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Bosnia submits EU application

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia has formally submitted an application to become part of the European Union. President Dragan Covic submitted the paperwork to

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Europe 

US senators urge new Polish government to ‘recommit’ to democracy

February 15, 2016 VOANews Poland

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, identifying themselves as friends of Poland, have written to Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo

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Russia blocks Ukraine transit at its borders, after Ukraine blockade

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia has blocked Ukraine-registered trucks from entering its territory, in a tit-for-tat response to expanding efforts by Ukraine activists to

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EU demands Greece remedy deficiencies of border control

February 14, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The European Union has given Greece a three-month ultimatum to fix “deficiencies” in controlling its borders or face suspension from

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Experts: Russia aims to curb NATO, EU aspirations in Balkans

February 12, 2016 VOANews Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia

Observers say Russian propaganda, NGOs and cultural organizations have made significant inroads in the Balkans – in Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro

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NATO responds to migrant crisis; ships on way

February 12, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Nato

NATO warships are heading to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece stop human traffickers, marking the entry of

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As refugees perish, Greek graveyards fill

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

There’s little room left in the graveyards on this windswept island.  Aid workers on Lesbos struggle to bury the growing

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Romania upholds 20-year term for communist-era criminal

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 VOANews Romania

Romanian appeals court has upheld a 20-year jail term for a man who ran a notorious communist-era prison and was

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Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide dies in The Hague

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity died in The Hague Monday evening, a

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