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Thousands of migrants leave Macedonia by train to Serbia

August 23, 2015August 27, 2015 VOANews Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Thousands of migrants boarded trains Sunday in Macedonia headed north to Serbia after being stuck at the border for several

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Migrants rush past police into Macedonia

August 23, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Thousands of migrants on Saturday rushed past baton-wielding Macedonian police who attempted to block them from entering the country from

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Erdogan to call snap election amid Kurdish tensions

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 VOANews Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday he would call snap elections after the failure of coalition talks and a

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Macedonian riot police crack down on migrants at border

August 21, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Macedonian riot police have cracked down on angry crowds of migrants stranded in a no-man’s land at the border with

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Greek lawmakers break from ruling party

August 21, 2015 VOANews Greece

Far-left members of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ ruling Syriza party have broken off to form their own party, after

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Greek PM Tsipras resigns to open way for early elections on September 20

August 20, 2015August 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced his Syriza government’s resignation on August 20, about seven months since taking office on

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Greece PM Tsipras set to resign, call snap election

August 20, 2015 Deutsche Welle

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to announce early elections in an effort to quell rebellion within his party.

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Macedonia bars migrants entering across Greek border

August 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

More than 4000 refugees have blocked the railway from Thessaloniki to Skopje at the border between Greece and Macedonia. Because

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Slovakia ‘will only accept Christian refugees’

August 20, 2015 Deutsche Welle Slovakia

Slovakia has said it will only accept Christian refugees under an EU relocation scheme. The country, due to receive 200

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