Belgium arrests 2 suspected of New Year’s terror plot
Prosecutors in Belgium said Tuesday police arrested two people suspected of planning holiday terror attacks in Brussels. They said investigators
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Syriza ‘flirting’ with centrist party ahead of crucial votes in parliament
Syriza seems to continue politically “flirting” with minor opposition party Enosi Kentroon (Union of Centrists), judging by the statements made
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Nord Stream-2 denounced as economic threat to Ukraine
It’s a multibillion-euro natural gas project, publicly backed by Russian president Vladimir Putin and Germany’s second-most powerful leader, deputy chancellor
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EU critical of proposed Israeli law on NGOs
The European Union is strongly protesting a newly-proposed Israeli law that would require non-profit groups to disclose foreign sources of
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Athens attracts German criticism over economy, refugee crisis
A fresh war of words broke out between German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the Greek government a few days
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Serbia arrests 80 in anti-corruption sweep
Serbia has arrested 80 former and current top officials, most of them belonging to opposition political parties, on corruption charges,
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Croatian president names little-known businessman as new prime minister
Croatia’s President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has named a little-known pharmaceutical executive as the country’s next prime minister, more than a month
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Georgian PM Garibashvili resigns, gives no reason
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili resigned Wednesday without giving any reason. “I took the decision to leave my post,” he
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Russia’s legal battle for Ukraine debt fraught with politics
Russia plans to sue Ukraine in an English court to recover a multibillion-dollar loan Moscow made to Kyiv in December
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