All eyes on turnout in municipal elections in Kosovo
Voter turnout was being keenly watched in the November 3 2013 elections in Kosovo for mayors and municipal councillors, after
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29 arrested in operation against document forgery, illegal migration in five EU countries
Twenty-nine people suspected of large-scale document forgery, smuggling of irregular migrants and money laundering, have been arrested in Austria, Czech
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S&P affirms Hungary’s negative rating
Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s on Friday affirmed its ‘BB/B’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings
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No glitch in negotiations with troika officials, Greek government says
Greek government sources have denied the troika has put off a visit to Athens on Monday to negotiate progress in
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OSCE calls on Belgrade, Pristina to hold ‘quiet elections’ in northern Kosovo
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has called on Belgrade and Pristina to live up to commitments regarding Sunday’s municipal elections
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Mass grave uncovered in Bosnia; 360 bodies found so far
Forensic experts in Bosnia are digging up hundreds of human remains from one of the largest mass graves found since
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European Commissioner Georgieva sketches scenarios for Syria
European humanitarian aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva has sketched two likely scenarios for the way Syria is headed – either a
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EU unemployment flat at 11% in September
The 28-member European Union ended September 2013 with 11 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, unchanged for a fourth consecutive months,
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Turkey signs agreement with Japan on second nuclear power station
Turkey has taken a second step towards the construction of a second nuclear plant. Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed
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