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by News Decoder | 14 Jun 2018 | Europe
By Colin McIntyre Plans to expand the European Union to include the volatile Western Balkans appear to be going ahead after an agreement ending a 27-year dispute over a name was signed by Greece and Macedonia. The agreement to rename the country the Republic of...
by News Decoder | 25 May 2017 | Women's rights
By Nelson Graves Individuals can make a difference. That was the message that Sean Maguire, a former foreign correspondent who now works to improve the lives of girls around the world, had recently for students in a unique effort, organized by Global Online...
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by News Decoder | 11 Apr 2016 | Africa, Europe
By Colin McIntyre A 40-year jail sentence for genocide handed down to former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadžić last month draws a line under one of Europe’s darkest periods since the end of World War Two. The case also brought into sharp focus the thorny issue of...
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by Pauline Bock | 8 Nov 2015 | Americas, Decoders, Europe, Middle East
This article is part of a News-Decoder series of “decoders” that explain crucial background to big issues. For more decoders, click here. By Pauline Bock A military alliance that grew out of the Cold War might seem irrelevant a quarter of a century after...
by News Decoder | 18 Sep 2015 | Africa, Asia, Europe, Human Rights, Middle East, Refugees, Syria
By Colin McIntyre At a time when the European Union’s borders are under siege from thousands of refugees and immigrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty, the prospect of enlarging the 28-nation bloc would seem a distant dream. Yet negotiations continue with a view...
