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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Slovakia
Schengen must survive, Slovak politicians say
Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico and his government continue to voice their opposition to EU-wide quotas on accepting refugees after Hungary
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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 17
Migrants and refugees are pouring into Germany at a rate of 1800 a day through the border with Austria, German
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Migrant crisis: Bulgaria cautions motorists on road situation in Austria and Slovakia
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory note on September 15 warning the country’s motorists that they could face difficulties travelling
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Slovaks uniting to help migrants
Prompted by pictures from foreign refugee camps Slovaks spontaneously started to organize themselves with the aim to help migrants staying
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Slovakia’s Fico government firm on anti-migrant stand
Safe zones that would provide humanitarian aid to people fleeing their homes are a medium term solution to Europe’s migration crisis,
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Hungary closes railway station, stops stream of migrants
Hungarian authorities have shut down Budapest’s main train station, stranding hundreds of migrants, mostly from conflict-ridden areas of the Middle
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Slovakia ‘will only accept Christian refugees’
Slovakia has said it will only accept Christian refugees under an EU relocation scheme. The country, due to receive 200
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Jaguar Land Rover plant in Nitra draws closer
Following robust analysis of a number of locations including Europe, the United States and Mexico, the Jaguar Land Rover carmaker has
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