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Turkey’s AKP party struggles to mend internal rift

June 12, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

In the wake of its worst-ever electoral setback, Turkey’s former ruling party, the AKP, faces a protracted analysis of what

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European leaders pressure Greece to reach new debt deal

June 11, 2015June 14, 2015 VOANews Greece

European leaders pressured debt-ridden Greece Thursday to reach a new deal to stave off a default on its loans, but

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Pope urges ‘sincere effort’ from Putin on Ukraine

June 11, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pope Francis has called on visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin to take steps to bring peace to war-torn eastern Ukraine.

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Several top Polish officials resign over eavesdropping scandal investigation leak

June 11, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish PM Ewa Kopacz has accepted the resignations of several cabinet officials, including Treasury Minister Wlodzimierz Karpinski, Health Minister Bartosz

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More than 100 000 migrant arrivals in Europe in 2015 – UN refugee agency

June 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Refugee and migrant arrivals to Europe across the Mediterranean so far in 2015 have added up to more than 100

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World Bank: EU’s recovery is strengthening, but slowly and with significant risks

June 11, 2015June 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

Economic growth is expected to continue to pick up across the European Union (EU), from zero in 2013 and 1.3

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On the chessboard of the powerful, is Serbia a pawn?

June 11, 2015 Deutsche Welle energy, Russia, Serbia, South Stream

There are not many top politicians today who still know the names of the entire Russian ice hockey team that

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Polish prosecutors launch probe into leak of taping affair investigation files

June 10, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Warsaw’s district prosecutor’s office has launched a probe into the circumstances of the publication of classified investigation files related to

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Turkey’s PM resigns, will try to form coalition

June 10, 2015 Zlatica Hoke of VOANews Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has handed his formal resignation to the president after Turkey’s ruling party lost its parliamentary

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