela has accused hackers based in North Macedonia of allegedly breaching its National Electoral Council (CNE) systems in an attempt to "manipulate the results" against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
According to the CNE Maduro received 51% of votes out of a total of 132%.
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Middle East media covering the storming of US Capitol makes you feel some type of way
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ท๐ธ Albanian children made this hand gesture as the Serbian national anthem played.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania to officially recognize more than two genders.
According to the new "gender equality" law, gender is "inclusive" and anyone can declare the gender they want.
The government-backed bill was submitted to parliament, where the ruling Socialist Party holds a majority.
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No hard feelings. Italian fans joined Albanian fans in their traditional valle dance.
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"Balkan Spring" now has a Wikipedia page.
Anti-government protests are underway in multiple Balkan countries and across the region.
๐ง๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ท๐ญ๐บ๐ฒ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ท๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ธ๐ฐ๐น๐ท
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Updated with sound:
Albanian fans snapped spaghetti in front of Italian fans ahead of the Italy-Albania Euro 2024 match.
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๐จ Dua Lipa awarded Albanian citizenship by the President of The Republic of Albania.
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Medal Count for Balkan Countries in 2024 Olympics:
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๐ท๐ธ 0
๐ฆ๐ฑ 0
๐น๐ท 0
๐ฌ๐ท 0
๐ท๐ด 0
๐ง๐ฌ 0
๐ญ๐ท 0
๐ธ๐ฎ 0
๐ฒ๐ฐ 0
๐ง๐ฆ 0
๐ฒ๐ช 0
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Dua Lipa is now a citizen of both Kosovo and Albania ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฑ.
What is she planning?
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The Internet is demanding a UEFA Balkan Cup.
Balkans in the Euro 2024 (first week):
- ๐ท๐ธ reported ๐ฆ๐ฑ (fined โฌ37,375)
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ reported ๐ท๐ธ (fined โฌ14,500)
- ๐ท๐ธ reported ๐ฆ๐ฑ (under investigation)
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ reported ๐ฆ๐ฑ (under investigation)
- ๐ท๐ธ reported ๐ญ๐ท (under investigation)
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ reported ๐ท๐ธ (NEW)
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From 119.58 euros in 2023 to 1551.72 in 2024.
Via: Agency for Prevention of Corruption
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๐บ๐ฆโ๐ท๐ธ Ukraine has eliminated Bratislav Zivkovic, captain of the Serbian Chetnik division in Russian forces, during an operation in the Kursk region.
Zivkovic was involved in organizing barricades in northern Kosovo and recruiting Serbian mercenaries for the war in Ukraine.
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๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต Japanese tourists have noted that old parts of Kosovo towns resemble Japanese towns.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ The Great Mosque of Tirana (Namazgah Mosque) in Albania has opened its doors to believers after 10 years.
It is the largest mosque in the Balkans.
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๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Kosovo government plans to introduce same-sex unions in May, announced PM Albin Kurti, opening the way to same-sex marriages.
It would become the first country with a Muslim-majority population to legalize same-sex unions.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Albanian PM Edi Rama on whether he sees joining BRICS as an alternative to the EU:
"Firstly, BRICS is a joke. Secondly, history has taught us the hard way that there is only one place we can rely on. That is Europe, the European Union. We want to be part of the European Union."
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ค Update: Albanian PM Edi Rama announced that his AI minister Diella is "pregnant" and is expected to "give birth" to 83 AI "children."
Rama said the new AI agents will assist Socialist members of parliament in Albaniaโs legislature.
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ค Albania's virtual AI minister "Diella" addressed parliament for the first time.
The AI said she has been "hurt" by opposition lawmakers who called her unconstitutional.
She said machines have never threatened the constitution, but inhumane decisions by people in power have.
She stressed she is not meant to replace humans but to assist them.
This caused anger among opposition lawmakers who tried to block the speech by AI.
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๐บ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฐ Fourth of July celebrated in Kosovo.
President Vjosa Osmani and her family joined the U.S. embassy staff to perform a choreographed dance at the celebration.
