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Ukraine’s Poroshenko: Restoration of sovereignty top priority for 2016

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, said on Thursday he expected territory in the east held by Russian-backed rebels to return to

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Russia’s legal battle for Ukraine debt fraught with politics

December 23, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia plans to sue Ukraine in an English court to recover a multibillion-dollar loan Moscow made to Kyiv in December

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Ukraine elections reflect political diversity, reform disillusion

October 29, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Ukraine

Preliminary results from Sunday’s local elections in Ukraine indicate growing political diversity, say analysts, as no clear winners emerged. Opinion

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Hungary government criticised for hyping fear of refugees, Muslims

October 1, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Hungary

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban raised eyebrows when he said refugees and migrants flooding through the country are a potential

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Croatian town Vukovar’s war history evokes empathy for migrants

September 29, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Croatia

As thousands of migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria pass through Croatia, locals are reminded of their own experience with

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One dead, dozens wounded as Ukraine protest turns violent

August 31, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Ukraine

In Ukraine, at least one National Guardsman has been killed and at least 50 more people injured in clashes outside

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Russia sentences Ukrainian filmmaker to 20 years

August 26, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

A Russian military court in Rostov-on-Don Tuesday sentenced acclaimed Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov to 20 years in prison on

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Europe 

Truce faltering as eastern Ukraine fighting spikes

August 11, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Intense clashes this week between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia rebels are jeopardizing a fragile peace agreement and renewing concerns of

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Europe 

Russia concerns driving neighbours to NATO

August 6, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Nato, Russia

As Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is sworn in to office Thursday, a growing chorus of voices in eastern Europe is

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