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Meet The Man Who Is Biking Around The World, With A Cat On His Back
Dean Nicholson was pedaling up a hill in Bosnia, near the border of Montenegro, when he heard a plaintive meow. The Balkans had a surprise in store for him, in the form of a feline and fellow traveler. He called her Nala
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59 Rescued From Migrant Dinghy Off Greek Island
Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 59 migrants in an inflatable dinghy in rough weather in the Aegean Sea.
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Migrants Seek New Routes Into Balkans After Formal Borders Sealed
After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness.
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Greek Migration Minister Under Fire For Saying 'Macedonia'
As thousands of migrants languish on Greece's border with Macedonia following the closure of the Balkans route to western Europe, Athens has been gripped by another controversy -- what ministers call its neighbour to the north.
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Greece Says Up To 70,000 Migrants May Be 'Trapped' Next Month
Greece today said the tally of refugees and migrants on its soil could more than triple next month, reaching as many as 70,000 people, as a cap on border crossings by Balkan countries left them "trapped" in the country.
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Ban Ki-Moon Urges European Countries To Keep Borders Open For Refugees
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Friday about increasing border restrictions in the Balkans and Austria for migrants and refugees streaming towards Europe and urged all countries to keep their frontiers open.
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Stranded Migrants Clash With Police on Greek-Macedonian Border
Macedonian policemen fired tear gas at hundreds of mostly Pakistani migrants who tried to storm into the Balkan country from Greece on Wednesday demanding passage to wealthier northern Europe.
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Joe Biden to Discuss Security, Migrants at Balkans Summit
US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Zagreb Wednesday for a Western Balkans summit, highlighting renewed interest from Washington in the fragile region as it deals with an unprecedented influx of refugees.
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Balkan Border Controls Leave Migrants in Limbo: Report
New border controls in the western Balkans are leaving thousands in limbo as winter sets in, aid agencies said today.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Balkans Fighting Amid Migrant Influx
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that fighting could break out in the Balkans, along the main route of migrants trying to reach Europe, if Germany closed its border with Austria, in remarks published today.
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EU and Balkans Leaders Hold Crisis Refugee Summit
European Union and Balkan leaders hold emergency talks on Europe's refugee crisis today amid threats from three frontline states to close their borders if northern EU countries stop accepting migrants.
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Balkan Leaders Threaten Border Closures Ahead of EU Meet
Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia on Saturday threatened to close their borders if EU countries to the north stop accepting migrants, as European leaders prepare for emergency talks on the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
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Slovenia to Use Army to Help Guard Border in Migrant Crisis
Slovenia's parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later today to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off its border.
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Migrants Stream Into Balkans, Germany Braces for Far-Right Rally
Thousands of migrants again streamed into the Balkans on Monday where tighter border controls caused tense bottlenecks, as Germany braced for anger at an anniversary rally of the anti-refugee PEGIDA movement.
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'Open the Gate!': Migrants Stranded on Balkan Borders
Thousands of migrants clamoured to enter European Union member Croatia from Serbia today after a night spent in the cold and mud of no-man's land, their passage west slowed by a Slovenian effort to impose limits on the flow to western Europe.
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Meet The Man Who Is Biking Around The World, With A Cat On His Back
Dean Nicholson was pedaling up a hill in Bosnia, near the border of Montenegro, when he heard a plaintive meow. The Balkans had a surprise in store for him, in the form of a feline and fellow traveler. He called her Nala
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59 Rescued From Migrant Dinghy Off Greek Island
Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 59 migrants in an inflatable dinghy in rough weather in the Aegean Sea.
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Migrants Seek New Routes Into Balkans After Formal Borders Sealed
After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness.
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Greek Migration Minister Under Fire For Saying 'Macedonia'
As thousands of migrants languish on Greece's border with Macedonia following the closure of the Balkans route to western Europe, Athens has been gripped by another controversy -- what ministers call its neighbour to the north.
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Greece Says Up To 70,000 Migrants May Be 'Trapped' Next Month
Greece today said the tally of refugees and migrants on its soil could more than triple next month, reaching as many as 70,000 people, as a cap on border crossings by Balkan countries left them "trapped" in the country.
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Ban Ki-Moon Urges European Countries To Keep Borders Open For Refugees
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Friday about increasing border restrictions in the Balkans and Austria for migrants and refugees streaming towards Europe and urged all countries to keep their frontiers open.
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Stranded Migrants Clash With Police on Greek-Macedonian Border
Macedonian policemen fired tear gas at hundreds of mostly Pakistani migrants who tried to storm into the Balkan country from Greece on Wednesday demanding passage to wealthier northern Europe.
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Joe Biden to Discuss Security, Migrants at Balkans Summit
US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Zagreb Wednesday for a Western Balkans summit, highlighting renewed interest from Washington in the fragile region as it deals with an unprecedented influx of refugees.
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Balkan Border Controls Leave Migrants in Limbo: Report
New border controls in the western Balkans are leaving thousands in limbo as winter sets in, aid agencies said today.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Balkans Fighting Amid Migrant Influx
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that fighting could break out in the Balkans, along the main route of migrants trying to reach Europe, if Germany closed its border with Austria, in remarks published today.
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EU and Balkans Leaders Hold Crisis Refugee Summit
European Union and Balkan leaders hold emergency talks on Europe's refugee crisis today amid threats from three frontline states to close their borders if northern EU countries stop accepting migrants.
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Balkan Leaders Threaten Border Closures Ahead of EU Meet
Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia on Saturday threatened to close their borders if EU countries to the north stop accepting migrants, as European leaders prepare for emergency talks on the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
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Slovenia to Use Army to Help Guard Border in Migrant Crisis
Slovenia's parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later today to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off its border.
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Migrants Stream Into Balkans, Germany Braces for Far-Right Rally
Thousands of migrants again streamed into the Balkans on Monday where tighter border controls caused tense bottlenecks, as Germany braced for anger at an anniversary rally of the anti-refugee PEGIDA movement.
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'Open the Gate!': Migrants Stranded on Balkan Borders
Thousands of migrants clamoured to enter European Union member Croatia from Serbia today after a night spent in the cold and mud of no-man's land, their passage west slowed by a Slovenian effort to impose limits on the flow to western Europe.
