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What happens after the ‘Brexit’ vote?

June 22, 2016June 27, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Brexit

Aside from guessing which side will win Thursday’s Brexit vote, London’s chattering classes are engaging in a favorite political game

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Report notes spike in refugee youths seeking safety in Europe

June 22, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

Unaccompanied minors fleeing places of conflict face rape, detention, beatings, forced labor and even death, according to the U.N. Children’s

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Britain’s Brexit vote spurs wild trading, gambling

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Brexit

Currency traders are dubbing it the “remain bounce,” buying Britain’s pound after torrid sales of sterling last week when markets

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MEPs back external border check plan for EU citizens

June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

A European Commission plan to systematically check all European Union citizens entering or leaving the EU was endorsed by members

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British EU referendum provokes anxiety in Eastern Europe

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 Deutsche Welle Brexit

Until recently, nationalistic voices in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, were limited to the fringe. But could a

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Brits abroad: How Brexit could hurt expats

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 Susi Dennison and Dina Pardijs Brexit

A British exit from the EU could jeopardise the jobs, homes, and healthcare of the 1.2 million Brits living in

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Ukraine: Investigators arrest 10 suspects in major gas fraud

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office detained 10 former officials suspected of embezzlement of three billion hryvnia

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Leaders of Serbia, Croatia sign ‘reconciliation’ declaration

June 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic signed on June 20 a document that expresses the willingness of

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EU ‘deeply concerned’ about continuing political crisis in Macedonia

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

European Union foreign ministers, meeting on June 20, expressed deep concern at the continuing political crisis in Macedonia, according to

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