
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday hailed progress in helping Ankara deal with the refugee crisis and vowed to push forwards its long-stalled EU membership bid, as Slovenia warned it would have to slow a rising influx of migrants. Merkel
by AFP19 Oct 2015, 2:39 AM PST0

The first bus full of migrants arrived at a Slovenian border crossing with Croatia on Saturday, the Slovenian police said, after Hungary shut its border with Croatia late on Friday, diverting them towards Slovenia. “The bus is on the border
by Reuters17 Oct 2015, 1:23 AM PST0

Contents: European countries in near-chaos take turns dumping migrants; Russian ‘refusenik’ soldiers resist deployment in Syria; Russia’s media take note of Carly Fiorina’s debate statements
by John J. Xenakis20 Sep 2015, 7:22 AM PST0

Contents: With Hungary blocked to migrants, Croatia becomes overwhelmed; Hungary’s Viktor Orbán defends Europe’s ‘Christian culture’
by John J. Xenakis18 Sep 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

The Slovenian band Laibach made good on their promise to perform to a crowd of more than one thousand in Pyongyang, North Korea this week, the first foreign rock band to receive such permission from the Kim Jong-Un regime. They are expected to play a second concert Thursday night.
by Frances Martel20 Aug 2015, 1:31 PM PST0

The Slovenian band Laibach—an industrial rock outfit who have repeatedly been accused of fascist sympathies in their decades-long history—have received permission from the oppressive regime of Kim Jong-Un to perform in Pyongyang. They will be the first foreign band of their kind to grace such a stage in North Korea.
by Frances Martel16 Jul 2015, 7:00 PM PST0

Miss Lebanon may lose her title over selfie with Miss Israel; Lebanon on edge after Israeli air strike kills Hezbollah commanders; Europe, under intense financial pressure, expected to start quantitative easing
by John J. Xenakis19 Jan 2015, 7:03 AM PST0