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Putin orders withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria

March 15, 2016 VOANews Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria, as new U.N.-mediated peace talks on Syria

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Europe 

Blast rocks Turkish capital, killing at least 27

March 13, 2016 VOANews Turkey

A large explosion ripped through the main square in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, on Sunday, killing at least 27 people and

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Europe 

Macedonia begrudges ‘paying’ for EU’s mistakes

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonia’s president says his country has been forced to pay for the actions of the European Union in the current

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Europe 

Serb nationalist defies court, burns EU, Nato flags

March 11, 2016 VOANews Serbia

Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj set fire to European Union and NATO flags outside a Belgrade court Thursday, insisting he would

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Business 

European Central Bank unleashes new stimulus package

March 11, 2016 VOANews

The European Central Bank unleashed a new round of economic stimulus measures Thursday, making a new effort to boost the

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Bulgaria 

Austria: Balkan Route should remain closed to migrants

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey

Austrian interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says the Balkan immigration route should remain closed, after Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Croatia closed

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Europe 

EU looks to Turkey to ease migrant crisis

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

European Union leaders meet with their Turkish counterparts Monday to discuss efforts to slow the flow of migrants traveling to

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Europe 

Exit polls give PM’s party a victory in Slovak election

March 6, 2016 VOANews Slovakia

Exit polls in Slovakia gave Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer party a win in Saturday’s parliamentary election, with a large

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Europe 

Turkey sentences human traffickers to four years in prison

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkey has sentenced two Syrians to four years in prison over the deaths of a toddler and his family, who

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