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Bulgaria condemns fatal bomb attack in Ankara

March 14, 2016March 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria condemns in the strongest terms the bomb attack in Ankara that left 37 people dead and more than 100

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Blast rocks Turkish capital, killing at least 27

March 13, 2016 VOANews Turkey

A large explosion ripped through the main square in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, on Sunday, killing at least 27 people and

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European Union grasps at straws as it seeks solutions to migrant crisis

March 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

The European Union’s ongoing struggles to somehow contain, or reverse, the massive flow of refugees fleeing war-torn Middle-Eastern countries is

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Ex-Kremlin aide found dead in DC hotel ‘departed US 40 days after his own death’

March 12, 2016March 12, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia

The mysterious death of former Kremlin aide Mikhail Lesin has gotten even weirder as details have emerged showing that Lesin

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Border closures heighten fear refugees may use Adriatic Connection

March 12, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Albania, Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Rights groups and organized crime experts are expressing rising alarm at the prospect of Syrian and Iraqi war refugees —

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Macedonia begrudges ‘paying’ for EU’s mistakes

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonia’s president says his country has been forced to pay for the actions of the European Union in the current

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Mediterranean migrant arrivals in 2016 approach 150 000, deaths reach 455 – IOM

March 11, 2016March 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Arrivals in Italy and Greece of migrants and refugees via Mediterranean sea routes so far in 2016 exceeded 150 000

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EU ministers propose stronger directive on preventing terrorist attacks

March 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union justice and home affairs ministers have agreed on a proposed EU directive on combating terrorism that they say

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Serb nationalist defies court, burns EU, Nato flags

March 11, 2016 VOANews Serbia

Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj set fire to European Union and NATO flags outside a Belgrade court Thursday, insisting he would

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