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Anti-Migrant Rally Held in Bulgaria's Sofia
A demonstration calling for the government's resignation over its "failure" to deal with the influx of migrants was held in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Dozens of nationalist supporters accused the cabinet of PM Boyko Borisov of applying double standards with regard to migrants and the Bulgarian population itself.
New ND leader to be elected on Sunday: 4 conservative candidates eye top job
Main opposition conservative New Democracy members will head to the polling booths on Sunday, November 22, to elect their party leader. 781,136 liberal supporters (around a third of the party’s voters) had shown up to vote in the first internal elections held by liberals in November 2009 in relation to the October elections held in that same year.
Number of migrants saved after sea-crossing attempts from Turkey up over 500 percent in 2015
The number of migrants saved after making failed attempts to cross via sea from Turkey into Europe has increased by over 500 percent in 2015 compared to last year.
In 2014, the number of migrants rescued by Turkey's coast guard and local institutions was 14,961, in 574 separate incidents, according to Prime Ministry figures.
IOM, UN Call for Additional Reception Capacity along Migrants' Balkan Route
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday urged the countries lying along the so-called Balkans route used by migrants and refugee to reach western Europe to to put in place additional reception capacity at the points of entry and to allow for decent and effective accommodation.
Paris attacks suspect stayed in ?zmir: Report
One suspect of the Paris attacks stayed in Basmane, a neighborhood in ?zmir once largely populated by Syrian migrants, according to several media reports, amid a fresh wave of police raids targeting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the Aegean province.
Tsipras says he is pleased with the foreclosure deal
Greek Prime Minister met with President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and expressed the view that Greece is at the end of a hard road since ” these days we overcome a big obstacle towards the recapitalization of the banks”.
FYROM blocks border with Greece, 5,000 refugees trapped in transit camp (pics)
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) decision to build a border fence with Greece in a bid to block refugees and migrants heading to Central Europe has created an “asphyxiating” condition at the refugee transit camp at Idomeni.
Sakellaridis’ resignation sets precedent for disillusioned SYRIZA MPs
Popular Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) lawmaker Gabriel Sakellaridis announced his resignation on Thursday, choosing to resign rather than vote against his party after a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, his friend.
Greek PM Tsipras holds warm talks with Turkey's left-wing opposition
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held cordial talks with the leaders of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), both left-wing opposition parties, as he visited the Turkish capital for a meeting with Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on Nov. 18.
Greek MPs vote on multi-bill of 48 prior actions: 153 in favor, 137 against
The multi-bill on the 48 prior actions Greece needs to implement in order to receive a 2 billion subtranche benchmarked for Greece was passed in Parliament by 290 lawmakers on Thursday evening with the 153 votes of the coalition government of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) and junior member Independent Greeks (ANEL).
Balkan Countries to Bar 'Economic' Migrants
Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's minister for refugees, on Thursday said Serbia would no longer allow in "economic" migrants after Slovenia and Croatia announced they had barred such migrants from their countries.
Four Balkan states shut their borders to economic migrants
Four states along Europe's Balkan refugee corridor shut their borders on Nov. 19 to those not coming from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq, leaving thousands of others seeking a better life in Europe stranded at border crossings.
One of 15 missing in Bodrum boat capsizing found dead
One of the 15 migrants reported missing after a boat capsized off the Aegean resort town of Bodrum has been found dead.
A woman around 30 years old, who was among 15 migrants reported missing after a migrant boat capsized off Bodrum, a district in the Aegean Mu?la province, was found dead on Nov. 19.
Turkey deports 'some' ISIL suspects detained in Istanbul
Turkey has deported some of the eight suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who were detained in Istanbul this week, but others are still in custody, a government official said on Nov. 19.
G-7 plan to get tough on virtual currencies after Paris attacks: Spiegel
The Group of Seven (G-7) industrial nations plan to tighten the regulation of digital currencies such as bitcoin, which they suspect the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is using to move funds secretly, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Nov. 18.