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Serbian government plans to sell Telekom Srbija

June 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

The Serbian government and its experts are working on the “most rational” plan for the privatisation of Telekom Srbija, the

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Russia arms Ukraine secessionists, again

June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

When Crimea broke away from Ukraine, after the uprising in Kyiv that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia denied sending soldiers

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Analysts: Ukraine dispute not likely to cut Russian gas sales to Europe

June 19, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Analysts tell VOA that Russia should not make any attempt to interrupt natural gas deliveries to Europe as part of

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Poroshenko: Ukraine ‘is in a state of war’

June 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Speaking at the National University of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s graduation on June 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for

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Report: Putin, Poroshenko discuss ceasefire following pipeline blast

June 18, 2014June 19, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Tuesday with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko about a possible

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In Kyiv, calls for new parliament

June 18, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Thousands of students and anti-Russian activists gathered outside Ukraine’s parliament Tuesday for its first full session since the new president

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Westinghouse chips away at Russian nuclear fuel monopoly in Ukraine

June 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

During a routine inspection of the Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine’s Mykolaiv Oblast in 2012, the State Inspectorate

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Political crisis in Kosovo deepens

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

Political efforts continue in Kosovo to secure a majority in the parliament of the country, which would lead to the

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Russia, Ukraine, former natural gas trading partners, now trade insults

June 17, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine, once brotherly nations, are fighting over natural gas deliveries and military aid. Russia has stopped buying potatoes

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