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| May. 11 |
Bulgaria |
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Polls open in Bulgaria election |
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| Apr. 30 |
Greece |
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Greeks stage 24-hour anti-austerity general strike |
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| Apr. 28 |
Greece |
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Parliament approves 15,000 civil service job cuts |
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Bosnia |
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Bosnia court detains Bosniak-Croat President |
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| Apr.19 |
 Kosovo |
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Serbia and Kosovo in landmark accord| Serbia and its former province of Kosovo have reached an EU-brokered accord aimed at normalising relations between the Balkan neighbours | |
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| Apr.18 |
Greece |
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Greece farm shooting: 30 injured |
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| Apr.9 |
Serbia |
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Shooting spree in Serbia kills 13 |
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| Mar.13 |
Greece |
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Lifesaving drugs run short in Greece |
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| Feb.9 |
United Kingdom |
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Horsemeat scandal spreads |
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| Nov.11 |
 Greece |
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Greece MPs approve new austerity budget Greek lawmakers have approved a 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests
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| Nov.1 |
Athens |
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Greek bank list editor on trial |
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| Oct.15 |
Hague |
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Karadzic denies Bosnia war crimes |
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| Sep.26 |
Athens |
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Athens clashes as Greek police fire tear gas
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| Sep.25 |
Greece |
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Greece braced for general strike |
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| Aug.22 |
Greece |
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Greece stalls on making tough cuts |
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| Jul.29 |
Romania |
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Romania president 'survives' vote |
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| Jul.18 |
Bulgaria |
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Blast on Israeli bus in Bulgaria
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| Jun.17 |
Greece |
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Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed 
The narrow election victory of Greece's New Democracy party has been welcomed by world leaders, who urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly
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| May.27 |
Greece |
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Lagarde tax jibe angers Greeks |
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| May.20 |
Serbia |
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Nationalist Nikolic in Serbia win |
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| May.16 |
Hague |
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Long-awaited Mladic war crimes trial begins |
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| May.15 |
Greece |
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Greece to hold new elections after stalemate
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| May.12 |
Greece |
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Greece faces final coalition push |
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| May.8 |
Greece |
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Greek leftist leader lays out radical agenda
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| Apr.4 |
Athens |
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Greek clashes over man's suicide |
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| Mar.8 |
Greece |
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Greece confirms debt deal success The Greek government has indicated that it has secured sufficient backing for a debt swap deal that will enable it to avoid defaulting on its...
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| Feb.12 |
Greece |
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Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity Lawmakers voted to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country
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| Feb.9 |
Greece |
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Greece leaders agree bailout cuts
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| Feb.2 |
Serbia |
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Europe's freeze claims 110 lives
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| Jan.29 |
Melbourne |
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Djokovic beats Nadal in Australian epic |
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| Nov.11 |
Greece |
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Greece swears in unity coalition |
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| Nov.10 |
Greece |
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Papademos named as new prime minister Lucas Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, has been named interim prime minister of Greece
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| Nov.6 |
Greece |
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Greeks agree coalition government |
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| Nov.4 |
Greece |
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Greece's PM wins confidence vote
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| Nov.3 |
Greece |
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Greek PM backs off plans for referendum George Papandreou said that a controversial proposal to hold a referendum on an international bailout for his country would not be necessary
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Greece |
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Calls for Greek leader to resign |
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| Nov.2 |
France |
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Bailout loan withheld from Greece |
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| Nov.1 |
Greece |
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Greek vote casts shadow on debt deal |
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| Oct.31 |
Greece |
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Greece to hold bailout referendum
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| Oct.19 |
Athens |
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Greece MPs back austerity plans 
The Greek parliament has given initial approval to new austerity measures, as clashes broke out between protesters and police in Athens
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Greek clashes amid general strike |
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| Oct.4 |
Greece |
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Greece hit by new general strike |
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| Oct.2 |
Greece |
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Greece to miss targets on deficit
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| Jul.21 |
European Union |
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Eurozone agrees new Greek bailout |
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| Jun.29 |
Greece |
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Parliament's vote in favour of austerity The European Union has welcomed the Greek parliament's vote in favour of a severe austerity package that has sparked strikes and protests
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| Jun.28 |
Athens |
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Greek protests turn ugly as strike begins
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| Jun.27 |
Greece |
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Greek unions stage general strike |
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| Jun.21 |
Greece |
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Greek PM survives confidence vote |
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| Jun.19 |
European Union |
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European ministers: Greece to get loans |
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| May.31 |
Serbia |
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Appeal fails; Mladic extradited to Hague |
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| May.29 |
Serbia |
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Nationalists protest Mladic arrest
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| May.27 |
Serbia |
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Gen Mladic 'fit to be extradited' |
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| May.26 |
Serbia |
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Mladic arrested after years on the run Map of Vojvodina Serbia| Police have arrested former Serbian military commander Ratko Mladic, the highest-ranking war crimes suspect still at large from the Balkan wars. Serbian President Boris Tadic: 'Today we arrested Ratko Mladic'. He wa... | |
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| Dec.15 |
Kosovo |
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Kosovo PM named in organ theft report |
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| Nov.3 |
Serbia |
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2 killed in Serbia earthquake |
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Greece |
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Greece suspends shipments after blasts |
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| Oct.10 |
Serbia |
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Anti-gay riot erupts in Belgrade |
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| May.5 |
Athens |
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Three dead as Greek strike grows violent Police sirens and tear gas filled the streets around parliament building after protests against government. 3 people dying in a fire inside a...
