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Bulgarian leaders send condolences to counterparts in Skopje over fatal floods

August 8, 2016August 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s President and its Prime Minister have sent condolences to their counterparts in Skopje after the catastrophic weather this past

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Massive rally in Turkey in support of Erdogan

August 7, 2016 VOANews Turkey

As many as a million people or more filled the streets of Istanbul, Turkey Sunday in a display of solidarity

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At least 20 dead in flooding in Macedonia’s capital Skopje

August 7, 2016August 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Macedonia

At least 20 people died, 22 were injured and more than 1000 had to be rescued as violents storms brought

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US, allies train over Estonia

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 VOANews Estonia, Nato, Russia

As part of a major training exercise to hone the NATO forces’ ability to work together, the United States and

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Bulgarian sailors handed prison sentences in Spanish drug trial

August 4, 2016August 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Prison sentences ranging from six to 10 years were handed to Bulgarian sailors that were part of the crew of

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Greeks struggling to make ends meet

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Thousands of Greek pensioners saw their supplementary pension payments slashed by as much as 10 per cent on August 2 as

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A ray of hope for refugees in northern Greece

August 3, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece

When Mahmood looks out of the window he can see Thessaloniki’s seafront clearly, sometimes, when the sky is clear, even

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Ukrainians denounce Trump’s comments on Ukraine, Crimea

August 3, 2016 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

It is probably no surprise that the recent comments by U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump about the conflict

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Slovakia: Extremist patrols in trains banned

August 3, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Groups of far-right extremists wearing green T-shirts with the logo of Marian Kotleba’s People’s Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) will not

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