Riot police severely wounded in grenade attack outside Ukraine’s parliament
Several riot police were badly wounded on Aug. 31 when an explosive device was thrown at them from among a
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Europe
Refugee crisis in Macedonia continues
Large numbers of refugees from the Middle East are continuing to come into Macedonia. According to the Ministry of Interior, last
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IMF changing tack on Greece
With loans totaling approximately $25 billion, Greece is currently the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) most important customer. “The IMF has
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Ukraine cancels upcoming local polls near combat zone
Election officials in Ukraine have canceled upcoming local polls in parts of two rebel-controlled regions near the Russian border, after
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Fifth suspect detained over Austria migrant deaths
Police in Hungary announced on Sunday they had arrested a fifth suspect, a Bulgarian citizen, in connection with last week’s
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EU calls for special meeting on migrant crisis
The interior ministers of Britain, France and Germany have called for a special meeting of European Union interior and justice
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Crunch time as migrant crisis worsens
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has convened a session of the national security cabinet by the evening of September 1 2015
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Turkey’s president approves interim cabinet
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved an interim government that will give a pro-Kurdish party cabinet posts for the
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Three arrested in discovery of 71 migrants’ bodies in Austria
Austrian officials say they have arrested three people connected to the discovery of 71 bodies of migrants found in a
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