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| May.4 |
Greece |
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Tansport halts as strike extends
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| May.2 |
Greece |
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Bailout worth $146 billion |
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| Apr.27 |
Greece |
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Greek bonds rated 'junk' by S& P's |
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| Apr.24 |
Greece |
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IMF chief tries to ease Greece fears |
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| Apr.11 |
Greece |
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Greece is offered 30bn euros loan |
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| Mar.3 |
Greece |
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Greece backs new round of tax rises
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| Mar.2 |
Greece |
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Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM| Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy. The government has approved a package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis, including ri... | |
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| Feb.23 |
Greece |
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Greece steeled for 24-hour strike |
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| Feb.10 |
Greece |
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PM vows to slash huge government deficit
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| Oct.26 |
UN Tribunal |
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Karadzic boycotts start of trial |
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| Oct.4 |
Greece |
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Socialist Papandreou declared winner
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| Aug.23 |
Athens |
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Fire threat empties Athens suburb Map of Agios Stefanos Greece Residents of an entire Agios Stefanos have been ordered from their homes as out-of-control wildfires blaze around the Greek capital
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| Feb.26 |
UN Tribunal |
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Serb ex-president cleared of war crimes |
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| Dec.9 |
Athens |
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Protests as Athens funeral held |
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| Dec.6 |
Athens |
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Police shooting sparks riot Map of Athens Riots have broken out in several cities after police shot dead a teenager in Athens. Youths threw petrol bombs, burned cars
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| Jul.21 |
Serbia |
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Bosnia war criminal Karadzic arrested | U.N. war crimes tribunal: Former Bosnian Serb president has been arrested after more than a decade in hiding. Radovan Karadzic, 63, accused of masterminding ethnic cleansing deportations and killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats. Karadzic was the Bosnian Serb political l... | |
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| May.11 |
Serbia |
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Pro-West president declares win
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| Mar.24 |
Greece |
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Protest as Olympic torch is lit
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| Feb.21 |
Serbia |
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US embassy in Belgrade attacked |
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| Feb.17 |
Kosovo |
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Kosovo declares independence Kosovo has formally declared its independence from Serbia in a move opposed by Serbia and Russia but backed by many western governments
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| Feb.3 |
Serbia |
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Pro-Western Tadic wins new term Incumbent Boris Tadic narrowly won a second term as president after a runoff with ultranationalist rival Tomislav Nikolic
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| Nov.17 |
Kosovo |
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Ex-Kosovo fighter Thaci claims victory
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| Sep.16 |
Greece |
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PM claims election victory
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| Aug.26 |
Greece |
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Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle |
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| Aug.25 |
Greece |
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63 died from forest fires Map of Peloponnese Greece The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
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| Jul.23 |
 Libya |
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
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| Jun.10 |
Bulgaria |
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Bush ends Europe tour |
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Albania |
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Bush greeted as hero
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| Apr.5 |
Greece |
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1,200 rescued from cruise ship
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| Jan.21 |
Serbia |
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Radicals shock winners |
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| Jan.1 |
 Romania |
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Romania and Bulgaria join the EU Huge celebrations have been held to mark the accession to the European Union, 17 years after the fall of Communism
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| Dec.19 |
Libya |
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HIV medics condemned to death |
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| Sep.26 |
European Union |
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Bulgaria, Romania for EU on Jan. 1 |
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| May.23 |
Greece |
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Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash |
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| May.21 |
Montenegro |
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Montenegro quits Serbia
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| Apr.15 |
Serbia |
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Swollen Danube threatens Balkans
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| Mar.18 |
Serbia |
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Milosevic buried in his home town
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| Mar.15 |
Serbia |
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Milosevic body returns to Belgrade |
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| Feb.11 |
Italy |
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Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe |
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| Jan.21 |
Kosovo |
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President Rugova dies at 61
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| Dec.25 |
Libya |
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'HIV medics' sentence lifted |
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| Oct.15 |
Romania |
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Romania has deadly bird flu virus
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| Aug.24 |
Romania |
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Floods cause havoc across Europe |
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| Aug.14 |
Athens |
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Cypriot jet crashes; 121 dead |
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| Jul.11 |
Bosnia |
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50,000 mourn Srebrenica dead |
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| Jun.2 |
Serbia |
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Serbia holds video 'executioners' |
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| Aug.29 |
Athens |
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Olympics: Games Close |
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| Aug.13 |
Greece |
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Glittering opening for Olympics The Games returned to their birthplace after 108 years with a glittering ceremony that featured more than 4,000 performers
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| May.4 |
Athens |
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Bombs hit Athens police station |
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| Feb.26 |
Macedonia |
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President Trajkovski killed in plane crash |
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| Dec.28 |
Serbia |
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Milosevic, nationalists make gains |
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| Oct.19 |
Bosnia |
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Ex-leader Izetbegovic Dies at 78 |
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| Mar.12 |
Serbia |
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Serbian Prime Minister assassinated Zoran Djindjic, 50, was hit twice in the chest in front of the main government building in Belgrade
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| Aug.9 |
Macedonia |
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Battle for Tetovo rages |
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| Jun.28 |
Serbia |
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Milosevic extradited to Hague
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| Mar.31 |
Serbia |
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Milosevic arrested |
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| Mar.24 |
Macedonia |
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Macedonia launches offensive |
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| Dec.23 |
Serbia |
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Voters Deal Blow to Milosevic |
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| Oct.7 |
Serbia |
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Kostunica sworn in as president |
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| Oct.5 |
Serbia |
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Nationwide uprising overthrows Milosevic Socialist Party, with its monopoly on political clout, agreed to share power with the two opposition parties
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| Sep.26 |
Serbia |
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Opposition claims victory. Milosevic denies |
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| Aug.25 |
Serbia |
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Ex-president missing |
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