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Migrants refuse to stay in Serbia

September 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

The Middle Eastern refugees in Serbia would have “all possible help” during the upcoming cold weather, Minister Aleksandar Vulin said

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Nerves are on edge along Balkan refugee route

September 30, 2015 Deutsche Welle Croatia, Hungary, Serbia

The refugee crisis has put a strain on already difficult relations between Balkan countries. Borders are being shut and fences

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Europe’s migrant crisis: More than 520 000 arrivals in Europe by sea in 2015 so far – IOM

September 29, 2015September 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on September 29 that it estimates that about 522 000 migrants and refugees

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Croatian town Vukovar’s war history evokes empathy for migrants

September 29, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Croatia

As thousands of migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria pass through Croatia, locals are reminded of their own experience with

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Economic recovery in six South East European countries gaining speed – World Bank

September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

Economic activity in the SEE6 South East European countries is picking up speed, and growth in the region is expected

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Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2015 awarded to Russia’s Ludmilla Alexeeva

September 29, 2015 The Prague Post Czech Republic, Russia

The third Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights –

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Europe’s migrant crisis: September 28 roundup

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Serbia, Turkey

“We will not turn our country into a refugee camp”, Greece’s deputy immigration policy minister Yannis Mouzalas said in an interview

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Poland to summon Moscow’s envoy over his World War 2 remarks

September 28, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

Poland’s Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna has said that the Russian ambassador will be summoned to the foreign ministry on Monday

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Migrants continue pouring into Croatia

September 27, 2015September 27, 2015 VOANews

Thousands more migrants, many from Syria and Iraq, streamed into Croatia on Saturday on a journey fueled by hopes of

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