Romania fights back against sham reforms
The government in Bucharest wants to change the country’s justice system and is also planning tax reforms. Civil society, opposition
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Europe
Nato to beef up in face of ‘assertive’ Russia
Nato plans to update its command structure for the first time since the end of the Cold War to ease
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Gang with suspected neo-Nazi links vows to force migrants from Greece
A suspected breakaway faction from Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party says it is recruiting anti-migrant hit squads and has vowed
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Borissov offers reassurances to Juncker on upcoming Bulgarian EU presidency
Bulgaria stood ready to take the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in January and was determined
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MEP Papadimoulis urges European Parliament debate on Paradise Papers
Dimitris Papadimoulis, the Vice President of the European Parliament, submitted a formal request on November 7 for an urgent parliamentary
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Athens aiming to secure ‘clean exit’ from bailout
Having concluded the first round of direct talks with international creditors, Greek government sources believe that despite various unresolved issues,
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Far right loses out in Slovakian elections
Slovakia has bucked the trend of far-right gains in Europe, with the People’s Party-Our Slovakia losing in regional polls. But
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Turkish president Erdogan to visit Athens on December 7-8
According to IBNA’s exclusive information, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s official visit to Athens has been finalised for the weekend
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Court in Macedonia convicts 33 people of planning terrorist attacks
A court in Macedonia on Thursday convicted 33 people of planning terrorist attacks as members of an ethnic Albanian militant
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