Brussels emerges from lockdown
A sense of normalcy returned to the Belgian capital on Wednesday as schools resumed lessons and public transportation services in
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UN Secretary-General: New European border restrictions on refugees, migrants violate human rights
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned Balkan states that border restrictions based on a refugee’s or migrant’s nationality infringed
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Eight arrests as four EU countries act jointly against crime group smuggling Albanians into EU
Judicial and law enforcement authorities from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany and the UK, supported by Europol and Eurojust, took
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Slovak police search hotels for foreigners
Following prime minister Robert Fico’s statement that the government would monitor every Muslim in Slovakia, the police started searching for
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Russia threatens to cut off gas, coal to Ukraine
Russia threatened Tuesday to cut off natural gas and to halt coal deliveries to Ukraine, worsening a dispute over a
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NATO backs Turkey but seeks to lower tensions with Russia
NATO says it stands with Turkey following an emergency meeting in Brussels of its 28 ambassadors requested by Ankara to
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Bulgarian PM: Tension between Nato, Russia ‘not good’
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on November 24 that the downing of a Russian military plane by Turkish fighter
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Putin accuses Turkey of ‘stabbing’ Russia ‘in the back’ after fighter downed
Russian president Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of “stabbing” Russia “in the back” and supporting terrorism after Turkish F-16s shot down
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Drastic decrease in migrants and refugees crossing into Greece – IOM
There was a drastic decrease in the number of migrants and refugees crossing into Greece over the past weekend, the
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