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Day: June 24, 2018

Europe 

Merkel advocates bilateral, trilateral deals over migrants to EU

June 24, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday downplayed expectations that the EU summit next Thursday will be able to come to

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Europe 

Turkey holds breath as votes counted in June 24 election

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 Deutsche Welle Turkey

Polls have closed in Turkey’s high-stakes presidential and parliamentary elections. Incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, could face a run-off round

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Bulgaria 

Netanyahu welcomes Bulgaria’s decision to upgrade honorary consulate in Jerusalem

June 24, 2018July 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the decision by the Bulgarian government to upgrade the honorary consulate in Jerusalem,

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria showed that as a front-line country, it can cope with refugee pressure

June 24, 2018July 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, speaking on June 24 ahead of a meeting of EU leaders on migration and asylum,

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Bulgaria 

Political party with two MPs quits Bulgarian socialist coalition group

June 24, 2018July 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

The minority Bulgarian Agrarian Union Alexander Stamboliiski political party is quitting the Bulgarian Socialist Party coalition group in the National

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Europe 

Where do EU countries stand on migration?

June 24, 2018June 27, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

For EU member states, trying to find a common solution to irregular migration has exposed the fault lines that divide the bloc.

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