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First monkeypox case confirmed in Kosovo
Gazeta Tema
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December 27, 2024
Kosovo has confirmed its first case of monkeypox, with a 30-year-old man testing positive after returning from West Africa. Health authorities are closely monitoring his condition and contacts. Dec 27, 2024 - Kosovo has confirmed its first case of...
Persistent offenders face life sentences under Farage crackdown
The Times
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Every shoplifter would be prosecuted and stop and search powers used to “saturation point” under Nigel Farage’s pledge to make Reform UK the “toughest party on law and order this country has ever seen”. He said that a Reform government would crack...
InvestEU: EIB provides €35 million in financing to GVM Group to support research, technology and digitalisation in the health sector
The European Sting
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December 27, 2024
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. GVM will use EIB financing to develop medical technologies, carry out clinical research and strengthen digital infrastructure. The operation is backed by...
Turkish military accelerates training of Kosovo forces
Nordic Monitor
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December 26, 2024
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Armed Forces have intensified their efforts to train members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), showcasing a growing military partnership between the two countries. This collaboration aims to enhance Kosovo’s...
Investing in climate action would boost Kosovo’s economy and human capital
Emerging Europe
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December 23, 2024
Kosovo must invest 2.8 billion US dollars in climate resilience over the next decade to safeguard its economy, health, and environment while transitioning to net-zero emissions by 2050. Investing in climate resilience and transitioning the economy...
Health Tourism Trap? Probing Deaths Of Foreigners Who Went To Turkey For Cheap Surgery
Worldcrunch
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September 18, 2024
ISTANBUL —An estimated 30 million people travel to foreign countries annually for what has been dubbed "health tourism,"✍️ spending approximately $500 billion on interventions that are better, cheaper, or both compared to options available at...
Quick Takes: FDA egg recall, mpox in Kosovo, polio in Pakistan and Australia
CIDRAP
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XiXinXing / iStock The addition of macrolides for empiric treatment of patients hospitalized with moderate and high-severity community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was not associated with improved clinical outcomes, according to a population-level...
Serbia reports first mpox case in Kosovo region
Daijiworld News
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Belgrade, Dec 27 (IANS): A 30-year-old man recently returning from West Africa was confirmed as a new case of mpox in Serbia on Friday. He is also the first confirmed mpox case in the Kosovo region, according to the regional Institute of Public...
Serbia reports 1st mpox case in Kosovo region
Xinhua News Agency
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BELGRADE, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- A 30-year-old man recently returning from West Africa was confirmed as a new case of mpox in Serbia on Friday. He is also the first confirmed mpox case in the Kosovo region, according to the regional Institute of...
Emergency water deliveries begin on Serbian mountain as drought endangers some 1,000 cows and horses
Euronews
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July 21, 2025
By Euronews with AP Published on 21/07/2025 - 13:33 GMT+2 •Updated 13:45 A severe drought this summer has left over 1,000 cows and horses without water on a mountain in southeastern Serbia, forcing authorities to bring in emergency...
Health insurance: What, why and when?
Kosovo 2.0
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September 4, 2024
Kosovo is the only country in the Western Balkans whose citizens do not have access to public health insurance. At present, only individuals who can afford private insurance have any health coverage. Others must rely on the public health system,...
Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania Among World’s Worst in Household Waste Disposal – Report
Balkan Insight
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September 17, 2024
Dump site in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica; Photo: BIRN/Borislav Visnjic Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania are among the top ten countries worldwide where fewest households report separating their household waste, according to a new World Risk...
Kosovo indicts 45 over alleged role in attack that killed police officer
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 11, 2024
Kosovo authorities on Wednesday indicted 45 people allegedly linked to a raid by ethnic Serbs a year ago that killed a police officer and led to an hours-long firefight that ratcheted up tensions between Kosovo and Serbia. During the September...
Court reverses ban on Serb party's participation in Kosovo elections
Firstpost
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December 25, 2024
The court’s decision is expected to heighten tensions between Pristina and Belgrade, as the February elections will mark another test of Kosovo’s fragile political landscape read more A special court panel on Wednesday (December 25) overturned a...
Killer virus symptoms as 'highly likely' it will reach UK - detected in Spain
Wales Online
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July 4, 2025
09:38, 04 Jul 2025Updated 09:39, 04 Jul 2025 New instances of a deadly virus have been identified in popular holiday destinations frequented by Brits, and experts are warning it could soon reach the UK. The virus, known as Crimean-Congo...
Kosovo closes two border crossings with Serbia
BGNES
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September 7, 2024
Kosovo's government closed the border at Brnjak and the larger border crossing at Merdare overnight on Friday (6-7 September). Both checkpoints are in Kosovo's restive north, where ethnic Serbs are a majority in several areas, outnumbering the...
Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests
Al Jazeera
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Kosovo’s Interior Ministry blamed the closures on ‘masked extremists’ blocking traffic into Serbia. Kosovo has closed two of its four border crossings with Serbia, the government said, after protesters on the Serbian side blocked roads and turned...
Kosovo Wartime Rape Survivors Still Suffer Psychological Consequences: Study
Balkan Insight
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September 12, 2024
The launch of the report by Medica Gjakova and Medica Mondiale on Thursday. Photo: Screenshot/Medica Gjakova Livestream German NGO Medica Mondiale and local Kosovo NGO Medica Gjakova, which works with survivors of sexual abuse from the Kosovo war,...
Kosovo, Romania, Serbia: Adverse weather forecast across the region through at least Sept. 15
Crisis24
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Unionized health and social workers to protest in Via Pattari, Milan, 10:00-13:00 Sept. 16. Members of five separate unions will rally at the headquarters of UNEBA (the National Union of Social Assistance Institutions and Initiatives), to demand...
Kosovo Is the Serbs’ State Too
Albanian Daily News
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Albanian Daily News had an interview with the Ambassador of Kosovo to Albania Skender Durmishi and asked him among others about the progress of the relations of Tirana and Pristina. “Relations between Kosovo and Albania are very good. In the...