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Greek jihadist arrested in Turkey

November 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

A 40-year-old Greek Muslim from Thrace was arrested by the Turkish authorities and deported to Greece, where he was delivered

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Bosnia probing terrorism link in killing of two soldiers

November 20, 2015 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

The state prosecutor’s office in Bosnia said that it is investigating the killing of two Bosnian soldiers in Sarajevo as

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Cross-border terrorism puts Europe’s passport-free travel in doubt

November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

The fallout from the Islamic State group’s terror attacks in Paris has put the future of Europe’s passport-free travel area,

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Eastern Europe is concerned about its own security

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 Deutsche Welle Boiko Borissov, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia

More and more Europeans are linking the latest surge of Islamist terrorist attacks to the mass refugee influx in Europe.

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Officials: Paris attacks mastermind killed in raid

November 19, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

French prosecutors have confirmed that the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks was among those killed in a police

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Serbia ‘protects’ itself, limits migrant flow

November 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Serbia

Economic migrants from Macedonia cannot enter Serbia because Croatia and Slovenia had announced earlier they would not accept them, Serbian

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The Jihadi who got cold feet

November 19, 2015November 20, 2015 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo

VOA’s Jeff Swicord visited Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo to examine radical extremism in the Balkans. This is the third

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European Commission adopts proposed stricter firearms control rules for EU

November 18, 2015November 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) adopted on November 18 2015 a package of measures to make it more difficult to acquire

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Seeds of Jihad planted in the Balkans

November 18, 2015November 19, 2015 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo

VOA’s Jeff Swicord visited Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo to examine radical extremism in the Balkans. This is the second

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