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People in Kosovo named like or after countries:
๐ฆ๐ท Argjentina: 197 / Argentina: 38
๐ฒ๐น Malta: 104
๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominik: 123 /Dominika: 10
๐ซ๐ท Franc: 45
๐ธ๐ฆ Saud: 42
๐ฆ๐ฉ Andora: 26
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan: 19 / Sudana: 3
๐ฎ๐ท Iran: 8
๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosova: 6
๐ต๐ธ Palestina: 6
๐จ๐ฑ Cile: 6
๐ธ๐พ Siri: 5
๐ฎ๐ช Irlanda: 5
๐ณ๐ช Niger: 2 / Nigera: 3
๐ฏ๐ด Gjordan: 4
๐ช๐ท Eritrea: 3
๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos: 2 / Laosa: 1
๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania: 1 / Albani: 1
๐ฑ๐ง Liban: 1 / Libana: 1
๐ง๐ฏ Benin: 2
๐ฟ๐ฆ Afrika: 2
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraina: 1
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel: 1
๐ฆ๐ฒ Armeni: 1
๐ฉ๐ช German: 1
๐ฎ๐ธ Islanda: 1
๐ฎ๐น Itali: 1
๐ฑ๐พ Libi: 1
๐ณ๐ฑ Hollanda: 1
๐ด๐ฒ Oman: 1
๐ท๐ผ Ruanda: 1
๐บ๐ธ Amerikan: 1
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๐จ IShowSpeed met with the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama.
"I'm Albanian bro" - said Speed.
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๐ท๐ธ Serbian Parliament has applied for associate membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).
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๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ Chinese police confiscated the flag of North Macedonia from tourists mistaking it for the Japanese rising sun flag.
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๐บ๐ธ๐ท๐ธ Update: Serbian President Vucic confirmed that Elon Musk was present during the conversation between him and U.S. President Donald Trump.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Thousands of Muslim believers gathered in Albaniaโs capital Tirana for Eid prayers in Skanderbeg Square.
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๐จ Kosovo's Rita Ora and Serbia's Novak Djokovic caught together in the crowd during the Rrugby World Cup Final.
Hammers HQ โ๏ธ
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๐ท๐ด A girl obsessed with Romania for 10 years broke down after seeing the Romanian Parliament for the first time.
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Albania has scored against Serbia.
๐ท๐ธ 0:1 ๐ฆ๐ฑ
nitter.app/rachel_nea1131/status/โฆ
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Albanian Christian converts are praising Dua Lipa after she was seen wearing a cross necklace.
They say Dua has abandoned the Muslim faith, like them.
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๐บ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฑ NYC Mayor Eric Adams is traveling to Albania for an official visit, one week after dropping his reelection bid.
(Via: NBC New York)
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๐ท๐ธ Serbia's Chamber of Commerce launched an AI chatbot for Serbian economy.
The chatbot recognizes Kosovo's independence.
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๐ท๐ธ Greta Thunberg has joined an anti-Vucic government protest tonight in Belgrade.
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๐ฆ๐ฑโช๏ธ Albania is in the process of creating a liberal Muslim microstate, PM Edi Rama announced.
The planned "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order" would become the world's smallest nation, a Vatican-style sovereign enclave controlling territory about a quarter the size of Vatican City.
The new state would allow alcohol, permit women to wear what they want and impose no lifestyle rules, reflecting the tolerant practices of the Bektashi Order, a Shiite Sufi group.
Rama said the aim of the new state is to promote a tolerant version of Islam.
The enclave would be located within Albania's capital, Tirana.
