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EU agreements with Israel don’t apply to ‘occupied territories’ – foreign ministers

January 19, 2016January 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union foreign ministers adopted a position on January 18 that all agreements between the State of Israel and the

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Europe 

Aid agencies face uphill battle in Europe migrant crisis

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

Persecution, conflict and poverty forced an unprecedented 1 million people to flee from Africa and the Middle East to Europe

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Europe 

Polish President, European Council President appeal for restraint in ongoing EU’s debate on Poland

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and the President of the European Council Donald Tusk received praise from politicians of governing party

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Europe 

S&P cuts Poland’s rating citing country’s government’s radical measures

January 18, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland suffered a foreign-currency rating downgrade to BBB+ from A-, with outlook downgraded to negative from positive as recent measures

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Europe 

EU calls for ‘political solutions’ in dealing with migrant crisis

January 17, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management has called for “political solutions” in dealing with “the root causes”

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Europe 

Dozens of migrants stopped at Romania’s border with Serbia

January 17, 2016January 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Romania, Serbia

Romanian border police caught a group of 60 migrants who were trying to enter the country illegaly from Serbia on

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Europe 

Turkey’s economy sees fallout from terrorism, Russian sanctions

January 17, 2016January 17, 2016 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Terrorism and Russian sanctions have left Turkey’s already struggling economy bracing for the worst. Tourism seems sure to take hit,

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Europe 

Macedonian PM Gruevski submits resignation to parliament

January 15, 2016January 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent his resignation letter to the president of parliament, Trajko Veljanovski, as planned on January

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Macedonian PM Gruevski says he will resign on January 15 as planned

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski said in a televised address to the nation that he would resign on January 15

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