Peaceful protests are acceptable, Serbian president-elect Vucic says
Serbia is a democratic country and protests about elections results are acceptable as long as they are peaceful, prime minister
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NGOs: Unaccompanied refugee children at extreme risk in the Balkans
An estimated 1300 unaccompanied child refugees and migrants are at an increased risk of exploitation, violence and trafficking because of
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Serbia’s conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wins presidential election: projection
Serbia Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic looked set to sweep a first round presidential election on Sunday, coming in with 56
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Ukraine bars Russia entry from Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Ukraine has barred Russia’s Eurovision contestant from entering the country because she previously performed in Crimea. Relations between the neighbors
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EU court allows headscarf constraints at workplace
Private firms are justified on certain grounds to bar a female employee from wearing a headscarf or veil, according to
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Socialist SDSM continues efforts to form a government in Macedonia while Gruevski’s party opposes
Political parties that have secured a majority in parliament to form a new government in the Republic of Macedonia have said that they
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Tusk re-elected, but will anyone lead on migration?
Will eastern Europeans get funds clipped for lack of solidarity in migration? The spring EU summit appears more concerned with
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EU re-elects Donald Tusk as President
European Union leaders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to re-elect Donald Tusk president of the bloc. Tusk’s home country of Poland
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Hungary approves detention for all asylum seekers
Hungary’s parliament has approved a new law calling for all asylum seekers to be detained in camps along the country’s
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