Doubts grow as EU leaders meet on migrant deal with Turkey
European Union leaders begin talks Thursday to work out a migrant deal with Turkey that is littered with political, legal
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Just 900 of the 160 000 refugees in Greece and Italy were resettled in other EU countries
The European Commission is calling on EU countries for “urgent decisive action” to accelerate the pace of the resettlement process. The
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Eastern Europe opposed to EU refugee plan
Ahead of the EU-Turkey summit, Angela Merkel continues to aim for a pan-European solution to the refugee crisis. Some eastern
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Along Greek-Macedonian border, sense of defeat takes grip
He stood for hours in the middle of the train tracks crossing the northern Greek village of Idomeni, just metres
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Greece sets up three refugee camps near the Albanian border
Greek authorities said that they are working hard to set up three new welcome centres for refugees in the area
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Cyprus may torpedo EU-Turkey deal
Two days before the next refugee summit between the EU and Turkey, it is far from certain that a deal
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Croatian PM ‘unfair’ with Prince Charles, Serbian PM Vucic says
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was “angered” by his Croatian counterpart’s decision to show 1990s war memorabilia to the Prince
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EU migration chief pleads for open borders
The European Union migration commissioner is pleading with Balkan countries to open their borders to more than 13,000 refugees trapped
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Russia says Polish comments on Smolensk air crash groundless
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov Monday described as “groundless” and “unobjective” comments by Poland’s defence minister Antoni Macierewicz suggesting
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