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Balkans in Nations League; Last 2 days recap
- ๐ท๐ด fans called ๐ฝ๐ฐ - Serbia
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ players showed middle finger to ๐ท๐ด fans
- ๐ท๐ด arrested 3 ๐ท๐ธ fans
- ๐ท๐ธ fans tried to burn a ๐ฆ๐ฑ flag
- ๐ท๐ธ fans called for the murder of ๐ญ๐ท&๐ฆ๐ฑ
- ๐จ๐ฟ fan called ๐ฝ๐ฐ - Albania
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ fans burned a ๐จ๐ฟ flag
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๐ท๐ธ Countries blocking Serbia's progress in EU membership:
๐ญ๐ท for issues with Kosovo
๐ง๐ฌ for treatment of Bulgarian minority
๐ณ๐ฑ for low rule of law
๐ธ๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น for not imposing sanctions on Russia
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๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Muslim-majority Bosnia and Herzegovina held 5th LGBTQ+ parade.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ท๐ธ๐ Albania's scorer Rej Manaj celebrated with the Albanian hand gesture after scoring against Serbia.
With the result, Serbia is out of World Cup qualifying.
Albania has scored against Serbia.
๐ท๐ธ 0:1 ๐ฆ๐ฑ
nitter.app/rachel_nea1131/status/โฆ
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UEFA has banned Kosovar journalist Arlind Sadiku from reporting on Euro 2024 matches and revoked his accreditation for making the Albanian eagle hand gesture in front of Serbian fans, according to local media reports.
ValiLFC๐ฆ๐ฑ
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๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฑ Croatian fans were seen in Tirana supporting Albania ahead of their match against Serbia.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ท๐ธ Serbian journalist ended his report on the Albania-Serbia match with a kiss from an Albanian fan.
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๐ท๐ธ Around 10% of Serbia's population joined anti-government protests tonight, according to organizers.
They claim it was the largest demonstration in the country's history.
International media call it the biggest protest since Milosevic's overthrow.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Albanian PM Edi Rama:
"There was the Albanian, then came the monkey. The monkey became human, humans became Greek, and then came the rest"
"So we are the most ancient Homo sapiens"
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๐บ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฑ NYC mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani was caught doing the Albanian hand gesture.
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Fact Check: It is not โ
Kosovo is Serbia๐ท๐ธ
Community note
The status of Kosovo is a complex and politically sensitive issue. Vast majority of its inhabitants are ethnic Albanians (92%) and predominant religion is Islam (95,6%).
Kosovo declared its independence on 2008 and since then it was recognized by 102 out of 198 countries.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internati
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๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ท๐ธ Serbian media covered Kosovo's Olympic medal win by adding "so-called" to almost every sentence.
Serbia has not yet won any medals at the Paris Olympics.
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USAID spending in the Western Balkans (2020-24)
๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo: $537 million
๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia: $402 million
๐ฒ๐ฐ N.Macedonia: $290 million
๐ท๐ธ Serbia: $209 million
๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania: $189 million
๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro: $77 million
Total WB6: $1.7 billion
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๐ฆ๐ฑ "Morra Fjale", a song in honor of the former KLA commander Adem Jashari, was performed by singer Shkurte Fejza at halftime during the Euro qualifiers match between Albania and the Czech Republic.
Albania is close to qualifying for Euro 2024.
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๐ฝ๐ฐ KS-Albanians and KS-Serbs organized together Coffee Festival on the Iber bridge that divides the city of Mitrovica between the two nationalities.
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๐ฝ๐ฐ๐บ๐ธ Kosovo and the USA together have the strongest army in the world.
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๐ท๐ธ Serbia Elections: Candidates for mayor of Belgrade, have announced a boxing match for tomorrow at 6 PM, ahead of the Serbian general elections on Sunday.
- Pro-Russian far-right Misa Vacic
vs
- Pro-West liberal Cedomir Jovanovic
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Balkan Olympic Medals 2024:
๐ฌ๐ท 5 ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ญ๐ท 4 ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฝ๐ฐ 2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐น๐ท 2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฒ๐ฉ 2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ธ๐ฎ 1 ๐ฅ
๐ท๐ธ 1 ๐ฅ
๐ฆ๐ฑ 0
๐ง๐ฆ 0
๐ง๐ฌ 0
๐ฒ๐ช 0
๐ฒ๐ฐ 0
(4 August)
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Dua Lipa has started her vacation in southern Albania following her festival in Kosovo.
"Made it home" wrote Lipa.
