Tensions mount in Ukraine’s Crimea
Pro-Russia demonstrators and those supporting Ukraine’s new pro-Western interim leaders confronted each other in the southern city of Simferopol on
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Month: February 2014
The politics of power over Bulgaria’s parliament
The political arithmetic that could decide the future of Bulgaria’s 42nd National Assembly has been changed by the entry of
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Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on amendments to drugs law
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 26 to overturn the presidential veto on a bill of amendments to the drugs law
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Bulgarian Parliament rejects proposal for probe into spending on fence at Turkish border
Bulgaria’s National Assembly rejected a proposal by centre-right opposition party GERB to set up a special committee to investigate spending
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Gazprom agrees to sell gas to Greece’s DEPA at reduced price
Greek gas company DEPA has reached an agreement with Russia’s Gazprom on a 15 per cent price cut on the
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Fishing for Yanukovych’s dirty secrets
Someone wanted the records to disappear without a trace under the gray waves of the Kyiv Reservoir. Instead, they are
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Yanukovych, fugitive ex-president wanted for mass murder, remains missing
Viktor Yanukovych remained missing on Feburary 25, four years to the day after he was inaugurated as Ukraine’s fourth president
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Turkey PM says recordings fabricated
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a leaked recording of conversations he allegedly had with his son about hidden
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Macedonia’s Ivanov to stand for a second term as president
The current president of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, confirmed on February 25 2014 that he will stand for a second term
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