Poroshenko calls on lawmakers to revoke special status for east, sends more troops to key cities
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko on November 4 called on the National Security and Defence Council and the Verkhovna Rada to
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Ukraine holds crisis talks following disputed rebel election
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold crisis talks with his security chiefs Tuesday after pro-Russian separatists held elections meant to
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Polish officials say Polanski safe in Poland
An adviser to the Polish president Tomasz Nałęcz told TVN 24 broadcaster that it would be highly inappropriate to extradict
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Boat sinks off Turkish coast, 24 dead
A boat believed to be carrying illegal migrants sank off the coast of Turkey, leaving at least 24 people dead.
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Romanian PM Ponta to face Sibiu mayor Iohannis in presidential run-off – results
Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta won 40.3 per cent in the first round of presidential elections held on November 2,
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Romania PM leads after first round of presidential election
Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta led after the first round of presidential elections, according to exit polls after voting closed
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Ukraine rebels begin controversial election
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine began voting Sunday in controversial elections that Kyiv and the West say they will not
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A prelude to a farce: Prearranged ballots for Kremlin-backed breakaway regions
Eastern Ukraine’s unrecognized Kremlin-backed separatist republics say they will stage a vote to elect their leaders and legislatures on November 2 in
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Russia, Ukraine reach temporary gas deal
Russia – locked in a bitter standoff with Ukraine over a pro-Russian rebellion in Ukraine’s east – has agreed to
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