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Migrant crisis: Austria passes controversial new asylum law
28 апреля, 2016
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Migrant crisis: Austria passes controversial new asylum law

Austria has passed a controversial new law that restricts the right of asylum and allows most claimants to be rejected directly at the border. Rights groups say the law undermines the principle of protection from war and persecution. It comes days after Austria's far-right came top in the first round of a presidential...

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TICKING TIME-BOMB: Greece set to run out of cash by MAY pushing Europe into ANOTHER crisis
27 апреля, 2016
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TICKING TIME-BOMB: Greece set to run out of cash by MAY pushing Europe into ANOTHER crisis

DEBT-ridden Greece is dangerously close to running out of cash and plunging the eurozone into a fresh crisis. Athens desperately needs £4BILLION worth of aid from creditors but is refusing to make any further cutbacks to government spending. The payment is part of a third bailout agreed for Greece last summer as the...

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Venezuela introduces two-day week to deal with energy crisis
27 апреля, 2016
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Venezuela introduces two-day week to deal with energy crisis

Venezuela's government has imposed a two-day working week for public sector workers as a temporary measure to help it overcome a serious energy crisis. Vice-President Aristobulo Isturiz announced that civil servants should turn up for work only on Mondays and Tuesdays until the crisis was over. Venezuela is facing a major...

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PENSIONS CRISIS: Market chaos could wipe out TEN YEARS of retirement income
26 апреля, 2016
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PENSIONS CRISIS: Market chaos could wipe out TEN YEARS of retirement income

PENSIONERS who retired last year are at risk of losing a decade's worth of retirement income as a result of market chaos, experts have warned. Retirees who put their cash into income drawdown plans at the start of last year could have already seen around two years of income wiped, according to pension provide Aegon. The...

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Migrant crisis: Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal
23 апреля, 2016
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Migrant crisis: Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials are due to visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controversial month-old migrant deal. The visit comes amid questions over the legality of the EU-Turkey pact, which deports back to Turkey migrants who do not qualify for asylum in Greece. Human rights groups say Turkey...

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Migrant crisis: EU says numbers in Libya are alarming
13 апреля, 2016
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Migrant crisis: EU says numbers in Libya are alarming

Donald Tusk told MEPs that it would not be possible to apply the same approach used for the Balkans to unstable Libya. Italy's coastguard says 4,000 people were rescued from the Mediterranean between Libya and Sicily on Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, Macedonian police again fired teargas at migrants protesting at the border...

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Migrant crisis: EU splits exposed as summit looms
23 сентября, 2015
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Migrant crisis: EU splits exposed as summit looms

Splits within the EU on the relocation of 120,000 migrants have been further exposed as leaders gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels. Slovakia is launching a legal challenge to mandatory quotas that were passed in a majority vote on Tuesday. Hungary's PM defended its "democratic rights" and proposed a...

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The Dangerous Link Between Syria and Ukraine
23 сентября, 2015
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The Dangerous Link Between Syria and Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has used the fighting in both countries to trap the U.S. Despite what Vladimir Putin is saying, the United States still staunchly refuses to believe Russia is engaged in a new Cold War—and that the U.S. is losing. But Russia aggressively pushes its own narrative where U.S. leadership is absent. Russian...

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