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Day: January 24, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Muslims re-elect Chief Mufti amid long-standing controversy

January 24, 2016January 26, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Lyutvi Mestan

More than 1200 delegates to the National Muslim Conference from across Bulgaria re-elected Mustafa Hadzhi as Chief Mufti on January 24

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Europe 

Refugees in Slovenia face long waits, short-tempered police

January 24, 2016January 29, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Slovenia

A battered train painted with graffiti stops about a kilometer before the Austrian border. There is no train station, no

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Europe 

Lagarde: ‘Make or break’ point for Schengen

January 24, 2016January 25, 2016 VOANews IMF, Schengen

The chief of the International Monetary Fund says she believes Europe’s refugee crisis is placing the continent’s cherished Schengen zone

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Europe 

Czech Pirate Party being prosecuted over web links

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Czech Republic

The police are pursuing charges against the Czech Pirate Party because of its operation of a website that has weblinks

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