European Commission adopts proposed stricter firearms control rules for EU
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
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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Two killed in raid targeting mastermind of Paris attacks
Shooting and multiple explosions were heard Wednesday as police launched a raid in a Paris suburb targeting the Islamic State
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Bomb threat leads to cancellation of German football game
An exhibition football match between the Netherlands and host Germany was canceled on short notice Tuesday because of a highly
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UNHCR, human rights groups: Don’t victimise refugees over Paris terrorist attacks
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has expressed shock and horror at the November 13 attacks in Paris and
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Hungary ready to sue EU over migrant plan
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
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
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
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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