Can EU migrant deal survive Turkey’s political turmoil?
Senior European Union and Turkish officials are meeting to rescue the EU visa deal. Since the ousting of Turkish Prime
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Alexis Tsipras says Greece will return to bond market next year
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras expressed optimism that the automatic spending cuts mechanism his government will legislate this week will
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Poland breaks ground for missile defence site amid Russia’s concerns
Polish and US officials Friday broke ground for a US missile defence interceptor site at Redzikowo, near the Baltic coast.
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Ukraine wins 2016 Eurovision song contest
Ukraine’s Jamala and her song 1944 won the 2016 Eurovision song contest final in Sweden’s capital city Stockholm on May
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Greeks, Albanians held in large-scale drug trafficking bust
Seventeen people, including 11 Greeks and six Albanians, from an organised crime network involved in large-scale drug trafficking have been
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Migrants are avoiding Greece in effort to reach Europe
The rescue of over 800 migrants off the coast of Sicily over the past two days is emblematic of a
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More than 180 000 Mediterranean migrant, refugee arrivals so far in 2016
An estimated 188 075 migrants and refugees had entered Europe by sea in 2016 by May 11, arriving in Italy,
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US, Nato to activate missile defence site in Romania
The US will switch on an $800 million missile defense site in southern Romania on May 12, a move likely
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EU police agency Europol gets wider powers
The European Parliament has voted to widen the powers of EU police agency Europol, including by obliging EU countries to
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