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Conservatives top Bulgarian elections but fall short of majority
The center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov appears to be the winner of Bulgaria's parliamentary election, the country's central electoral commission said Monday, with 98 percent of the ballots counted.
Turkish corvette completes months-long Far East mission
The Turkish corvette TCG Kınalıada is set to return home on Aug. 21, concluding a four-and-a-half-month expedition across numerous ports in 19 countries throughout the Far East.
Held Without Rhyme or Reason: Poland’s Detention System for Migrants Labeled a Farce
In Poland, there are two types of premises for asylum seekers and people who have entered the country illegally: open centres such as refugee hostels; and detention camps like the one Rosa is stuck in, which look like high-security prisons complete with bars on the windows and barbed-wire fences topped with surveillance equipment.
Polish Forests Full of Fear: Life and Death on the EU-Belarus Border
The grave of Syrian migrant Ahmed Al-Hassan at Tatar cemetery outside the village of Bohoniki, near the Polish-Belarusian border, eastern Poland, 16 November 2021. 19-year-old Ahmed drowned in the Bug River as he tried to cross. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK
Afghan family stranded at Istanbul Airport for three weeks
Sixteen members of an Afghan family have been stranded at Istanbul Airport for three weeks after escaping their country amid ongoing negotiations on the specific mechanisms of achieving lasting peace between the Afghan government and Taliban after U.S. troops permanently pull out by September.
Painting museum ready to host visitors with more than 3,000 works
The National Palaces Painting Museum in Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace has become one of the foremost painting museums in the world, with its collection of more than 3,000 paintings in its inventory and the opportunity to exhibit 553 paintings at the same time.
Bosnian Capital’s Businesses Cash in on Stranded Migrants
For now, he is trapped in Bosnia, like thousands of other migrants.
Since making two failed attempts to cross the border into EU-member Croatia, Ahmed must remain in Sarajevo until his next attempt.
'A storm is coming': One migrant family's bid to reach Europe
With migrants only allowed one backpack each on the smugglers' boats that carry them from Turkey to Greece, Ahmed, his wife Hanin and her family packed a few possessions and sent the rest of their belongings to friends.
Then they waited.
‘Nobody Hears You’: Migrants, Refugees Beaten on Balkan Borders
Between May 2017 and May last year, NNK recorded 215 reported cases of push-backs by Croatian police to Serbia, of which 45 per cent involved physical violence.
Between May 2017 and December last year, there were 141 push-backs from Croatia to Bosnia, NNK reported, of which 84 per cent involved violence.
Turkey eyes sustainable ways to meet Qatar's needs
Turkey asked Qatar, which has been under a blockade by Arab countries since June, to join hands for sustainable food production, the Turkish economy minister said on Aug. 3.
Nihat Zeybekci, proposed that Turkey, instead of sending finished goods to Qatar, could send raw materials, which Qatar could process at its own plants.
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