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Merkel in Skopje: September 30 is a historic opportunity

September 8, 2018September 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

German chancellor Angela Merkel, visiting Skopje on September 8, told a joint news conference with Prime Minister  Zoran Zaev that

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Nazi insults targeting Romanian president enrage German officials

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 Deutsche Welle Romania

Tensions flared in Romania this week after a politician from the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) posted a video on

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Eurovision clashes with Israel as host country

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Deutsche Welle Eurovision, Israel

After organizers of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) toured Israel last week to scout for possible venues for the 2019

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Juncker: European Commission will propose scrapping daylight savings time

August 31, 2018September 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on August 31 that the Commission would comply with the findings of a survey

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New EU rules on lightbulbs take effect on September 1 2018

August 31, 2018September 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

As of September 1 2018, energy intensive and inefficient halogen lightbulbs will no longer be sold across the European Union,

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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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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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