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Winter weather raises fears as thousands of refugees head to Europe

January 21, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

At the migrant and refugee registration center in Presevo, Serbia, a small girl wearing a pink coat screams with delight

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police ‘abuse asylum-seekers, migrants, force them back to Turkey’ – HRW

January 20, 2016January 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Serbia, Turkey

Bulgarian law enforcement officials summarily return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, often after stealing their belongings and subjecting them

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Elections enigma in Serbia

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Why has Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic decided that the country should go to early elections? Because Serbian televisions have

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EU calls for ‘political solutions’ in dealing with migrant crisis

January 17, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management has called for “political solutions” in dealing with “the root causes”

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Dozens of migrants stopped at Romania’s border with Serbia

January 17, 2016January 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Romania, Serbia

Romanian border police caught a group of 60 migrants who were trying to enter the country illegaly from Serbia on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria says detailed plan of Serbia gas interconnector ready

December 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on December 28 that it has completed the first stage of preparations to build the gas

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Europe 

Serbia arrests 80 in anti-corruption sweep

December 26, 2015December 27, 2015 VOANews Serbia

Serbia has arrested 80 former and current top officials, most of them belonging to opposition political parties, on corruption charges,

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Europe 

New Belgrade-Budapest railway to be ready in 2018

December 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Serbia

In 2018 the new modern Belgrade-Budapest railway will be operational, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on December 23. “This

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Europe 

Migrant crisis poses unprecedented challenge for Europe

December 18, 2015 VOANews Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

As of November, some 800,000 refugees and migrants from the Middle East and Africa had crossed the Mediterranean to reach

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