Bulgarian sailors handed prison sentences in Spanish drug trial
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
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
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
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
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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Deaths on Med migrant sea route to Europe so far in 2016 pass 3000 mark
Deaths in the Mediterranean as migrants and refugees seek to reach Europe add up to 3120 so far in 2016,
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Concerns over Turkish media freedom in aftermath of failed coup
With nearly 20,000 people detained and arrests continuing, there is rising concern the crackdown in Turkey after the July 15
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Turkey releases some post-coup detainees
Two weeks after an abortive coup attempt in Turkey caused an upheaval in military ranks and throughout much of the
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Google bows to Russian pressure, reverses changes to names of Crimean towns
Google on July 28 changed the names of towns, villages and districts in Russian-occupied Crimea on its Google Maps mapping
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