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Zaev: Referendum will be held on September 30

July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, said on July 30 that the referendum on the name

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Hahn speaks of ‘China’s Trojan horses in the Balkans’

July 29, 2018August 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn in charge of neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations spoke of China’s presence in the Balkan region,

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Europe 

Death toll from Attica wildfires at 84, political parties seek to shift blame

July 27, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The death toll from the Attica wildfires rose to 84 as rescue crews continue to search for missing people. Rescuers,

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Vague promises help EU’s Jean-Claude Juncker ease US trade tension

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 Deutsche Welle

The tweet from Donald Trump that followed his meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was benevolent in tone, unlike

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Europe 

Skopje: Parties reach a deal on the referendum issue

July 26, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The majority and the opposition in Skopje have reached a deal on the issue of the referendum, after agreeing on

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US, EU avert wider trade war

July 26, 2018 VOANews

Amid an Oval Office showdown over trade Wednesday, the United States and European Union reached a truce and agreed to

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Europe 

26 Galileo satellites now in orbit for improved EU satellite navigation signal

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

Four more Galileo satellites were successfully launched on July 25 from the European spaceport in French Guiana on the European

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Europe 

EU mobilises further support against devastating fires in Greece

July 25, 2018July 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides arrived in Athens on July 24 to coordinate the EU assistance

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Europe 

Death toll from Attica fires reaches 74, over 180 people injured

July 24, 2018July 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece keeps discovering bodies of people who did not make it during the wildfires in Attica on Monday, July 23.

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