Meeting in Malta, EU leaders agree on plan to co-operate with Libya against migration across Mediterranean
At an informal meeting in Malta on February 3, European Union leaders agreed on a plan involving working with Libya
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EU leaders meet in Malta to discuss Mediterranean migration issue
Leaders of the European Union are meeting in Malta on February 3 in their first informal gathering of the year,
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Protesting Greek farmers block E-79 motorway near Bulgarian border checkpoint
Protesting Greek farmers blocked the E-79 main road close to the Promachonas – Kulata border checkpoint with Bulgaria, public broadcaster
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Macedonian SDSM leader Zaev demands mandate to form a government
The leader of SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union), Zoran Zaev has requested a mandate from president George Ivanov to form
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Macedonia’s Gruevski fails to form government by January 29 deadline
The leader of the Republic of Macedonia’s VMRO-DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski, could not manage to form a new government by
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Closed Balkan route means lucrative times for human traffickers
More than 7000 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Serbia since neighbouring countries closed their borders. Many are spending
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Turkey, Greece at odds as Athens denies Turkish coup extradition request
Turkey has threatened to cancel a migrant readmission deal with Greece after Greece’s Supreme Court rejected a request from Turkey
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Romania 2017 CVM report confirms ‘growing irreversibility’ of reform efforts
Ten years after joining the European Union with the caveat of regular reports on its judiciary reform efforts, Romania has
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Just more than two weeks into 2017, already more than 200 migrants and refugees dead in the Med
About 2876 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in 2017, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on
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