Chaos and desperation at the Greek-Macedonian border
Tensions are rising in Idomeni with more than 7000 refugees – mainly from Syria and Iraq – trapped between Greece
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Author: Deutsche Welle
Refugees protest against new Macedonian border controls
About 300 migrants have staged a sit-in on railway tracks connecting Greece and Macedonia, forcing a train to turn back.
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Croatia has bigger problems than minister’s Nazi hat
Croatia’s government pledged sweeping financial changes, but has so far only delivered pitched ideological debate. Culture Minister Zlatko Hasanbegovic has
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Eurovision Song Contest changes voting rules
From this year, Eurovision votes cast by professional juries in each country and viewers will be announced separately. Organisers hope
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More than one refugee route through the Balkans
The Visegrád Group wants Macedonia to assist Greece in closing their border. Alternative routes through the Balkans would thus grow
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Macedonia’s refugee dilemma
As Greece continues to struggle with the influx of refugees, some EU countries hope that its northern neighbor Macedonia can
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Immigrants beyond the law
Crime is on the rise because of asylum seekers, or so the standard claim by right-wing populists. But statistics do
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Refugee crisis: EU’s Dombrovskis backs fuel tax idea
A fuel tax to help Europe absorb refugees has again been floated, this time by Valdis Dombrovskis, a top EU
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Refugees in Slovenia face long waits, short-tempered police
A battered train painted with graffiti stops about a kilometer before the Austrian border. There is no train station, no
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