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Athens confident euro working group will green-light funds disbursement

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

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

June 9, 2016 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

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

June 9, 2016 VOANews Russia

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, recently said that the Soviet Union preserved Russia’s Christian morality –

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Another car bomb explodes in Turkey

June 8, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Three police officers have been killed by a car bomb explosion outside a police station in Turkey near the Syrian

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Russia opposes Nato war games in Poland

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Pesko said on Tuesday that the launch of Nato manoeuvres in Poland “do not

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EU court: Foreigners cannot be jailed for illegal entry

June 8, 2016 VOANews

The European Court of Justice, in a ruling released Tuesday, said European Union countries cannot jail illegal immigrants simply for

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Security on Nato eastern flank discussed as Polish, Bulgarian FMs meet

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Russia

Support from Western allies is a major priority in securing Nato’s eastern flank, the foreign ministers of Poland and Bulgaria

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EU unveils plans to curb migration to Europe

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

The European Union unveiled plans Tuesday for sealing agreements with African and Middle East countries in another effort to curb

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Med migrant deaths in 2016 approach 3000

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The number of migrants and refugees who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe so far in

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