Slovenia

EU, Balkan leaders hold migrant summit to defuse tensions

European Union and Balkan leaders met to tackle the migrant crisis.

Oct 26, 2015, 00:51 AM IST

Refugees flood into Slovenia; EU migrant plan criticized

A day ahead of a European summit on the migrant crisis, Slovenian officials staggered to cope and tempers flared on Saturday at an overcrowded refugee center as thousands more asylum-seekers poured into the tiny Alpine nation.

Oct 25, 2015, 00:04 AM IST

Slovenia deploys troops to border as migrant exodus swells

Led by riot police on horseback, thousands of weary migrants marched across western Balkans borderlands as far as the eye could see as authorities cautiously lowered barriers and intensified efforts to cope with a human tide unseen in Europe since World War II.

Oct 21, 2015, 04:00 AM IST

Migrants pour into Slovenia from Croatia after Hungary closes border

Nearly 3,000 migrants trying to reach northern Europe crossed into Slovenia from Croatia on Saturday, having been forced to change their route after Hungary closed off another border with razor wire.

Oct 18, 2015, 03:41 AM IST

Hungary removes razor fence from Slovenian border

Hungary removed several hundred metres of razor wire fence from the Slovenian border after its official expression of "not planning to build a fence on the Slovenian border".

Sep 26, 2015, 11:22 AM IST

Countries tussle over human flow as Europe`s migrant crisis deepens

Thousands of migrants were stranded in the western Balkans on Saturday as Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia tussled over the EU`s escalating refugee crisis.

Sep 19, 2015, 16:18 PM IST

Slovenia police say will return migrants on train to Croatia

Slovenian police said on Thursday they would to return to Croatia some 150 migrants on a train from Croatia halted at the Dobova train station on the Slovenian side of the border.

Sep 18, 2015, 02:21 AM IST