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Two weeks of danger end with Syrian family's arrival in Sweden

For refugees arriving in Sweden for the first time on the high-speed train it is a taste of the comfort promised by the West. But this has been a

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World Travel Market 2015 interview – Tine Murn, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia plans steps to 'ensure number of migrants in country remains manageable'

Hundreds of frustrated migrants and refugees at Sentilj in Slovenia, the country’s main border crossing with Austria, pushed through barriers on

World News

Austria, Slovenia mull fences to curb refugee inflow

As the refugee crisis shows no sign of abating, more EU countries threaten to shut their borders, dealing a blow to the EU's passport-free Schengen zone.

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EU agrees on thousands of extra refugee places on Balkan migration route

European Union leaders have agreed to provide another 100,000 spaces in refugee welcome centres along the route from Greece towards Germany. It’s

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Marching through the fields

Marching through the fields Around 1,000 migrants and refugees crossed the Slovenia-Croatia border on foot at dawn on Saturday (October 24), near the

Serbia

EU strives for common stance as spats mark response to Balkan migrant crisis

As tens of thousands of migrants stream across the Balkans splits, spats and threats are features of the European response. Three Balkan leaders vow

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Europe Weekly: EU struggles for solutions to refugee crisis

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: another summit is called; this time with leaders from the western Balkans as the EU struggles to find a

Europe News

Thousands of refugees enter Slovenia as Ljubljana seeks EU help

More than 12,000 migrants have crossed into Slovenia in the last 24 hours and thousands more are expected. Thousands of refugees, most of them from

Slovenia

Slovenia calls for EU help amid record influx of refugees

More than 12,600 migrants have arrived in Slovenia in just 24 hours -- a record, and more than the daily influx seen in Hungary last month, according to police.

World News

EU calls mini summit over Balkans struggle to cope with refugee crisis

Refugees arrived at the Austrian border station at Spielfeld, tired and hungry on Wednesday night. Around 3,000, mostly young men but there were

Slovenia

Slovenia gives army more power amid migrant crisis

Slovenia’s given its army new powers to help police guard its state borders as thousands of migrants continue to pour into the country from Croatia

Slovenia

Slovenia appeals to EU for help as refugees overwhelm the country

Slovenia is doing its best to do the right thing and welcome the refugees pouring into the country, but it is feeling the strain and has asked the

Slovenia

Migrant journey to Slovenia continues despite entry limits

Thousands of migrants continued their miserable journey into the smallest country on the Balkan route: Slovenia. The country’s parliament is expected

Croatia

Chaos in the Balkans as plans to control flow of migrants break down

Various Balkan countries are struggling with a backlog of migrants after Hungary sealed its southern border on Friday while Slovenia is trying to

Slovenia

Slovenia can only accept as many migrants as can exit into Austria

As the flow of migrants continued towards Germany, Slovenia said it can not accept thousands of migrants a day. That is likely to cause a further

Slovenia

Slovenia takes the strain of Europe's migrant influx

Slovenia is the latest focus of Europe’s migration crisis. On Saturday some 3,000 migrants and refugees crossed the border from Croatia. Thousands

Slovenia

Slovenia witnesses 'domino effect' as Croatia diverts thousands of migrants

Thousands of migrants are expected to arrive in Slovenia in the coming days, after Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight on Friday. The

Slovenia

Refugee path through Slovenia under threat as train traffic cut with Croatia

The hope of thousands of refugees and migrants of reaching western and northern Europe have been dashed yet again following Slovenia’s decision to

Sport

Trstenjak and Nagase win gold on day four of Judo World Championships

Tina Trstenjak handed Slovenia it’s first world judo championship gold medal after reigning supreme in the women’s under 63 kilo class. The final, on