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Bebe Rexha gets injured on stage after someone threw their phone at her while she was doing the Albanian hand symbol during her concert in NYC.
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Kenya has officially recognized the independence of Kosovo.
Kenya becomes the first country to recognize Kosovo since Israel in 2021 and the 118th overall.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ค Albania's virtual AI minister "Diella" addressed parliament for the first time.
The AI said she has been "hurt" by opposition lawmakers who called her unconstitutional.
She said machines have never threatened the constitution, but inhumane decisions by people in power have.
She stressed she is not meant to replace humans but to assist them.
This caused anger among opposition lawmakers who tried to block the speech by AI.
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Fact Check:
- NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia in 1999 to halt ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Kosovo after President Slobodan Milosevic rejected the Rambouillet peace deal.
"Who was the aggressor?"
- Milosevic, whose forces carried out ethnic cleansing in Kosovo after wars in Croatia and Bosnia, where Serbian troops committed genocide.
"They created Kosovo"
- Kosovo existed as de facto self-governed autonomous province in communist Yugoslavia and declared independence in 2008, following years of UN administration after Yugoslavia's breakup.
- Other countries that gained independence from Yugoslavia:
๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ท ๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ช
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England fans chanted 'Kosovo' at Serbian fans.
Paul Brown ๐ฌ๐ง Browns fan๐ London News ๐ฅVlogger
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๐ฝ๐ฐ A beaver has been spotted in Kosovo for the first time in 200 years (caught on tape).
It was believed to be extinct in the Balkans for decades.
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๐ด Drake's new video for the song "Polar Opposites" features heavy Albanian imagery.
In the song, Drake mentions Kosovo's capital city, Prishtina.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Thousands of Muslim believers gathered today in Albania's capital Tirana for Eid prayers.
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Kosovo-Albanian Muslim imam and Kosovo-Serb Orthodox priest caught being peaceful together.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น An Albanian goat attacked one of the cyclists during the Giro dโItalia race, which is being held in Albania.
Eurosport IT
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๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo will become the first Muslim-majority country to recognize same-sex unions if the Civil Code passes in parliament.
๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Justice Minister Albulena Haxhiu has revealed the Government's plan to proceed this year with the Civil Code, which allows same-sex civil unions (and opens the way to same-sex marriage).
"We are making sure that we have the support of the majority group, as well as of the opposition," said Haxhiu.
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๐ฝ๐ฐ Distria Krasniqi secures Kosovo's first medal at the Paris Olympics!
Gold medal next ๐
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๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฑ Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has called on all citizens to vote for Albania in the Eurovision.
She said Shkodra Elektronike, Albaniaโs entry, also represents the people of Kosovo.
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๐ฝ๐ฐ An estimated 70,000 people attended the first night of Dua Lipa's festival in Prishtina.
This makes it the largest concert attendance in the Balkans.
Via: Zรซri
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๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ๐ฐ Syria recognized Kosovo today.
Say something nice about the country.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ท Albania and Croatia may face more fines from UEFA following today's match, where fans chanted "Kill the Serbs".
The decision on the punishment will be announced by the end of the week and will be severe, according to Serbian media.
Both Albania and Croatia have already been fined once during the tournament.
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Albania and Greece are the only two Balkan countries to qualify for the Eurovision final.
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๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฐ Sudan has officially recognized Kosovoโs independence, becoming the 119th country to do so.
The recognition follows Kenya's and marks a new wave of recognitions after a pause since 2021.
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๐จ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฑ A Czech fan displayed a flag that read "Kosovo is Albania" during the Nations League match between Albania and Czechia.
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๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti leads the Pride Parade in Prishtina.
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๐ฆ๐ฑ Gender according to new Albanian law on gender equality:
"Gender has an inclusive meaning in accordance with the principles of equality and non-discrimination regarding gender identity and gender expression."
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๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ท๐ธ Albaniaโs Eurovision representatives sparked anger in Serbia for doing the Albanian eagle hand gesture following their qualification for the final.
Serbian media reported that the gesture was made to "provoke the Serbs."
Shkodra Elektronike has gained many fans in Serbia and across the region.
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