Macedonia’s Parliament votes yes to proceeding to amend constitution to change country’s name
Parliament in Skopje voted on October 19 to initiate changing the constitution to rename the country “Republic of North Macedonia”,
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Parliament in Skopje continues to debate the Prespa agreement
MPs in Skopje are continuing to debate the constitutional amendments which are necessary for the implementation of the agreement reached
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Greek PM Tsipras takes over Foreign Ministry following Kotzias resignation
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who accepted it on October 17. Kotzias
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EC announces 12 000 additional free tickets available for 18-year-olds to discover Europe
The European Commission announced on October 17 a second competition for 18-year-old EU citizens to win free tickets to travel
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European Parliament committee proposes ‘European Humanitarian Visa’
The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the establishment of a “European Humanitarian Visa” for which asylum-seekers would
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Nationalist parties win parliamentary election
Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalist parties will dominate Bosnia’s complex government in the next four years. Pro-Russian Serb nationalist leader
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Romania: Referendum to ban gay marriage fails on weak voter turnout
Too few eligible voters in Romania turned out for a two-day referendum that sought to prevent same-sex marriages by changing
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Romania referendum to change constitutional definition of marriage may be set to fail
A two-day referendum in Romania on changing the constitutional definition of marriage to narrow it to “the consensual marriage between
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Appellate Court confirms two-year prison sentence for Gruevski
The Appellate Court in Skopje dismissed an appeal by former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, as being “groundless”, against a ruling
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