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Armed security forces were deployed around various strategic sites in Bulgaria on March 4 as the country stepped up security measures, with the Prime Minister saying that reports had been […]
The European Commission said on March 4 2016 that it has awarded 3.5 million euro in emergency funding to Greece. The funding will help cover the runn ...
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic called general elections for April 24, his office said on March 4. The decision came as no surprise taking into acc ...
The International Migration Organization (IOM) said on March 4 2016 that it estimates that 134, 905 migrants already have crossed the Mediterranean th ...
In the past 24 hours, only 316 refugees from Syria and Iraq have been allowed entry into the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. According to the country’s interior ministry, […]
Turkey has sentenced two Syrians to four years in prison over the deaths of a toddler and his family, who drowned en route to Turkey. Turkish state media said Friday […]
Hungry people are angry people. In the makeshift tent camp just meters from Macedonia, here on the Greek side of the border with the rain sleeting down overnight Thursday, refugees […]
In 2015, a total of 1 255 600 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in EU countries, a number more than double that of the previous year, EU […]
Columns of Bulgarian military vehicles headed along Struma Motorway towards the region near the Kulata border checkpoint ahead of the March 5 start of a joint military-Border Police training exercise […]
The center-left Smer party headed by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico looks set to return to power in elections taking place on Saturday. The final opinion poll before the vote […]
