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Queen Mary’s heart returns to the Romanian royal family

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The royal family will open its gates to the public for a very special occasion: Queen Mary of Romania symbolically

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Turkey facing isolation in bid to designate Kurdish group as terrorists

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s National Security Council is increasing pressure on the Syrian Kurdish militia, the YPG, by stepping up its efforts to

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Poland’s October 25 elections: Opposition PiS extends lead over ruling PO ahead of Sunday vote

October 22, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) may count on the support of 43.7 per cent of respondents in the

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Slovak government approves humanitarian and integration aid to refugees

October 22, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s government approved the aid for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in relation to the current refugee and migration crisis on October

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Turkey press freedom seen as under serious threat

October 22, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Turkey

Freedom of the press in Turkey is under serious threat, according to a coalition of global media rights groups who

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EC President Juncker calls special summit on Western Balkans migrant emergency

October 21, 2015October 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia

European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker has called a special meeting of heads of state and government on October 25

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Syria offensives trigger more Turkey-bound refugees

October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Turkey

Turkish officials say 50,000 refugees have left the Syrian city of Aleppo and are heading to the border, but it

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Romania indicts former president Iliescu on charges of crimes against humanity

October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian prosecutors said on October 21 2015 that former president Ion Iliescu has been indicted on charges of crimes against

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EU membership more elusive than ever for Turkey

October 20, 2015 VOANews Turkey

Moves by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to clamp down on the Kurdish minority and the media before next month’s

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