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Day: March 5, 2014

Europe 

Kerry calls for face-to-face meeting between Russian, Ukraine envoys

March 5, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has announced additional multi-national talks in the coming days on the crisis in Ukraine,

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Europe 

Serbian volunteers in Sevastopol

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Serbian volunteers presenting themselves as the members of the “Chetnik movement” have arrived in Sevastopol “to support Russian people” amid

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Europe 

Green light for the next tranche to Cyprus

March 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

The Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is expected to approve the disbursement of the next tranche

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Leisure 

What’s On: Brazzobrazzie brass festival at Sofia Live Club, March 7 and 8

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The 2014 Brazzobrazzie, the third annual such festival of brass music, is at Sofia Live Club in the Bulgarian capital

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Perspectives 

Opinion: EU, US must bring Putin to reason

March 5, 2014May 10, 2024 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

How does one stop a head of state with autocratic tendencies, who brutally pursues his interests without regard to how

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Europe 

Estonian foreign minister, in leaked phone call, raises suspicions about Ukraine’s new government and sniper killings

March 5, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

A leaked conversation between Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton relays explosive suspicions

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Europe 

UN special envoy forced to leave Crimea

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 Elizabeth Arrott of VOANews Ukraine

The United Nations special envoy on Ukraine was forced to leave Crimea after being stopped by gunmen and surrounded by

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British foreign secretary William Hague
Europe 

US, UK, Ukraine urge direct Kyiv-Moscow talks

March 5, 2014March 7, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

The United States, Britain, and Ukraine have called for direct talks between Kyiv and Moscow, saying they are crucial to

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Europe 

Hagel: US pledges to stand with Ukrainian people

March 5, 2014 Michael Bowman of VOANews Ukraine

The United States has canceled military exercises with Russia over its actions in Ukraine, while boosting military contacts with NATO

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