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Amnesty alleges summary killings by rebels in Ukraine

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 VOANews Ukraine

A human rights group says it has new evidence of “execution-style killings” by pro-Russian armed groups in eastern Ukraine and

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Germany dismisses Greek war reparations claims

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

German vice chancellor and economy minister Gabriel Sigmar has dismissed the Greek claims for war reparations, stating that the new

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New Smolensk stenos reportedly suggest pilots were pressured to land

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

A fresh transcript of the leaked recordings from the cockpit of the Polish presidential aircraft that went down in April

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Greek parliament discusses memorandum probe

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Parliament discussed a proposal to create a committee that will examine how Greece came to signing the bailout agreements with

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Calls for peacekeepers in Ukraine will likely go unanswered

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukrainian president Poroshenko has once again called on the United Nations to deploy peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine – a repeated

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Poland, Germany, France set joint priorities for EU security policy

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 The Warsaw Voice

The foreign ministers of the Weimar Triangle – Poland, Germany and France, who met in the southern Polish city of

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Access to all social networks banned in Turkey

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

A universal ban on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook has been imposed by the Turkish judiciary authorities due to the posting

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Greek government refutes scenarios on early elections

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The government’s negotiations with its lenders, the “red lines” and retreats, are points of confrontation not only between the government

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The managing director of the International Monetary Fund IMF Christine Lagarde
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IMF: Greece to make debt payment by Thursday

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015 VOANews Greece, IMF

The head of the International Monetary Fund said after a meeting in Washington with the Greek finance minister that Greece

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