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Strauss-Kahn: I will try to help Serbia

September 18, 2013September 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

“I am glad to be here, and I will try to help Serbian citizens to resolve the national economy problems;

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Europe 

Romanian ruling coalition wrangles over presidential contender

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The social-democrats and the liberals, the main parties of the three party ruling coalition in Bucharest (USL), started trading barbs

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Turkey says it shot down Syrian helicopter

September 16, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Turkish air force aircraft downed a Syrian helicopter after it violated Turkish airspace, Turkish government vice president Bulent Arinc said.

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Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras
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Samaras seeks end to austerity measures

September 16, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras travels to Brussels Tuesday for talks with top EU officials such as Commission President Jose

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Seventeen people arrested in Skopje for alleged espionage

September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The interior ministry in Macedonia has disclosed an operation code-named “Spy” in which 17 people were arrested on suspicion of

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Russia’s reaction against gay rights starts in St Petersburg

September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Russia has become the worldwide target of gay activists for its new law banning “gay propaganda.” St. Petersburg is the

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Europe 

Turkey protests spark clashes with police

September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Clashes between anti-government demonstrators and Turkish police continued into the early hours of Monday in Istanbul. Protesters set fire to

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Europe 

Romanians march in record numbers against gold mining project

September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

More than 15 000 people took to the streets on the night of September 15 2013 in Bucharest and further

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Europe 

More than 100 000 Poles protest against government’s proposed reforms

September 16, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

More than 100,000 of Poles marched through Warsaw on Saturday, the last day of a series of protests organized by

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