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EU visa block threatens EU-Turkey migrant deal

May 4, 2016 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkish citizens could soon benefit from visa-free travel to Europe, as part of the deal between the EU and Ankara

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Europe 

Turkish MPs may be stripped of immunity

May 3, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Punches and water were thrown during a Turkish parliamentary committee meeting late Monday night before a bill that would strip

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Bulgaria 

Mitov: Schengen area needs to be kept as it is

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Russia, Schengen, Turkey

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Daniel Mitov gave an exclusive interview to IBNA. The head of Bulgarian diplomacy spoke

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Europe 

Turkish PM cites dramatic decrease in Syrian migrant exodus

April 24, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that his country’s efforts to deter Syrians from entering Greece by sea had

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Europe 

Merkel heads to Turkey to try to save EU migrant deal

April 23, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European Union officials will travel to Turkey this weekend to try to smooth over

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Europe 

EU: Turkey needs urgent reforms in key areas

April 15, 2016 VOANews Turkey

The European Union has accused Turkey of “backsliding” on democracy and urged Ankara to conduct “a structured and more frequent

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Bulgaria 

Turkey, Bulgaria pledge co-operation on migration, fighting organised crime

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

The migration crisis and the fight against terrorism and organised crime have topped the agenda of talks in Sofia between

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Bulgaria 

Turkey envoys guests at founding congress of Mestan’s DOST party

April 10, 2016April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

The DOST party founded by ousted Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Lyutvi Mestan held its inaugural conference in

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Europe 

Migrant deportations between Greece and Turkey resume

April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 Dorian Jones of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

In the face of protests, Greece has resumed deporting migrants to Turkey as part of a controversial European Union-Turkey deal

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