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Death toll from Romanian nightclub fire rises to 41

November 8, 2015November 8, 2015 VOANews Romania

Nine more victims who were burned in last week’s horrific nightclub fire in Bucharest died Saturday in hospitals, bringing the

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Romanian president names interim PM ahead of talks with parties

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis named Sorin Cimpeanu, the education minister in the outgoing government of Victor Ponta, as interim prime

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Government in Skopje to borrow 500 million euro

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

By the end of 2015, the government in Macedonia will borrow 500 million euro. The debt is to be secured

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NATO chief: War games meant to ‘send message’

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 VOANews Nato

NATO’s largest military exercise in more than a decade sends “a very clear message to our nations and possible adversaries”,

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Plevneliev: EU and NATO should see South Eastern Europe as a centre of geopolitical interests and policies

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

The European Union and NATO should consider South Eastern Europe not as a periphery, but as a centre for geopolitical

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Unstoppable migrant flows across Mediterranean into Europe

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia

The U.N. Children’s Fund said it sees no sign that migrant flows into Europe are slowing down, and said the

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Romanian PM to resign over nightclub tragedy

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 VOANews Romania

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta is resigning in response to protests demanding he step down after a nightclub fire resulted

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Europe’s migrant crisis: Tusk calls special meeting of EU leaders on November 12

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

European Council President Donald Tusk has called the latest in a series of special meetings of EU leaders on the

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Thousands demand Romanian PM resign after deadly nightclub fire

November 4, 2015 VOANews Romania

Thousands marched through central Bucharest Tuesday demanding several senior officials resign after a nightclub fire killed 32 young concert goers

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