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The dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade will be raised to the presidential level, claims Kosovo President Hashim Thaci.

The dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade will be raised to the presidential level, claims Kosovo President Hashim Thaci.

Former co-leader of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ, who was stripped of her status in parliament in February 2017, has been given another prison sentence in two other cases this week.

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The EU has launched a multibillion-euro defense fund amid growing pressure on NATO members to increase military spending and Britain's preparations to part ways with the bloc in 2019.

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According to Ramush Haradinaj, President Aleksandar Vucic and Acting PM Ivica Dacic "should apologize to Kosovo because of crimes committed during the war."

According to Ramush Haradinaj, President Aleksandar Vucic and Acting PM Ivica Dacic "should apologize to Kosovo because of crimes committed during the war."

Germany's Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says a "Trumpization" of interactions in the already crisis-shaken Middle East region was extremely dangerous.

"US President Trump's recent giant military contracts with Gulf monarchies raise the risk of a new spiral in arms sales," Gabriel warned in the interview for Handelsblatt to be published Wednesday, Deutsche Welle reported.

The German press says the West and Russia cannot agree on a security policy "because (President Vladimir) Putin cares about spheres of influence, not borders."

Germany's Interior Ministry has come under fire from the left-wing opposition after a decision to bring down the number of asylum-seeking family members allowed into the country from Greece to 70 a month, Deutsche Welle reports.

Deutsche Welle is quoting German press reports that are analyzing the influence of Saudi Arabia and Turkey in the Balkans.

Die Welt writes that all this is taking place "before KFOR's eyes."