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EU ministers to meet Saturday on security

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

European Union ministers are to meet in Paris Saturday to look for ways to tighten regional security after last week’s attack

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Bulgaria deploys military to back up Border Police at border with Macedonia

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria has deployed military personnel to assist Border Police at three border crossings with Macedonia in the regions of Blagoevgrad

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Don’t pick up hitchhikers in Greece

August 26, 2015August 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry recommended on August 26 that Bulgarian citizens travelling in Greece should not pick up hitchhikers. The advisory

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Ahead of Jewish High Holy Days, Israel releases travel advisory for Europe

August 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Ahead of the upcoming Jewish High Holy Days, Israel has released a travel advisory warning that Jewish sites in Western

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Turkey will fly in anti-IS missions, Pentagon says

August 26, 2015 Carla Babb of VOANews Turkey

Turkey has agreed to fly in coalition air missions against Islamic State, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said Tuesday. The

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Russia sentences Ukrainian filmmaker to 20 years

August 26, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

A Russian military court in Rostov-on-Don Tuesday sentenced acclaimed Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov to 20 years in prison on

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UN expert: ‘Let’s not pretend Europe’s response is working’

August 26, 2015 The Prague Post

The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, called on August 25 on the European

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Insecurity threatens planned Turkey poll

August 25, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the country will go to the polls again in November, after talks to

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For second year, Ukrainians celebrate Independence Day amid Russia’s war

August 25, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukrainian Independence Day 2015 showed that Ukrainians love their soldiers a lot and their politicians, well, not so much at

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