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(ANSA-AFP) - BUCHAREST, NOV 11 - Fragments of a suspected Russian drone landed in Romania without causing any damage, as President Nicusor Dan on Tuesday downplayed the incident as an "accident". "On the night of November 10-11, 2025, the Russian Federation launched new air strikes on Ukrainian ports on the Danube," the Romanian defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. "A large number of explosions were recorded on the Ukrainian side of the Danube, in the area of the port of Izmail," it…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 11 - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) reportedly thwarted a Ukrainian military operation to hijack a Russian MiG-31 equipped with a supersonic Kinzhal missile and launch a bogus attack on NATO's largest air base. The FSB reported this to the Tass news agency, alleging that the UK was involved in the operation. "To hijack the aircraft," Moscow intelligence explained, "Ukraine was willing to recruit Russian pilots for $3 million." (ANSA).

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 10 - "To protect freedom and our democracy," "a reorganisation and modernisation of the state and economy is required, in a completely changed context both globally and within Germany," German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche stated in a lengthy speech at the symposium on the Social Market Economy. The minister began by drawing parallels between the emergence of this approach after WWII, when it was necessary to "rebuild the country and democracy," and the current situation.…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 10 - The diplomatic documents that trace the negotiations that led to the signing of the Treaty of Osimo are being released from the Farnesina archives. The volume containing them, edited by Massimo Bucarelli, Professor of History of International Relations at Sapienza University, and Arrigo Bonifacio of the University of Udine, titled "Documents on the Adriatic Peace," is now available for consultation on the Farnesina website in the "Foreign Policy and History" section,…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 10 - German investigators are convinced that the Ukrainian group that allegedly blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea was directed by Valeriy Zaluzhny, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Commander-in-Chief at the time. According to the Wall Street Journal, German police and prosecutors have a "clear picture of how an elite Ukrainian military unit carried out the attacks under the direct leadership of General Valeriy Zaluzhny." The saboteurs aimed to reduce Russia's…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 10 - They left Italy, paying "substantial" sums to Serbian soldiers to participate in the siege of Sarajevo and shoot "for fun" at Bosnian capital residents during the conflict. An investigation is underway in Milan to identify these "war tourists" who participated in the massacre of over 11,000 people between 1993 and 1995, according to Il Giorno and La Repubblica. The case, which Il Giornale had previously reported on in July, was opened by prosecutor Alessandro Gobbis on…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 10 - The opposition Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the ruling Vetevendosje party (VV, led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti) both won five and four mayoral seats today, for a total of seven each, including the first round on October 12. According to preliminary results released this evening by the electoral commission, the LDK has won Pristina with its candidate Perparim Rama, who will be mayor for the second time, and celebrations are taking place in downtown Pristina.…

(ANSA) - VILNIUS, NOV 8 - The second conference on Italian-Estonian space cooperation will be held on Nov. 24 at the Estonian Business School in Tallinn. The event, organized by the Embassy of Italy in Tallinn in collaboration with Ice in Stockholm, is proposed as an opportunity to explore the possibilities strengthening and development of relations between Italy and Estonia in space matters. During this year's conference they will discuss, in particular, Halo, the Lunar Gateway housing and logistics…

(ANSA-AFP) - SOFIA, NOV 7 - Bulgaria's parliament on Friday adopted legal changes to place Lukoil's refinery in the east of the country under state control following US sanctions against the Russian oil giant. The United States last month hit Russia's two biggest oil producers -- Rosneft and Lukoil -- with sanctions over its war in Ukraine. Lukoil operates the Balkan's largest oil refinery in the Black Sea city of Burgas. The US sanctions "will effectively lead to the shutdown of the refinery's…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 7 - "It is difficult to justify starting a war while expecting to be able to travel freely throughout Europe. The EU is tightening visa requirements for Russian citizens in response to ongoing drone disruptions and acts of sabotage on European soil. Travelling in the EU is a privilege, not an acquired right," EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Kaja Kallas stated on X. (ANSA).

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 7 - "Europe will require natural gas for many, many years to come (...). It makes perfect sense for the United States to consider Greece as an entry point for its gas, in order to meet the energy needs of an entire region." Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated this during his speech at the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation (P-TEC) conference, which is currently taking place in Athens. Yesterday, at an event aimed at strengthening energy cooperation…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 7 - Mol Nyrt., Hungary's sole oil refining company, is looking for alternatives to Russian oil, according to Bloomberg. Mol Nyrt, which operates oil refineries in Hungary and Slovakia, stated that a pipeline from Croatia could effectively replace the majority of its oil supplies if Russian supplies via the Druzhba pipeline through Ukraine were to cease. US President Donald Trump will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House today in response to US…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 7 - Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric met with Luca Ciriani, Minister for Relations with Parliament, today in Belgrade to discuss strengthening bilateral relations with Italy, Serbia's European path, and key regional issues. According to a statement from the Serbian Foreign Ministry, Djuric thanked Italy for its strong and consistent support for Serbia's European integration process, emphasising the two countries' traditional friendly relations, which are based on a strategic…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 7 - Croatian police arrested seven men after they broke into a small cultural centre in Split, Dalmatia, on Monday evening and disrupted an evening dedicated to Serbian culture and folklore traditions, organised by a local association and featuring artists from Novi Sad, Serbia, with pro-Nazi and nationalist chants. They are currently in pre-trial detention after police charged them with violent behaviour, as well as violations of freedom of expression and national identity.…

