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Referendum Result: Slovenia Rejects Same-Sex Marriage

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia rejected on Sunday a law that would give same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children in its second vote on gay rights in four years. About 63.4 percent of voters rejected the law in

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Slovenians Vote In Gay Marriage Referendum

KOPER (SLOVENIA) (AFP) –  Slovenia on Sunday began voting in a referendum on whether to allow the largely-Catholic EU member state to become Europe’s first ex-communist country to allow same-sex marriage. Polling stations opened promptly at 7:00am (0600 GMT), although hardly

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Slovenia Called To Consider New Immigration Laws, Burqa Ban

Ban the burqa and enact urgent new immigration laws. That is the simple prescription for social order from Slovenia’s parliamentary opposition as the tiny European nation struggles to cope with the migrant invasion convulsing its borders and interior. A new bill proposed by the

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EU Offers Cash ‘Trust Fund’ To Africa To Halt Migrant Flow

Valletta (AFP) – EU leaders hope Thursday to clinch an aid-for-cooperation deal with their African partners to tackle an unprecedented migration crisis and rebuff fears a “fortress” Europe is emerging. The concerns were aired at a rare EU-Africa summit in

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Slovenia Erects Border Fence To Control Migrant Flow

VELIKI OBREZ/GIBINA, Slovenia (Reuters) – Slovenia started erecting a razor wire fence along parts of its border with Croatia amid heavy security on Wednesday, saying it wanted better control over the surge of migrants passing through as they make their

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Austria Rolls Out Razor Wire Border Fence

Austria has started building a razor wire border fence along its frontier with Slovenia despite Chancellor Werner Faymann’s previous statements opposing such barriers. In a major policy U-turn for the Austrian government, police worked overnight Wednesday to secure major border crossings with the new works.

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Worried Slovenia Might Build Fence To Cope With Migrant Crisis

LJUBLJANA/DOBOVA, Slovenia – Slovenia said it will consider all options, including fencing off its border with Croatia, if European leaders fail to agree a common approach to the migrant crisis as thousands stream into the ex-Yugoslav republic. Migrants began crossing

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Slovenia Buckles As Migrants Flood In To Escape Winter

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) – Slovenia called in the army to help it manage a flood of refugees seeking to reach northern Europe ahead of winter, as the small EU state became the latest trouble spot on the migrant trail. The Slovenian

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Slovenia To Use Army To Help Guard Border In Migrant Crisis

LJUBLJANA, Oct 20 – Slovenia’s parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later on Tuesday to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off