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Luxembourg foreign minister calls for Hungary to be booted from EU

September 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Tuesday’s edition of Die Welt newspaper carried an interview with the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, in which he

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Amid outrage, EU Commission launches probe into Barroso’s new job at Goldman Sachs

September 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle

Jose Manuel Barroso, the former president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014, is facing accusations that he has

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Ukraine, Russia clash over upcoming Duma elections

September 13, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

As elections to Russian parliament, Duma, approach, Ukraine says it will not allow Russian polling stations on its territory –

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Europol: Trends in migrant smuggling into Europe changing

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Between early 2015 and the summer of 2016, the picture of migrant smuggling to and within the EU has undergone

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Left-leaning People’s Coalition in Croatia slightly in the lead

September 11, 2016 VOANews Croatia

An initial exit poll in Croatia’s parliamentary election Sunday indicates that the left-leaning Social Democrats and their People’s Coalition were

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Earthquake of 5.2 on Richter Scale in Macedonia felt in Bulgarian towns

September 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

An earthquake of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, six km east of Macedonia’s capital Skopje on September 11, was felt

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EU grants further 115M euro to Greece to cope with refugee crisis

September 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The European Commission has stepped up its funding to improve living conditions for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Greece,

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Croatia seeks way to tip the electoral scales second time around

September 11, 2016 Deutsche Welle Croatia

Croatia found itself in a strange situation in mid-June: The center-right government led by the technocrat Tihomir Oreskovic was overthrown

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Kyiv wins right to host Eurovision

September 9, 2016 The Kyiv Post Eurovision, Ukraine

It’s official: Kyiv will host the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian Organization Committee picked Kyiv over Odesa and Dnipro

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