Migrants rush past police into 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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
Slovakia has said it will only accept Christian refugees under an EU relocation scheme. The country, due to receive 200
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Greece makes payment to European Central Bank
Greece has repaid $3.5 billion to the European Central Bank, with not a day to spare before the deadline expires.
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