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Day: March 16, 2014

Europe 

US, EU action expected after Crimea referendum

March 16, 2014 Michael Bowman of VOANews Sofia, Ukraine

Voters in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula have cast ballots in a referendum widely expected to endorse joining Russia.  The United States

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Europe 

Declaring victory, Crimean and Russian officials pledge fast integration

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

With one exit poll showing that 93 per cent of Crimeans voted to join Russia, the peninsula’s pro-Kremlin prime minister

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Europe 

Serbian Progressive Party triumphs in March 16 elections

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

According to the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) preliminary results, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) gained an absolute

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Europe 

Vucic’s SNS takes about 50% in Serbian snap parliamentary elections – reports

March 16, 2014March 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) got somewhere between 48 and 50 per cent of the vote in Serbia’s snap

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Europe 

Crimean PM: 93 per cent of voters want to join Russia

March 16, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Crimea’s prime minister says preliminary results from Sunday’s referendum on whether to break away from Ukraine indicate that 93 percent

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Europe 

Observers, journalists not welcome to watch vote count at polling station in Simferopol

March 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

If respected international election observers had been allowed to watch Crimea’s referendum on whether to join Russia or merely gain

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Europe 

Turnout in disputed Crimea vote about 64 per cent

March 16, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The polls have closed in a controverisal referendum for the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea to break away and become

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Bulgaria Sport 

Of Plovdiv football fans and the politics of a bus

March 16, 2014March 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

It was one thing that fans of a Plovdiv football club had to make the trek to Sofia to watch

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Europe 

Slovakia’s presidential elections: Fico and Kiska reach runoff

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

“This is a referendum about Smer,” said Prime Minister Robert Fico shortly after the official presidential candidate of the ruling

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