UNHCR: Restrictive European policies won’t keep refugees away
The U.N. refugee agency has expressed concern over the increasingly restrictive policies being adopted by European countries against asylum seekers.
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Russia bristles at Nato expansion in Eastern Europe
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is to meet with the head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, Friday at a security conference
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Experts: Russia aims to curb NATO, EU aspirations in Balkans
Observers say Russian propaganda, NGOs and cultural organizations have made significant inroads in the Balkans – in Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro
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NATO responds to migrant crisis; ships on way
NATO warships are heading to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece stop human traffickers, marking the entry of
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As refugees perish, Greek graveyards fill
There’s little room left in the graveyards on this windswept island. Aid workers on Lesbos struggle to bury the growing
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Macedonian president Ivanov: Border fence has prevented large numbers of illegal refugees
Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov said on February 10 that state authorities had prevented the entry of thousands of illegal refugees crossing
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We will not turn into a refugee camp, says Macedonia’s foreign minister Popovski
The foreign minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Popovski, said that the country will not turn into a refugee camp
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Macedonia’s refugee dilemma
As Greece continues to struggle with the influx of refugees, some EU countries hope that its northern neighbor Macedonia can
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Romania upholds 20-year term for communist-era criminal
Romanian appeals court has upheld a 20-year jail term for a man who ran a notorious communist-era prison and was
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