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Thousands of migrants on Saturday rushed past baton-wielding Macedonian police who attempted to block them from entering the country from Greece. Police fired stun grenades and several people were injured […]
Europeans have offered a mixed reaction to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ resignation and call for new elections. Some analysts and politicians are cautiously upbeat, but many investors are wary […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday he would call snap elections after the failure of coalition talks and a rise in tensions over military action against Kurdish rebels. Prime […]
There is no current increase in migration pressure on Bulgaria, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on August 21, speaking against a background of significant crises around influxes of migrants in […]
Macedonian riot police have cracked down on angry crowds of migrants stranded in a no-man’s land at the border with Greece, where thousands have been waiting for passage since Macedonia […]
Far-left members of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ ruling Syriza party have broken off to form their own party, after unsuccessfully trying to block passage of a $95 billion bailout […]
The Bulgarian embassy in Belgrade has asked the Serbian foreign ministry for clarification regarding an interview given by Serbian foreign minister Ivica Dačić to Belgrade’s Danas newspaper, the Foreign Ministry […]
If the weather seems warmer to you this year, you are not imagining it. US weather experts say this past July was the hottest month ever recorded and that 2015 […]
Grigor Dimitrov’s disappointing season continued with a third-round exit at the Cincinnati Masters, losing to world number two Andy Murray 6-4, 6-7, 5-7 despite going two breaks up in each […]
A man died after being hit by a falling tree in Plovdiv and another was killed when lightning set his house alight in the Plovdiv region village of Kostievo on […]
