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Top judge becomes Greece’s first female prime minister

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 VOANews Greece

Vassiliki Thanou, Greece’s top supreme court judge, was sworn in Thursday as a caretaker head of the government, becoming the

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Ukraine buys debt relief, bringing some good news

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 Mark Rachkevych of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

After five months of talks with private creditors and the unpredictable consequence of a debt moratorium looming, Ukrainian finance minister

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US to deploy heavy military equipment to Poland next year

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Bases of heavy military equipment of American armed forced will be built in Poland mid-2016, defence minister Tomasz Siemoniak told

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Merkel to meet with Balkan leaders on migrant crisis

August 27, 2015 VOANews

German chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting Thursday with leaders of Balkan nations to discuss Europe’s worst migration crisis since World

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Turkey’s election appears to be all about Erdogan

August 26, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s name won’t appear on any of the ballot papers Turks will be presented with on November 1

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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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