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Balkans continue to count the cost of May 2014 fatal flood disaster

June 2, 2014June 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia

Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia are continuing to count the cost of the century-record floods that inundated much of

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Europe 

European elections 2014: results across Central and Eastern Europe

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, European elections 2014, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Twelve European Union member states in Central and Eastern Europe voted in European Parliament elections between May 23 and May

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Europe 

UN humanitarian chief Amos rallies support for flood-hit Balkan countries

May 20, 2014May 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia

Deeply concerned by the devastating floods in the Balkans – days of rainfall have reportedly submerged entire villages and triggered

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Europe 

Floods devastate Balkans, displace thousands

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia

Floods in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia have killed at least 37 people and left tens of thousands homeless. Much of

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Europe 

European elections 2014: Croatia – old guard is back

May 15, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, European elections 2014

For the second time in just over 13 months, Croatians will head to polling stations on May 25 to cast

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Europe 

After Croatia, Montenegro faces a border dispute with Kosovo

May 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro

After the unresolved border dispute with Croatia regarding Prevlaka peninsula, Montenegro has encountered a new border dispute with Kosovo. The

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Bulgaria 

Cycling duo to tour SOS Children’s villages in Balkans

March 28, 2014March 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

A duo of cyclists plan to travel 1700km in 15 days, visiting nine different SOS Children’s villages to raise awareness

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Europe 

Varied views as Serbia begins EU accession talks

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Croatia, European Commission, Kosovo, Serbia

Serbian leaders arrived in Brussels on January 21 2014 for the start of the country’s European Union accession talks, but

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Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging

January 6, 2014February 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by

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