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Turkish tourism hit by security concerns

August 11, 2015 Deutsche Welle Turkey

Turkey is known as a popular destination for tourists. But more and more visitors are concerned about the escalation in

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Europe 

Living with Greece’s new tax increase

August 2, 2015 Deutsche Welle Greece

How are Greeks dealing with the country’s new value-added tax? Where are they cutting corners? As Marinathi Milona reports from

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Europe 

Greece given until July 12 to make debt proposals at full EU summit

July 8, 2015 Deutsche Welle euro zone, Greece

A special EU summit has been convened for Sunday July 12, after an emergency eurozone leaders’ meeting finished without a

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Europe 

Greece: The money’s gone but the refugees are still coming

July 3, 2015 Deutsche Welle

Greece has overtaken Italy: Around 69 000 refugees have arrived in the crisis-ridden country this year, yet it has no

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Europe 

EU grappling with Greek debt crisis

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 Deutsche Welle euro zone, Greece

It is clear from the start that this is not one of the European Commission’s regular midday press briefings: All

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Europe 

On the chessboard of the powerful, is Serbia a pawn?

June 11, 2015 Deutsche Welle energy, Russia, Serbia, South Stream

There are not many top politicians today who still know the names of the entire Russian ice hockey team that

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Europe 

Greece anxious about tourism this year

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 Deutsche Welle Greece

Greece was hoping to set a record in tourist numbers this summer, but the turbulent debt crisis has clouded the

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Perspectives 

Macedonia: A pawn in the Russian geopolitical game?

May 27, 2015 Deutsche Welle Macedonia

The political crisis in the small Balkan country of Macedonia has caught Moscow’s attention. It might be developing into a

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Bulgaria: A hard road for girls in Roma settlement

May 6, 2015May 10, 2024 Deutsche Welle

Women in the Roma settlement near Vidin, Bulgaria, seldom have more than two children. Tatiana Vaksberg, who lived there, says

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