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March 20, 2025 at 4:34 am

A nation in mourning, North Macedonia holds mass funerals for young victims of nightclub fire VIEW

Funeral services are being held across North Macedonia for victims of the March 16 nightclub fire, which claimed 59 lives.

Refugees from Ukraine wait for a bus on Sunday after crossing the Polish border at Medyka, March 6, 2022. (Maciek Nabrdalik/The New York Times) XNYT155 XNYT155

March 6, 2022 at 9:35 am

UN: 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine worst post-WWII crisis VIEW

People leaving Ukraine have created the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. In 11 days, 1.5 million people have fled to nearby...

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April 29, 2020 at 12:55 am

UK climate activists stranded in historic town in Kosovo VIEW

PRIZREN, Kosovo (AP) — British climate activists Rosie Watson and Mike Elm were on an international bicycle and running tour to promote their green campaign...

November 26, 2019 at 11:17 pm

‘How can I live?’ Quake survivor mourns relatives’ deaths VIEW

DURRES, Albania (AP) — Stopping at intervals to listen for sounds of survivors, local and international rescue crews searched through the rubble of collapsed buildings...

Rescuers search at a damaged building after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Thumane, western Albania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least six people and injured more than 300. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) XTS126 XTS126

November 25, 2019 at 7:54 pm

Rescuers comb building rubble after Albanian quake kills 21 VIEW

DURRES, Albania (AP) — Rescue crews with excavators searched for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings and hotels Tuesday as the death toll from a...

April 27, 2018 at 6:54 am

Kosovo honors its wartime missing; 1,650 still not yet found VIEW

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — With flowers, tears and bowed heads, the citizens of Kosovo held their annual commemoration day for the 1,650 people still unaccounted...

Nation & World

February 16, 2018 at 5:45 am

Students celebrate 1st child born in an independent Kosovo VIEW

LIPJAN, Kosovo — All the students in a tiny village in Kosovo have gathered to celebrate a very special day for Pavaresia Sopi — a...

Nation & World

September 9, 2017 at 12:13 pm

Kosovo lawmakers choose Haradinaj as the new prime minister

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Ramush Haradinaj, ex-prime minister of Kosovo and a former guerrilla fighter, has been voted the country's new premier. Parliament on Saturday...

Nation & World

September 7, 2017 at 7:03 am

Ex-guerrilla fighter nominated to create Kosovo’s new govt

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Ramush Haradinaj, a divisive ex-prime minister of Kosovo and a former guerrilla fighter, was nominated Thursday as the country's new premier...

Nation & World

March 7, 2017 at 6:05 am

Kosovo’s president asks for creation of a regular army

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's president asked parliament on Tuesday to transform the country's lightly armed security forces into a regular army, a move likely...

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