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European Parliament votes SAA with Kosovo

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency European Parliament, Kosovo

The European Parliament voted on January 21 2016 in favour of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the European Union

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Almost extinct animals, killed by stray dogs in Romania

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Huge financial efforts, determination and manpower dedicated to protecting a species that was close to extinction in Europe 100 years

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SDSM will not participate in Macedonia’s April 24 elections

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The largest opposition party SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union), has decided last evening that it will not participate in the

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Greek farmers, worker unions, physicians rally against pension reform

January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government’s plans for pension reforms, the high taxation of farmers but also of self-employed (physicians, lawyers and others)

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Winter weather raises fears as thousands of refugees head to Europe

January 21, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

At the migrant and refugee registration center in Presevo, Serbia, a small girl wearing a pink coat screams with delight

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EC proposes strengthening exchange of criminal records on non-EU citizens in step against terrorism

January 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has proposed improving the exchange of criminal records of non-EU citizens in the EU by upgrading the

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Uncertainties about Macedonia’s elections, Hahn to arrive in Skopje in February

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn is expected to visit Skopje again in mid-February, with a precise plan comprised of three

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Polish PM defends her government in European Parliament

January 20, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo worked to reassure members of European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday that Poland did nothing

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Doctors Without Borders blasts EU migration policies

January 19, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) has denounced Europe’s migration policy of deterrence in 2015 as a “catastrophic

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