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MEPs adopt new rules on international divorces dispute settlement

June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

European Parliament said on June 23 that MEPs approved new rules on deciding which country’s courts should settle property disputes

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Russian state media feeds Euroskepticism, raises Brexit concerns

June 23, 2016June 27, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Brexit, Russia

Russian state media often act as cheerleaders for disunity and dysfunction within the European Union and tout Europe’s supposed moral

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Poland prepared for every scenario, including Brexit, officials say

June 23, 2016June 27, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Brexit, Poland

Finance Minister Pawel Szlamacha said that Poland need make no ‘nervous moves’ after a potential Brexit vote thanks to a

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EU agrees to set up European Border and Coast Guard

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

European Union institutions agreed on June 22 2016 on setting up a European Border and Coast Guard, which the EU

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Experts ponder solutions to possible Brexit problems

June 22, 2016June 27, 2016 VOANews Brexit

Some economic experts say officials will work to reassure investors and make it easier for banks to lend money if

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German President Joachim Gauck talks security in Romania

June 22, 2016 Deutsche Welle Nato, Romania

German President Joachim Gauck has discussed tensions in Eastern Europe and Berlin’s policies toward Moscow with his Romanian counterpart, Klaus

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Ukrainian lawmakers fume over omission of Ukraine from human rights report

June 22, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland’s annual human rights report, given on World Refugee Day on June 20, upset

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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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