Turkey’s political party lists become litmus test for power
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is continuing to wield influence ahead of the country’s June 7 general elections, despite a
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Amnesty alleges summary killings by rebels in 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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