Six tourists dead after violent storm hits Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula
Six foreign tourists died and about 60 people were injured after a violent storm hit the Halkidiki peninsula in northern
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Greece’s elections: Mitsotakis’s New Democracy wins by landslide
With more than 92 per cent of votes counted in the early hours of Monday morning, the conservative New Democracy
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Young Jewish Europeans face increasing antisemitism, new EU study finds
Many young Jewish Europeans face antisemitic harassment in Europe, but are also very resilient as they clearly express their Jewish
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Italy’s Sassoli elected European Parliament president as Bulgaria’s Stanishev withdraws
MEPs have elected Italy’s David-Maria Sassoli, 63, as president of the European Parliament for a two-and-a-half-year term on July 3,
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EU leaders pick Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen to lead European Commission
The European Council proposed German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become European Commission President, European Council President Donald
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‘Code Red’ in Serbia over high temperatures, other Balkan countries face weather warnings
The highest-level “Code Red” warning of very dangerous weather has been issued for four districts in southern Serbia for July
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Roaming charges drop as Western Balkans regional agreement comes into force
Starting on July 1 2019, citizens and businesses in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia will
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First gay pride rally held in North Macedonia
Several hundred LGBT activists marched through the North Macedonian capital Skopje on June 29 for the country’s first Gay Pride Parade.
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EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia by six months
The Council of the EU has prolonged economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until January 31 2020, the
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