Ahead of EU summit, Central European countries keep up fight against migrant quotas
A special meeting of European Union leaders on September 23 to discuss the migrant crisis was expected to see four
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EU ministers agree to migrant quota plan
European Union interior ministers approved a controversial plan Tuesday to relocate 120,000 migrants throughout the 28-nation bloc, overriding vehement opposition
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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ at Hungary’s treatment of refugees, migrants
The United Nations human rights chief said on September 17 that he was “appalled” at the recent actions by the Hungarian
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Romanian president: ‘The EU might force us into accepting more migrants’
The European Commission might twist Romania’s arm and make it accept more migrants that it is willing to take in. And that was
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Romanian PM indicted on money-laundering charges
Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta and a former transport minister in his cabinet have been indicted in a corruption investigation
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Romania: Hungary’s fence ‘unfair’
Romanian authorities disapprove of Hungary’s intention to build a fence on their common border, following the crisis situation at the
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Hungary to build anti-immigrant fence on Romanian border
Hungary has announced that it will build a fence on part of its border with Romania. The move comes as
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Bucharest mayor arrested on charges of bribery
Sorin Oprescu, mayor of Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, was arrested for 30 days on September 6 for allegedly taking
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Bulgaria to call new tender to build gas inter-connector with Romania
Bulgaria will be forced to call a new tender to pick a contractor for the underwater stretch of the much-postponed
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