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Greek government reshuffle: The new cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

August 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The election of Panos Skourtetis as Secretary of the Central Committee of SYRIZA on Monday evening unlocked the procedures towards the

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Divers discover 2000-year-old sunken Roman ship off Pag, Croatia

August 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Croatia

While diving with tourists near the Croatian island of Pag, Vedran Dorušić, the president of the Diving Tourism Organisation at the

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World Health Organisation: Measles cases hit record high in the European Region

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 41 000 children and adults in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) European Region have been infected with measles

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Europe 

UK press sceptical over the end of the Greek crisis

August 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The UK media are unanimous in declaring that the end of the Greek crisis exists mainly on paper, as they

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Talks between Kosovo and Serbia heading towards an end

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The new round of talks on the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia is expected to start in September

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Kosovo, Serbia mull territorial swap to end dispute

August 18, 2018August 18, 2018 VOANews Kosovo, Serbia

A decade-long dispute between Kosovo and Serbia is compelling both countries to consider a territorial swap along ethnic lines —

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Croatia police accused of abusing refugees

August 17, 2018 Deutsche Welle Croatia, Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

International aid organizations have reported that Croatian police are using violence to push refugees back into neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croatian authorities

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Frontex: Irregular border crossings into EU dropped in first seven months of 2018

August 14, 2018August 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

In the first seven months of 2018, the number of irregular border crossings into the EU via the top four

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Why are police clashing with expats in Romania?

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Deutsche Welle Romania

A crowd of up to 100,000 gathered before the seat of Romanian government in Bucharest on Friday to protest government

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