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Huge embarrassment as Romania gets axed from Eurovision

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania has been excluded from the Eurovision music contest over unsolved financial issues with the official broadcaster of the show.

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Protests continue in Skopje

April 22, 2016April 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Two massive protests were held on the night of April 21 in Skopje, with a strong police presence. On one hand

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Doctors expect Slovak PM Fico to undergo bypass surgery

April 21, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico who has been hospitalised in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Bratislava since April

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EU cancels Vienna talks on Macedonia crisis

April 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The European Union has cancelled what were intended to be talks bringing together the Republic of Macedonia’s major parties to

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Macedonia: ‘Colourful Revolution’ paints raucous rainbow

April 21, 2016 Deutsche Welle Macedonia

Bright colours are everywhere in downtown Skopje. Protests happen every evening at 6, and people are demanding change in what

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European Commission proposes visa-free travel for citizens of Ukraine

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on April 20 2016 that it was proposing to the Council of the European Union and

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EU provides 83M euro to improve conditions for refugees in Greece

April 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The European Commission (EC) announced on April 19 a sum of 83 million euro under the new Emergency Assistance Instrument,

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More than half of migrants in Europe are women – IOM

April 19, 2016April 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Women make up the majority of international migrants in Europe, 52.4 per cent, according to the International Organization for Migration’s

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Macedonia protests against Ivanov enter second week

April 19, 2016April 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Several thousand people turned out in Skopje and other cities in Macedonia on the night of April 18 in protest

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