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EU, US applaud Kosovo law on special court

August 4, 2015 VOANews Kosovo

The European Union and the United States have welcomed Kosovo Parliament’s vote Monday to establish a special war crimes court

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Five die in floods in Macedonia

August 4, 2015August 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Five people have died from the bad weather and floods last night in Tetovo, in the west of Macedonia. The

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Living with Greece’s new tax increase

August 2, 2015 Deutsche Welle Greece

How are Greeks dealing with the country’s new value-added tax? Where are they cutting corners? As Marinathi Milona reports from

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Trotsky house for sale in Istanbul

August 2, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

The former Istanbul house of Marxist revolutionary, theorist, Soviet politician, Red Army founder and hero of the 1917 October Revolution,

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Roma Genocide Remembrance Day is August 2

August 1, 2015 The Prague Post

Roma Genocide Remembrance Day on August 2 is intended to be a reminder of the crimes Nazis committed against the

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EC extends ‘safety net’ measures for dairy, fruit and veg for producers affected by Russian ban

July 30, 2015July 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on July 30 that “safety net” measures for the European dairy, fruit and vegetables sectors

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Russia vetoes UN resolution on MH17 crash

July 30, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible

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NATO chief backs Turkey’s ‘anti-terror’ campaign in Syria, Iraq

July 28, 2015 VOANews Nato, Turkey

NATO held an unusual emergency meeting Tuesday to support Turkey, whose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his forces are pressing

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Political, financial temperature rising in Athens

July 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government is in a race against time to seal a deal with creditors on the new bailout program

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