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Hungary ready to sue EU over migrant plan

November 17, 2015 Deutsche Welle Hungary

Hungary’s Justice Minister announced on Tuesday that the country’s parliament had cleared the way for the government to bring the

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Paris terrorist attacks: France invokes EU treaty clause on assistance from other states

November 17, 2015November 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

In the wake of the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, France has invoked a European Union treaty clause that

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Romania’s technocrat cabinet wins confidence vote in parliament

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A week after Romania’s former European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos was nominated to form a technocrat cabinet, the two chambers of

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Two reported dead after earthquake near Greece’s Lefkáda island

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Two people are reported to have died as a result of a powerful earthquake about 23km from Greece’s Ionian island

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Earthquake of 6.1 Richter scale shakes Greece’s Ionian islands

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

An earthquake of 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 9.10am on November 17 about 27km west of the Ionian

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EU Justice Commissioner Jourová: ‘We must not let the attackers disrupt our lives’

November 17, 2015 The Prague Post Czech Republic

EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová spoke in part about the EU response to the November 13 Paris attacks during a

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Slovak PM Fico: Security more important than migrants’ rights

November 17, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed the lives of more than 120 people and injured more than 300 prompted

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Can the Balkans kick its jihadi habit?

November 17, 2015November 18, 2015 VOANews Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia

As the camera pans across a group of Bosnian children holding an Islamic State flag, they chant greetings to IS

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Poland turns against immigration

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Deutsche Welle Poland

As Poland’s new conservative, euroskeptic government takes office, analysts wonder what course the country will take on immigration in the

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