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Freezing temperatures threaten migrant lives on Bosnian-Croatian border

December 13, 2018 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says thousands of migrants stuck near the Bosnian-Croatian border face

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EU Agency for Fundamental Rights survey: ‘Persistent antisemitism hangs over EU’

December 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Antisemitic hate speech, harassment and fear of being recognised as Jewish; these are some of the realities of being Jewish

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Europe 

In show of support, US conducts Ukraine fly-over

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Carla Babb of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The US and its allies flew a military aircraft over Ukraine on December 6 as a show of support after

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Council of EU adopts declaration against antisemitism, aims for better protection of Jewish communities

December 6, 2018December 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Council of the European Union approved on December 6 a declaration on the fight against antisemitism and the development

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With a rapidly aging population, Germany looks to Balkans for care workers

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Deutsche Welle

As Germany’s aging population struggles to find enough care workers, the country’s health minister is mulling funding training programs abroad.

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Europe 

How the EU’s resettlement plan is failing to meet its goal

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

The EU has set up various measures to curb unauthorized migration. One of them is offering more legal pathways to

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Hungary suspected of helping former Macedonian PM Gruevski escape

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Deutsche Welle Hungary, Macedonia

Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s escape from his native country to Hungary reads like a political thriller. Even Hungary’s

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Azov Sea crisis between Russia and Ukraine: EU, Nato urge de-escalation

November 26, 2018November 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The European Union has called on Russia and Ukraine to “act with utmost restraint to de-escalate the situation immediately” while

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Poroshenko urges parliament to approve martial law today after Russia attacks in Azov Sea

November 26, 2018 The Kyiv Post Nato, Russia, Ukraine

At an emergency meeting late on the night of November 25, the Military Cabinet passed a resolution to impose a

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