Film-maker Roman Polanski questioned in Poland over US extradition request
Polish prosecutors have interrogated Polish-born film director Roman Polanski in connection with a US extradition request over a 1977 sex
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Europe
NATO chief: Russia’s actions in Ukraine ‘challenge’ security
NATO’s new chief says the Euro-Atlantic alliance is facing “many challenges” from “many directions.” Speaking to reporters Thursday in Athens,
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Romania votes to elect new president on November 2
Romanians will head to polling stations on November 2 to elect a new president, with incumbent Traian Basescu stepping down
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Ukraine, Russia extend gas deal talks after impasse
Trilateral talks in Brussels to restart the delivery of Russian gas to Ukraine will continue on Thursday after the parties
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NATO tracks spike in Russian aerial activity in Europe
NATO says it has detected “unusual” activity in European airspace in the past two days. Speaking in Brussels Wednesday, a
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Ukraine: Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties manoeuvre for lead role in coalition
Two days after Ukraine’s October 26 parliamentary election Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s party People’s Front is nearly tied with the Petro Poroshenko
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Museum of thousand-year history of Polish Jews opens in Warsaw
Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin took part, along Holocaust survivors, in the formal opening of the
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Bulgaria expects stable government in Ukraine, to implement reforms – Foreign Minister
Ukrainians had shown in the October 26 elections their will to live in a democratic and free country, Bulgaria’s caretaker
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Serbia cuts public sector salaries and pensions
Salaries in the public sector and pensions above 25 000 dinars (about 200 euro) will be reduced in Serbia following
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