Over 210 000 migrants, refugees crossed to Europe by sea so far in 2016
An estimated 210 643 migrants and refugees had come to Europe by sea in 2016 by June 12, arriving in
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European Court in landmark ruling on UK child benefits for EU citizens
The United Kingdom can require citizens from other European Union countries living in Britain to have a right to reside
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Nato to send four international battalions to Baltics, Poland
NATO will agree to deploy four international battalions to Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — countries that feel most threatened
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1000 Orthodox scholars urge Pan-Orthodox Council to go ahead
The Press Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate received a notification this morning. An Open Letter of the Orthodox Scholars around
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More money needed for refugees, migrants in Greece, Balkans
The U.N. refugee agency reports a multi-million-dollar appeal begun early this year on behalf of tens of thousands of refugees
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European Parliament approves rules to cut red tape on expats’ documents
The European Parliament adopted on June 10 a regulation, proposed by the European Commission, to cut costs and formalities for
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Athens confident euro working group will green-light funds disbursement
Euro zone deputy finance ministers – the so-called Euro Working Group – will convene in Helsinki on June 9 to
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Concern grows in Brussels that Brexit could prove contagious
Approval of the European Union has fallen sharply across the continent, according to new research, raising fears in Brussels of
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch: USSR preserved Christian morality
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, recently said that the Soviet Union preserved Russia’s Christian morality –
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