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Erdogan in Brussels with migration on the table with the EU

October 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees, Turkey

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is on an official visit in Brussels to meet with the presidents of all the EU

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Coalition urges Russia to stop targeting Syria opposition

October 2, 2015October 6, 2015 VOANews Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russia carried out more airstrikes in Syria Friday, as a U.S-led coalition urged Moscow to halt any attacks on the

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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, October 2

October 2, 2015October 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Greece, Macedonia, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, State Agency for National Security and prosecutors detained 46 alleged people-traffickers and 501 migrants who had entered

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Fears over Turkey media freedom grow

October 2, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

A prominent Turkish columnist and television news anchor, Ahmet Hakan, has been beaten up outside his Istanbul home.  The attack

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Plevneliev: Bulgaria appreciates Turkey’s efforts to prevent illegal immigration

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

The European Union and Turkey are part of the solution to the refugee crisis, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and the

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant crisis: September 28 roundup

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Serbia, Turkey

“We will not turn our country into a refugee camp”, Greece’s deputy immigration policy minister Yannis Mouzalas said in an interview

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Migrant crisis: EU leaders agree on aid to Syria’s neighbours, billion euro to UN agencies

September 24, 2015September 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Syrian refugees, Turkey

European Union leaders have agreed to provide further aid to assist refugees in countries neighbouring Syria, a key source country

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Bulgarian PM on migrant crisis: 10 million Syrians could cross from Turkey to Bulgaria

September 23, 2015September 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Turkey

About 10 million Syrian refugees could cross the border from Turkey to Bulgaria in the near future, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 23

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey

European Union leaders are gathering on September 23 2015 for an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss the next steps after

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