EU faces challenges as threat of Russian sanctions looms
Washington warned Russia Friday that it could impose new sanctions if Moscow does not do more to defuse the conflict
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Former empire celebrates anarchist of the century
Perhaps no 19-year-old in the history of the world has had as much influence on the subsequent 100 years of
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Poroshenko signs Ukraine-EU free trade agreement
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says his country has paid “the highest possible price” to achieve the goal of a free
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Ukraine’s president calls on Russia to show commitment to peace
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on Russia Thursday to support his peace plan for eastern Ukraine with “actions, not words,”
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EU leaders mark 100 years since start of World War 1
Despite political tensions over the selection of the European Commission’s next leader, regional heads of state are in Ypres, Belgium,
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Putin defends South Stream pipeline
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing back against Western opposition to his country’s planned South Stream pipeline that would allow
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EU prepares to sign association agreements with three former Soviet states
The European Union will sign association agreements on June 27 with three countries in its Eastern Partnership – Ukraine, Moldova
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The ins and outs of the new European Parliament political groups
The new European Parliament, to hold its first sitting on July 1 to 3 2014, will have seven political groups,
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Living without Russian gas: Hard, but possible
Since Russia’s Gazprom cut the gas supplies to Ukraine on June 16, the government has been intensively looking for the
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