EU ministers grant candidate status to Albania
At a General Affairs Council meeting on June 14 in Luxembourg, EU ministers agreed – based on the recommendation by
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Eleven Ukrainian servicemen killed as gunmen down helicopter, attack checkpoint near Sloviansk
Using surface-to-air missiles, pro-Russian insurgents shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter near Sloviansk late on June 24, breaking a ceasefire
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Separatists down Ukrainian military helicopter
Pro-Russian separatists have shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, just a day after the rebels announced a week-long truce in
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Obama: Putin, separatists should comply with Ukraine peace plans
President Barack Obama has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to work closely with Kyiv to implement Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko’s
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Sanctions threat weighs on Russian oil industry
Russia’s economy runs on oil and gas, but with Russia’s economy on the edge of recession, a new threat has
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EU calls on Turkey to end Cyprus sea and air ban
The European Union, in the framework of the EU-Turkey Association Council that took place Monday in Luxemburg, has called on
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Serbia still has no official estimate of flood damage
More than one month after the severe floods that hit Serbia, the country still does not have an official damage
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New recordings revealed in Polish wire-tapping scandal
New excerpts from bugged private meetings of Poland’s high-level officials, revealed by Radio Zet and TVN 24 television on Sunday,
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Ukraine’s president talks peace plan to the nation
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko made a televised address to the nation on June 21, in which he discussed his 14-point peace
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