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EU launches new defence fund amid growing security concerns

June 7, 2017 Deutsche Welle

With a looming Brexit and US pressure to boost defence spending, the EU has created a fund to bolster defence

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Macedonia parliament votes Zaev coalition government into office

June 1, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Parliament in the Republic of Macedonia voted into office last night the new government led by the social democrat Zoran Zaev.

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Zaev announces names of proposed new coalition government of Macedonia

May 29, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia’s prime minister-designate Zoran Zaev has completed his governing cabinet, which is to include 25 ministries, seven of

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Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos wounded in bomb attack

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A bomb hidden inside an envelope has exploded in Athens inside the car of the former Greek Prime Minister, Lucas

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European Investigation Order system comes into force, easing requesting of evidence from another EU country

May 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Investigation Order system came into force in the European Union on May 22, billed as simplifying the work

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Zaev is mandated to form a new government in Macedonia

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov mandated today the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev to form a new government. Ivanov said that

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Parents of EU children can receive EU residency

May 11, 2017 Deutsche Welle

Non-EU citizens have a possibility to stay in the bloc if their children are EU nationals, the EU’s top court

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27 EU leaders unanimously agree negotiating guidelines for Brexit

April 29, 2017May 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Meeting in Brussels on April 29, twenty-seven European Union heads of state and government unanimously – and rapidly – agreed

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Protesters rally at EU building in Skopje to demand new elections in Macedonia

April 29, 2017April 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The night after a violent incursion by nationalists into Macedonia’s parliament after the election of an ethnic Albanian as speaker,

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