Ukraine’s parliament drops country’s non-aligned status
Ukraine took a further step toward seeking NATO membership Tuesday, when the country’s parliament passed a law abolishing Kyiv’s neutral,
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Ukraine peace talks to resume this week
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have reached an agreement to hold a new round of peace talks
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Major network trafficking heroin into EU bust
An extensive network of heroin traffickers, bringing large quantities of the drug into the European Union, has been dismantled following
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Four Galileo satellites being readied for launch
Engineers at the European Space Agency opened an early Christmas present — a new satellite for the Galileo navigation program.
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Greek PM Samaras offers early general elections
In a televised address to the Greek people on December 21, prime minister Antonis Samaras revealed his proposal towards avoiding
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Putin: Sanctions will not stop Russia’s support of ‘compatriots’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that his country would not back down from “supporting compatriots” in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula,
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EU leaders on Russia: After sanctions, what next?
It’s a rare occasion when European Union leaders end a summit in just one day, but that’s what happened Thursday
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Poroshenko orders new mobilisation, military spending increase
Ukraine is to hike military spending and undergo further mobilisation in 2015, according to President Petro Poroshenko. In 2015 the
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EU launches Europe in Harmony video contest
The European Economic and Social Committee has launched its annual online video competition for the third time. This year’s challenge,
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