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Hundreds Break Through Police Line Into Macedonia
Police used stun grenades in attempt to stop the crowd pass the barbed wire but could not stop people running into fields across the border.It is unclear if people were injured in the chaos and how many escaped from the zone guarded by police.
Bulgaria Has Better Financial Outlook for 2016, PM Says
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has insisted that higher state revenues over the past months suggest next year will be better in budgetary terms.
Helicopters to Help Monitor Bulgaria's Borders, Deputy IntMin Says
Army helicopters will provide assistance in monitoring Bulgaria's borders to counter a potential surge in the number of migrants trying to enter the country, Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gunev has said.
UNHCR Worried about Migrants' Plight at Greece-Macedonia Border
The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern on Friday over the increasingly precarious situation at the border between Greece and Macedonia, where Macedonian police used force earlier to prevent migrants trying to cross.
Bulgaria May Send Army to Borders as Migrant Wave to Macedonia Surges
Bulgaria's Defence Ministry said on Friday it is considering sending army troops to the country's borders to help police prevent a potential surge in migrant influx, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.
Riot police on Greece-fYRoM border use tear gas to keep migrants on Greek side
The government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), north of the Greek province of Macedonia, on Friday declared a state of emergency on its southern and northern borders due to the heightened flow of mostly Middle Eastern nationals trying to enter and exit the land-locked country for further destinations in western Europe.
Macedonia Fires Tear Gas to Disperse Migrants Trying to Cross from Greece
Macedonian riot police used tear gas and stun grenades on Friday as thousands of migrants tried to enter the country from Greece, Sky News reported.
Macedonia: Tear gas used against migrants; policeman injured
Macedonian police on Friday used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse thousands of migrants located in "no man's land" on the country's border with Greece.
The migrants are stranded there and attempting to cross into Macedonia.
Macedonian troops fire stun grenades at migrants on border
Macedonian special police forces have fired stun grenades to disperse thousands of migrants stuck on a no-man's land with Greece, a day after Macedonia declared a state of emergency on its borders to deal with a massive influx of migrants heading north to Europe.
Migrant crisis: fYRoM closes border; tension on Kos; latest batch of refugees in Piraeus
The latest on the “migrant front” on Thursday again witnessed heightened tensions amongst congregated third country nationals on the island of Kos, while a large ferry boat unloaded another 2,500 refugees on a Piraeus dock.
Macedonia Declares Emergency in Two Border Regions over Migrant Influx
Macedonia has declared crisis situation in two border regions due to "an unprecedented flow of refugees from the Middle East" entering from Greece, MIA reported on Thursday.
Ferry carrying 2,500 migrants reaches Greek port near Athens
A ferry carrying about 2,500 migrants who had arrived clandestinely on Greek islands from the nearby Turkish coast docked on Aug. 20 in Greece's main port of Piraeus near Athens.
Smugglers now using jet skis to ferry irregular migrants from Turkey to Greek isles!
With the UN calculating that 50,000 migrants — legitimate refugees and illegal immigrants — entering Greece in July 2015 alone, compared with 47,000 in all of 2014, smugglers are finding new and lucrative ways of trafficking people into the crisis-plagued country — presumably a first stop until more affluent “pastures” of northern Europe are reached.
Hungary's Border Fence to Redirect Migrants to Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia Says
The fence being built by Hungary along its southern border with Serbia would redirect the wave of migrants to Croatia and Bulgaria, the Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.
"Serbia will build neither border walls, nor migrant camps"
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Serbia will not build a wall along the border with Macedonia to stem the tide of migrants crossing into the country.
Serbia will also not build migrant camps on its territory, he told the Belgrade-based daily Danas.