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North Macedonia president condemns racist chants at game
Gazeta Tema
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August 5, 2025
North Macedonia’s president has condemned racist, fascist chants shouted by fans at a basketball match in Kumanovo over the weekend. During the game against Romania, some home fans yelled anti-Albanian slogans, including “a good Albanian is a dead...
North Macedonia's PM says he 'didn’t notice' hate chants
Gazeta Tema
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August 4, 2025
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has condemned anti-Albanian chants shouted during a basketball match in Kumanovo, while claiming he didn’t hear them—even though he was present in the arena. Fans were recorded shouting “a good...
Albania’s parliament speaker slams anti-Albanian chants in North Macedonia
Gazeta Tema
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August 3, 2025
Albania’s Speaker of Parliament, Elisa Spiropali, has condemned a wave of hateful anti-Albanian chants heard during a basketball match in Kumanovo, North Macedonia. In a strong social media post, Spiropali called the incident “unacceptable” and a...
North Macedonia's Security Council Discusses Global Security Challenges, Wildfires, and European Integration
Bulgarian News Agency
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North Macedonia's National Security Council convened on Friday to discuss global security challenges and their impact on the country and the region, climate change and wildfires, as well as the country’s European integration following the European...
North Macedonia's PM Expects US Tariffs on Goods from His Country to Drop below 15%
Bulgarian News Agency
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski Friday said he expects the 15% tariff on goods from North Macedonia, announced by US President Donald Trump, to be reduced, as “negotiations will continue in the second half of August.” Mickoski...
Varna to Host Second Edition of PICTOPLASMA x Balkans Contemporary Art Festival
Bulgarian News Agency
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The second Balkan edition of the world-renowned character design festival Pictoplasma x Balkans will take place in Varna from September 20 to 22, 2025, the organizers told BTA. The event will bring together illustrators, animators, graffiti...
Israel: A study in Internalised Oppression and Reactive Abuse
Amandala
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August 6, 2025
by Thérèse Belisle-Nweke Saturday, August 2, 2025 The Zionist State of Israel, despite its highly effective public relations machine, is steadily being exposed by its own soldiers in Gaza, who are witnessing Israeli war crimes first hand. They...
EU Helps North Macedonia Tackle Wildfires under EU Civil Protection Mechanism
Bulgarian News Agency
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There are three active fires in the Republic of North Macedonia on Wednesday, according to the Crisis Management Centre. The most severe fire, the one in the Goten and Maleshevo Mountains, where low-growing forest, spruce, and shrubs are burning,...
Celtic and Rangers Champions League playoff draw: TV channel, live stream and start time
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 2, 2025
The wait is almost over as Celtic and Rangers gear up to discover their Champions League playoff fate. Scotland's big two are dreaming of joining the big boys in the £40million playground of Europe's top competition. As title winners, Celts are...
North Macedonia undermines the EU Negotiation Framework
BGNES
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July 25, 2025
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Timcho Mucunski has publicly challenged the EU Negotiation Framework and the conditions imposed by all member states of the Bloc, BGNES reported. “This is one of the most harmful documents in our history,”...
Media Censorship in Kosovo at the Behest of Big Business
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
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With media outlets in Kosovo and the region increasingly concentrated in the hands of major business moguls, journalists say censorship to protect the owners’ interests has become ‘the norm’. A six-month investigation, involving over thirty...
Smer party linked to pro-Russian disinformation media outlet TV OTV
The Slovak Spectator
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August 1, 2025
Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement Dávid Šípoš, the district deputy chairman of Slovakia's ruling Smer party in Pezinok, is linked to the pro-Russian media outlet TV OTV, a fringe online...
Texas Tech basketball adds Red Raider legend Toddrick Gotcher to staff
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Texas
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A Red Raider legend is joining the Texas Tech basketball coaching staff. Tech announced Tuesday the addition of Toddrick Gotcher to Grant McCasland's staff. Gotcher fills the final open assistant coaching position left by the pair of departures...
CHOICE Newsletter: Summit Devoid of Surprises
China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE)
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August 5, 2025
Dear reader, welcome to the August issue of the CHOICE monthly newsletter! As some parts of Europe bake under another hot summer, while other get soaked by rain, our team has scattered across the continent – but with a noticeable pattern. Most of...
North Macedonia's Commission for Prevention of Corruption Runs with No Chairperson
Bulgarian News Agency
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North Macedonia's State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) is working without a chairperson after Tatjana Dimitrovska was indicted and placed in custody, media in the country reported. In the interest of the smooth functioning of the...
Qatar backs Syria’s economic revival with strategic projects
Qatar Tribune
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August 6, 2025
Tribune News NetworkDamascus With the support of Qatar and under the patronage of HE President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, President of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Syrian government has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium of...
Qatar's UCC Holding leads USD 4 billion agreement with Syria to redevelop Damascus International Airport
I Love Qatar
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August 6, 2025
Under the patronage of His Excellency President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Syria has signed a memorandum of understanding worth more than USD 4 billion in foreign investment with a five-company consortium headed by...
The Landlocked Gather in Turkmenistan to Confront an Age-old Conundrum
The Diplomat
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August 6, 2025
The Central Asian region is unique in the world for being entirely landlocked, and so it was of little surprise that most of the region’s leaders attended the opening of the recent U.N. Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, ongoing in the...
McCasland adds Gotcher to coaching staff
96.3 KLLL - Texas
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August 6, 2025
Texas Tech head men’s basketball coach Grant McCasland has announced the hiring of assistant coach Toddrick Gotcher who returns to the Red Raider program after playing nine years of professional basketball overseas. Gotcher holds the Texas Tech...
Journalists’ rights and obligations in digital media
Bianet
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July 30, 2025
The digital media transformation has created fundamental changes in communication and journalism while profoundly affecting the balance between rights and responsibilities. The need to redefine the traditional concept of press freedom in the...