Croatia: BABS Forum Takes Charge Of Central-Eastern Europe Destiny
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- Published on Monday, 19 September 2016 13:15
“The area of the Adriatic, Baltic and Black Sea is Europe’s lifeblood and around 50 billion Euros investment will be needed for its future development”, said the Croatian president Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic at the opening of the Baltic-Adriatic-Black Sea (BABS) Forum 2016 with her Polish colleague Andrzej Duda in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on Thursday, 25th of August.
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Croatia's Falling Turnout Sends Warning, Expert Says
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- Published on Monday, 19 September 2016 11:23
That a million fewer Croatian voters cast ballots in the latest elections than they did in 2000 shows that people increasingly feel ‘real power’ has moved out of politics, a political sciences professor told BIRN.
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Bosnian Court Approves Ban on Serb Referendum
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- Published on Sunday, 18 September 2016 14:02
The state-level Constitutional Court ruled in favour of a request from Bosniak politicians and temporarily banned an ethnically-divisive referendum planned by Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska.
HDZ Pushes Far-Rightists into Croatia Parliament
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- Published on Thursday, 15 September 2016 13:30
Despite the leader's claims to have moved the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, to the centre ground, a few far-right candidates have still entered the new parliament under its auspices.
Identified refugees, migrants exceed 60,000 in Greece
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- Published on Thursday, 15 September 2016 13:25
The number of identified refugees and migrants on Greek territory reached 60,107 on Thursday, while 21 new arrivals were reported in the last 24 hours, the ANA-MPA news agency news on Thursday (15.09.2016).
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US Unlikely to 'Speed Up' Gulen's Extradition to Turkey
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2016 15:06
Turkey has formally requested that the U.S. government extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen from the state of Pennsylvania where he has lived in self-imposed exile for 17 years. Ankara has accused Gulen and his followers – known as the Hizmet movement – of orchestrating a failed July 15 coup attempt that left more than 270 dead and thousands wounded. Gulen denies any role in the coup attempt.
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Turkey removes two dozen elected mayors in Kurdish militant crackdown
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- Published on Monday, 12 September 2016 11:37
The Sur municipality office is surrounded by security barriers, following the removal of the local mayor from office after he was deemed to support Kurdish militants, in Diyarbakir, 11 September 2016.
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HDZ Looks to Form Croatia Government after Surprise Win
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- Published on Monday, 12 September 2016 11:32
Croatia's main centre-right party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, has won most seats in the parliamentary elections and looks set to form a new government with the centre-right MOST [Bridge] party.
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Bosnian Serbs Give Ultimatum to Constitutional Court
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- Published on Monday, 12 September 2016 10:35
Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, said he will only cancel a controversial referendum if the state Constitutional Court gives in to his demands.
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Vetevendosje Members Arrested for Kosovo Assembly Blast
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 August 2016 13:22
Six members of the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) opposition party were arrested on suspicion of terrorism after an explosive device was thrown at the Kosovo Assembly building earlier this month.
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Turkish parliament approves Israel deal
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- Published on Monday, 22 August 2016 14:14
The Turkish parliament approved a deal to normalise ties with Israel after a delay caused by the July 15 (2016) failed coup attempt, believed to have been masterminded by the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.
Montenegro Could Admit 'Greater Albania' Campaigner
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- Published on Friday, 19 August 2016 13:06
Unlike Greece and Serbia, Montenegro could allow controversial historian Tahir Veliu to enter the country to promote his book about his project to create a 'Greater Albania'.
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Deputy PM says axis debates over Turkey is ‘groundless’
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- Published on Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:53
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said Aug. 17, 2016 that debates on possible shifts to Turkey’s axis were groundless, adding that Turkey had its own axis.
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Ex-Air Force Chief to Run for Bulgarian Presidency
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- Published on Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:46
General Rumen Radev, the former commander of the Bulgarian air force, was nominated to run for president by the country's biggest opposition force, the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
The national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, chose Radev on Wednesday (17.08.2016) to stand for the presidency at the elections on November 6.
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Athens says received Turkish request for officers' extradition
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- Published on Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:40
Diplomatic sources confirmed on Thursday (18.08.2016) that the Greek Foreign Ministry has received a request from Ankara for the return of eight Turkish officers who fled to northern Greece on a helicopter after a failed coup in Turkey last month.
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