Some experts: Accept immigrant influx, don’t resist it
The Balkan countries are a transit route for thousands of refugees, mostly Syrians, who are fleeing violence and trying to
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EU leaders meet in Brussels to tackle refugee crisis, ‘Brexit’
EU leaders met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss plans to help deal with the ongoing influx of refugees from
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EU leaders brace for new wave of refugees
Heads of state and government from European Union countries gathered in Brussels Thursday for a summit dominated by the war
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Slovakia selects refugees while sending police to assist in Hungary
Slovakia is acting in line with the requests of the European Union, while still preparing a lawsuit concerning the mandatory quotas for
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Agreement signed for Baltic–Poland gas pipeline
The Governments of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the European Commission, have reached an agreement that will allow the construction
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Europe’s migrant crisis: European Parliament approves extra 401M euro funding to manage response
A further 401.3 million euro in European Union funding to manage the refugee crisis was endorsed by the European Parliament
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Erdogan seizes on Ankara bombing errors
Three senior Turkish security officials have been suspended following the nation’s deadliest terrorist attack Saturday in the capital, Ankara. Their
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Ukraine’s October local elections highlight battle under way to fill eastern Ukraine power vacuum
The competition is on for the October 25 local elections in the remaining eastern Ukraine power hubs of Dnipropetrovsk and
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Moscow MH17 presentation seen as sloppy pre-emptive measure against Dutch report
A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s
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