EU agrees on deal for sending migrants to Turkey
European Union leaders have agreed on a plan to send thousands of migrants from Syria and elsewhere to Turkey, in
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Slovakia: Fico rules on – with three partners
The unexpected election results in Slovakia produced a ruling coalition that seemed highly unlikely even some days after the elections. Smer,
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Refugees stuck in Greece scrambling for safe havens
War refugees from Syria and Iraq trapped in northern Greece for weeks never held out much hope that meetings between
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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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