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Ukraine’s ban of foreign journalists ignites international ire

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Prominent foreign journalists briefly found themselves in the company of Kremlin cheerleader and Chechen strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Ukraine’s

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Romanian PM indicted on money-laundering charges

September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta and a former transport minister in his cabinet have been indicted in a corruption investigation

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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 17

September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey

Migrants and refugees are pouring into Germany at a rate of 1800 a day through the border with Austria, German

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A tent camp for refugees in the EU capital

September 16, 2015 Deutsche Welle

Only a few minutes by metro from the EU quarter in Brussels, a tent camp has sprung up outside the

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Refugee wave heading for Erdine

September 16, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

The prefecture of Edirne has given a three-day deadline to the 3000 refugees who have arrived by car at the

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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 16

September 16, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey

Hundreds of migrants streamed into the European Union Wednesday through the cornfields of Croatia, welcomed there after Hungary blocked its

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European far right seeks to inflame nativist fears

September 16, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews

Mustafa, a Syrian Kurd from the border town of Kobani and father of seven, is planning to join thousands of

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UN refugee agency urges Europe to develop coherent response to refugee crisis

September 15, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

While welcoming the steps taken by European leaders at their meeting in Brussels to tackle the current refugee crisis, the

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EC statement on reintroduction of border controls by Austria

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

This is the full text of the statement on September 15 by the European Commission on the reintroduction by Austria

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