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Explosion at Istanbul Airport Leaves One Dead, One Wounded

An explosion at the Sabiha Gokcen airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul early on Wednesday left two women of the cleaning staff injured.

World » Southeast Europe | December 23, 2015, Wednesday // 09:22 | Viewed: 4063

Eighteen Refugees Drown as Boat Sinks off Turkey

Eighteen people drowned as the boat carrying them sank in the Aegean Sea off the Turkey's southwestern coast late on Friday.

World » Southeast Europe | December 19, 2015, Saturday // 15:05 | Viewed: 5018

NATO Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to Step up Reform Progress

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated the call made by the Alliance foreign ministers last week to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leaders to undertake the political, economic and defence reforms needed for the country to realise its Euro-Atlantic aspiratio

World » Southeast Europe | December 8, 2015, Tuesday // 21:28 | Viewed: 6007

Human Rights Watch Warns of Asylum Seekers Stuck on Serbian-Bulgarian Border

In an article published at the website of Human Rights Watch on Monday, a researcher for Eastern Europe and Western Balkans, described the harsh conditions asylum seekers are faced with in Dimitrovgrad, a town in southeastern Serbia, at the border with Bu

World » Southeast Europe | December 8, 2015, Tuesday // 14:05 | Viewed: 4734

Serbian PM Fires Defence Minister Gasic over Sexist Remark

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that Bratislav Gasic cannot carry on in the position of Defence Minister after making an offensive comment about a female journalist.

World » Southeast Europe | December 7, 2015, Monday // 21:49 | Viewed: 3625

Greek Parliament Approves Next Year's Budget

Greece's lawmakers on Sunday narrowly approved the national budget for 2016, with all coalition MPs voting in favour.

World » Southeast Europe | December 6, 2015, Sunday // 13:23 | Viewed: 4502

Erdogan Says It Was Turkey That Halted Turkish Stream

It was not Turkey but Russia who stopped preparation for the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project, the country's President said on Saturday.

World » Southeast Europe | December 6, 2015, Sunday // 10:43 | Viewed: 3445

Migrant Flow into Serbia from Bulgaria Remains Unchanged - UNHCR

The inflow of migrants crossing from Bulgaria into Serbia remains unchanged at 100-200 people per day, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.

World » Southeast Europe | December 4, 2015, Friday // 21:54 | Viewed: 47198

Serbia Pledges to Repay EUR 190 M Debt to Russian Gazprom Neft’s Unit NIS by 2018

Serbia will repay EUR 20 M of its outstanding debt for Russian gas deliveries to Gazprom Neft by the end of the year, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said.

World » Southeast Europe | December 4, 2015, Friday // 18:53 | Viewed: 3992

Turkey, Azerbaijan 'to Finish TANAP before Planned Date'

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced Turkey and Azerbaijan's intentions to complete the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) ahead of schedule.

World » Southeast Europe | December 4, 2015, Friday // 06:28 | Viewed: 4016

Stranded Migrants Set up Barrier at Greece’s Border with Macedonia

A migrant has been fatally electrocuted at the border between Greece and Macedonia where Greek police and stranded migrants clashed on Thursday.

World » Southeast Europe | December 3, 2015, Thursday // 15:58 | Viewed: 7789

Macedonian Police Fire Tear Gas to Repel Migrants Storming Border Fence

Macedonian police has used tear gas to push back illegal migrants who tried to storm through the country’s border with Greece on Wednesday.

World » Southeast Europe | December 2, 2015, Wednesday // 17:35 | Viewed: 4592

Huge Explosion Rocks Istanbul Metro Station

A huge blast has occurred at Bayrampasa metro station of Istanbul, local media report.

World » Southeast Europe | December 1, 2015, Tuesday // 17:55 | Viewed: 5657

Turkey's Erdogan 'Ready to Stand Down' If IS Oil Trade Claims Are Proven

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said he was ready to step down if allegations that Ankara traded oil with the Islamic State (IS) group were proven, local media outlets say.

World » Southeast Europe | December 1, 2015, Tuesday // 17:15 | Viewed: 4554

Clash Between Macedonian Police, Migrants Leaves Scores Injured at Border with Greece

A clash between Macedonian police and migrants left up to forty people injured at the Macedonian-Greek border on Saturday.

World » Southeast Europe | November 29, 2015, Sunday // 11:33 | Viewed: 4401

Macedonian Army Builds Metal Fence on Border with Greece    

The Macedonian Army has begun erecting a wire fence along the country’s border with Greece to control a wave of migrants trying to cross, local TV channel Telma reported on Saturday.

World » Southeast Europe | November 28, 2015, Saturday // 14:25 | Viewed: 6915

Migrants Stranded in Greece Try to Break into Macedonia

Migrants tried on Thursday to break into Macedonia from Greece, defying the tougher border restrictions imposed by the Macedonian authorities last week, newswires reported.

World » Southeast Europe | November 26, 2015, Thursday // 19:41 | Viewed: 3608

Bomb Goes Off outside Athens Building

No-one has been hurt after a bomb exploded near the Federation of Greek Enterprises' building in Athens, Geeece.

World » Southeast Europe | November 24, 2015, Tuesday // 08:36 | Viewed: 2641

Macedonia Will Let in Only Migrants Who Will Be Accepted in EU  

Macedonia will do whatever is needed to prevent unauthorized crossing of its borders, the country’s Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki has said.

World » Southeast Europe | November 23, 2015, Monday // 17:36 | Viewed: 3760

Migrants Protest over Macedonia Ban on 'Economic Migrants'

Hundreds of migrants from Morocco, Pakistan, Iran and elsewhere staged a demonstration at the Greece-Macedonia border on Thursday over Skopje's refusal to grant passage into the country to citizens of countries not affected by war.

World » Southeast Europe | November 19, 2015, Thursday // 20:46 | Viewed: 5065

Shooting in Sarajevo Leaves Two Bosnian Soldiers Dead

A shooting in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday night claimed the lives of two Bosnian soldiers and left five other people injured.

World » Southeast Europe | November 19, 2015, Thursday // 10:01 | Viewed: 3698
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