Merkel advocates bilateral, trilateral deals over migrants to EU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday downplayed expectations that the EU summit next Thursday will be able to come to
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Author: Deutsche Welle
Turkey holds breath as votes counted in June 24 election
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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Where do EU countries stand on migration?
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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Greek government survives no-confidence vote over Macedonia name deal
The left-led coalition government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived on June 16 a no-confidence vote brought by the conservative
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Hungarian court sentences traffickers who let 71 migrants suffocate to 25 years in prison
A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison in connection with the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants
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Greece and Macedonia strike deal on name dispute
Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FRYOM) on Tuesday announced an historic agreement to resolve a decades-long name dispute
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Greece’s anti-Macedonia protests fuel nationalist sentiment
Thousands of people in Greece have taken to the streets to protest against a name change compromise with Macedonia and
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ECJ: Same-sex spouses of EU citizens have residency rights
The European Court of Justice ruled that member states cannot refuse residency to non-EU spouses of EU citizens. However, the
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Greece-Macedonia name dispute compromise faces stiff opposition
Macedonia must resolve its decades-long naming quarrel with Greece in order to facilitate EU accession talks. But a new proposal
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