(ANSA-AFP) - SOFIA, NOV 7 - Six migrants died in eastern Bulgaria when the car they were travelling in plunged into a lake during a police chase, a police spokesman told AFP on Friday. The accident, in which three other migrants were injured, occurred late Thursday near Burgas, a port city on the Black Sea. "The police initially tried to stop the vehicle... but the driver didn't heed them," the spokesman said, adding that the intervention had taken place 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Burgas.…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 7 - A weapons cache was discovered in a building in Vienna, thought to be part of Hamas' foreign operations. The weapons are suspected of being "introduced with a view to potential terrorist attacks in Europe" against "Israeli or Jewish institutions," according to the Austrian Interior Ministry. "Five pistols and ten magazines were discovered in a suitcase and immediately seized," it stated, adding that the weeks-long investigation into a global terrorist organisation linked…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 6 - Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, is flying to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump. The prime minister announced the news via X, emphasising the "new opportunities in relations" between the two countries that have emerged since the tycoon's return to the White House. "The first ten months of this year were the initial phase, during which we repaired the damage done to Hungary and Hungarian-US relations by the Biden administration," Orbán wrote.…

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, NOV 6 - Franco Dal Mas, General Secretary of the Central European Initiative (CEI), believes that Europe requires a true reunification of its nations today and sees Serbia as a partner in that process, according to Serbian news agency Tanjug. Dal Mas told Tanjug that Serbia is making significant efforts to integrate into the EU because it shares similar values. (ANSA).

(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, NOV 6 - The EU on Thursday announced a formal antitrust probe against stock exchange operators Nasdaq and Deutsche Boerse over "possible collusion" involving financial derivatives. The European Commission said it suspected US-headquartered Nasdaq and Germany's Deutsche Boerse "may have entered into agreements or concerted practices not to compete" in the EU when dealing with certain derivatives. (ANSA-AFP).

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, NOV 6 - "Today, it is crucial that governments and parliaments combine their proposals, energies, and resources to protect collective interests and address these challenges in a coordinated manner: from personal safety to cybersecurity, to the protection and proper use of data," CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas said in his opening remarks at the meeting of the CEI Parliamentary Dimension Parliamentary Assembly in Belgrade, organised by the National Assembly of the Republic…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 6 - "We are reversing the trend in ammunition. Until recently, Russia produced more ammunition than all NATO allies combined, but not anymore. Across the Alliance, we are opening dozens of new production lines and expanding existing ones: we are producing more than in recent decades," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said at the Defence Industry Forum in Bucharest. "We must apply these advances to other areas, ranging from high-end air defence to low-cost drone interceptors.…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 5 - The Netherlands is working to invoke the procedure outlined in Article 7 of the EU Treaty against Slovakia, which could include suspending a member state's voting rights in the Council in the event of a serious violation of fundamental values. The Hague is challenging Slovakia's September law, which recognises only two sexes (male and female) in the Constitution, limits adoption to married heterosexual couples, and prohibits surrogate pregnancies. (ANSA).

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 5 - The constitutional ban on Pride, threats to judicial independence and academic freedom, and patronage networks are all contributing to Hungary's rule of law crisis, which is becoming a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy." This assessment is contained in the interim report on Budapest's violations of EU values, which was approved by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties. The report emphasises how the situation, which threatens the EU's core values, has…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 5 - A 44-year-old German nurse has been sentenced to life in prison after being accused of deliberately causing the deaths of ten patients between December 2023 and May 2024. The Aachen court also found him guilty of attempted murder in 27 other cases. The prosecutor's office had gathered evidence for thirteen murders, and investigations into his previous activities while working at other medical facilities are still underway. (ANSA).

(ANSA-AFP) - SARAJEVO, NOV 5 - Ten people were killed and around 20 injured in a fire that broke out late Tuesday in a nursing home in northeastern Bosnia, police said. "According to preliminary information, 10 residents of the Tuzla retirement home lost their lives in the fire," a police spokeswoman said in a statement. Around 20 people, including firefighters, police officers, medical workers, employees, and residents of the home, received medical treatment at the Tuzla University clinical center,…

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 04 NOV - The Balkan Press Agency Association's event will take place in Trieste in September 2026. This was announced today in Trieste by ANSA CEO Stefano De Alessandri at the conclusion of the AI4Health - Artificial Intelligence in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research conference. "This year, ANSA celebrates its eightieth anniversary," De Alessandri said. "We decided to commemorate this anniversary by highlighting one of our defining characteristics: our global presence. We are members…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 4 - "Overall, 2025 was a year of significant progress towards EU enlargement. Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, and Moldova stand out: they made the greatest progress in reforms over the past year," said European Commissioner Marta Kos, presenting the annual enlargement report to the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. Kos praised the four candidates' "ambitious goals," claiming that "successful enlargement is a realistic possibility in the coming years" given the…

(ANSA) - PRAGUE, 04 NOV - Czech cardinal Dominik Duka, who was accused of covering up clergy sex crimes, died aged 82 on Tuesday, the Prague Archbishopric said on Facebook. Persecuted under the communist regime of the former Czechoslovakia, Duka repeatedly came under fire during his time as Archbishop of Prague from 2010 until 2022, including for allegedly protecting paedophile priests. His stance earned him a place on a "dirty dozen" list of potential papal candidates in 2013 accused of sweeping…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 4 - The Serbian Foreign Ministry expressed "regret" over the Swedish government's decision to reduce aid programmes to Serbia, citing issues with the rule of law, media freedom, and the fight against corruption. "Such positions, if they are official, do not reflect the real situation or the spirit of the partnership established over the years between our two countries," a statement from Belgrade's Foreign Ministry read. "Serbia is a sovereign country that implements its reforms…

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV 4 - China and Germany "should establish a more stable and sustainable political framework to ensure that bilateral relations always remain on track," said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a phone call with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul on Monday. He urged Berlin not to "make baseless accusations that contradict the facts," according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry report. Wang added that Germany should not engage in "microphone diplomacy," noting that the two…