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Owner of illegal file sharing site arrested in Poland

July 21, 2016 VOANews Poland

The alleged owner of Kickass Torrents, an illegal file-sharing website said to have a net worth of at least $54

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Parties in Macedonia agree on December 11 parliamentary election date

July 21, 2016July 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

After talks which lasted several days, the main four political parties in the Republic of Macedonia reached an agreement. After a

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EU funds for Slovakia halted

July 21, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The European Commission has halted the payments which were allocated for the 2007-2013 programming period. This concerns five operational programmes

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Kosovo demands the demarcation of border with Serbia

July 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Before even finalising the process of border demarcation with Montenegro, Kosovo’s authorities are planning to also carry out the border

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Erdogan declares three-month state of emergency

July 21, 2016July 22, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency in the wake of last week’s thwarted

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Ukrainian-Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kyiv

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car explosion in Kyiv on the morning of July 20, reported Ukrainska Pravda.

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Turkey coup said to have started earlier than planned

July 20, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Turkey

The tanks started to roll seven hours earlier than planned Friday in Istanbul, with soldiers quickly blocking the famous Bosphorus

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European Commission cuts growth forecast in first post-Brexit update

July 19, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, European Commission

Uncertainty resulting from the UK’s vote to leave the EU was the main factor affecting the economic outlook in the

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Bulgaria’s Nataliya Apostolova is appointed new EU ambassador in Pristina

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

The Committee for Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament has appointed Bulgarian diplomat Nataliya Apostolova as special representative of the European

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