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🇬🇷🚨 #BREAKING A Hellenic Air Force F-4E Phantom II has crashed during its solo display at Athens Flying Week in Tanagra. No parachutes were visible.

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—🇪🇸 POLITICO: "Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez today denied Morocco’s involvement in the flood of tens of thousands of migrants into Ceuta — despite an explosive police report indicating Rabat helped orchestrate the surge." ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇩🇪 NEW: Serbia has emerged as a possible connection in the suspected Leipzig drone sabotage case, according to DER SPIEGEL. ➡️ One suspect reportedly travelled to Serbia after the incident, while Western intelligence services view the country as a potential hub where Russian services could recruit and train operatives for sabotage missions across Europe. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—X account Basic Instinct: "This is not an ideal map and everybody would be slightly unhappy,but it’s a map that could bring hundreds of years of peace and prosperity to the region that could even surpass the west." Do you agree with him? ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—🇪🇸 WATCH: Riots and police charges in front of the Congress following the protest over Ceuta. 🔗 Olmo Blanco ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—🪖🇭🇷 NEW: Croatia’s government is set to approve the purchase of 18 South Korean K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers and associated missiles for €435.2 million before VAT, Jutarnji list reports. ➡️ The package is expected to include missiles with ranges from around 30 km to more than 300 km, giving the Croatian Armed Forces a new long-range strategic strike capability. ➡️ Around 85% of the system is reportedly due for delivery in 2028. ➡️ The deal, Croatia’s most significant weapons acquisition since the Rafale fighter purchase, is expected to be signed with Hanwha Aerospace, with Poland’s WB Group providing the C2 command-and-control system. ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Croatia. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇧🇦/🇺🇳 URGENT: Darko Mladic, son of Ratko Mladic, said today that his father was "killed" at the Hague Tribunal through negligent medical treatment and the deliberate administration of excessive doses of medication that led to his death.—The National Independent ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 RATKO MLADIC'S MOTORCADE ARRIVING TO BELGRADE ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 WATCH: This was the beginning of the motorcade's march to Belgrade. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 WATCH: Another crowd awaits the arrival of the motorcade. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 WATCH: Crowds gather on the bridges as Mladic's motorcade passes through Belgrade's highway. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 BELGRADE MINUTES AGO ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 Footage circulating from Serbia shows police officers saluting as the cortege carrying Ratko Mladić passes. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 BREAKING: A memorial ceremony for the former Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republic of Srpska will be held Saturday, September 5, in Belgrade. ➡️ His funeral will take place Monday, September 7. 🔗 The National Independent ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇷🇸/🇧🇦 URGENT: A very large crowd has gathered at the airport, with thousands of people reportedly present to await the arrival, according to Dunav Intel. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇧🇦/🇷🇸 BREAKING: The body of General Ratko Mladic is carried by members of the Serbian Armed Forces. 🔗 VIHOR ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇧🇦/🇷🇸 URGENT: The body of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić has been released by the UN tribunal in The Hague and is expected to arrive in Serbia late Thursday, President Aleksandar Vučić said. ➡️Serbian authorities are preparing security and logistical measures amid expectations that tens of thousands could attend the funeral. 🔗 Dunav Intel ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—🇷🇴/🇷🇺 WATCH: Yesterday, a Romanian shepherd stumbled upon a Russian drone carrying an explosive payload that crashed into a field in Romania. ➡️ This being the first drone he ever saw, the man did the sensible thing and started pulling random wires out of it until he defused it himself. 🔗 Daractenus ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—❗️🇪🇸 WATCH: Clashes broke out outside Spain’s Congress in Madrid during demonstrations over the Ceuta crisis, with police using rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse groups of protesters. ➡️ Videos circulating online show confrontations with officers and demonstrators washing their eyes after exposure to gas. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English

—👑 🇪🇸 NEW: Spain’s former king Juan Carlos I has expressed frustration to people close to him over the government’s handling of the Ceuta crisis, according to The Objective. ➡️ He reportedly criticises both Moncloa’s initial response and the lack of high-level dialogue with Morocco. 🔗 Teresa Gómez ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel in English