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Freedom House: Government dysfunction among Balkan countries, migrant crisis pressure on EU principles

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Turkey

The world was battered in 2015 by overlapping crises that fueled xenophobic sentiment in democratic countries, undermined the economies of

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Opinion: EU levels empty Schengen threat at Greece

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

The EU’s current plan is to protect external borders and, if necessary, expel Greece – not from the eurozone, but

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Europe 

European youth turn against immigration

January 25, 2016January 29, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia

Opinions of young Europeans appear to be hardening toward immigration.  Ask them about their lives and talk quickly turns to

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Refugee women seeking safety in Europe risk sexual abuse, violence

January 21, 2016January 29, 2016 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

The U.N. warns that refugee women and children seeking safety in Europe are at great risk of sexual abuse and

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SDSM will not participate in Macedonia’s April 24 elections

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The largest opposition party SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union), has decided last evening that it will not participate in the

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Europe 

Uncertainties about Macedonia’s elections, Hahn to arrive in Skopje in February

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn is expected to visit Skopje again in mid-February, with a precise plan comprised of three

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Europe 

Dimitriev elected head of Macedonia’s interim government, parliament dissolved

January 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

In an urgent session on the night of January 18, without the presence of the opposition, Macedonia’s parliament elected the new

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Europe 

Macedonian PM Gruevski submits resignation to parliament

January 15, 2016January 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent his resignation letter to the president of parliament, Trajko Veljanovski, as planned on January

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Macedonian PM Gruevski says he will resign on January 15 as planned

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski said in a televised address to the nation that he would resign on January 15

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