Ukraine’s Poroshenko: Restoration of sovereignty top priority for 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Truce faltering as eastern Ukraine fighting spikes
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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Russia concerns driving neighbours to NATO
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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