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EU, Turkey reach billion-dollar deal over migration crisis

November 30, 2015 VOANews Turkey

The European Union agreed to a multi-billion-dollar deal with Turkey on migration Sunday to address the flow of migrants that

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Europe 

Erdogan: No apology for downing of Russian fighter jet

November 26, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Tensions remained heated between Ankara and Moscow Thursday following Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Turkey-Syria border

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Europe 

Turkey braces for economic repercussions after downing of Russian jet

November 26, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Russia, Turkey

The news that a Turkish fighter jet downed a Russian plane Tuesday could signal a further slump in Turkey’s already

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World 

Lavrov: Turkey downing jet ‘planned provocation’ but not going to war

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane “looks like a planned provocation,” but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political parties’ reactions to Turkey’s downing of Russian SU-24 follow predictable lines

November 25, 2015November 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey

Reaction by Bulgaria’s political parties represented in Parliament to the shooting down of a Russian SU-24 military bomber by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ambassador in Ankara: Turkey’s downing of Russian bomber could destabilise region, cause new refugee wave

November 25, 2015November 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia, Turkey

The Turkish Air Force downing of a Russian SU-24 military jet could lead to destabilisation in the region and a

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Europe World 

NATO backs Turkey but seeks to lower tensions with Russia

November 24, 2015November 27, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Nato, Russia, Turkey

NATO says it stands with Turkey following an emergency meeting in Brussels of its 28 ambassadors requested by Ankara to

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Europe World 

Bulgarian PM: Tension between Nato, Russia ‘not good’

November 24, 2015November 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on November 24 that the downing of a Russian military plane by Turkish fighter

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Europe World 

Putin accuses Turkey of ‘stabbing’ Russia ‘in the back’ after fighter downed

November 24, 2015November 25, 2015 VOANews Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russian president Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of “stabbing” Russia “in the back” and supporting terrorism after Turkish F-16s shot down

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