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Final judgment on Croatian former PM Sanader: 8.5 years in prison

June 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia

The Supreme Court confirmed on June 13 2014 the first verdict against former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader for

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Bulgarian border should move west into Serbia – report

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Bulgaria is little bit more of a Western country than previously had been thought, because a point of its border

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Polish government under pressure over eavesdropping scandal

June 16, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The opposition has called on Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Cabinet to resign after a magazine said it had a tape

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Russia, Ukraine fail to reach gas deal as deadline looms

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russian energy giant Gazprom say emergency talks with Ukraine aimed at ending a natural gas pricing dispute have ended without

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Kyiv vows ‘adequate response’ to downed plane

June 14, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko summoned his defense and security chiefs for consultations Saturday after pro-Russian separatists shot down a military

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Deadliest day for Ukraine in Kremlin-backed separatist war spurs outrage

June 14, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

June 14 marks the deadliest day of the undeclared war between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s eastern regions

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Ukrainian forces regain control of Mariupol

June 13, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian security forces have regained control of Mariupol, a port city in the Donetsk region that has changed hands several

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In Moldova, visa-free does not mean poverty-free

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Moldova

A short while ago, it was unaffordable for the family of Ecaterina Hauca (15) from the village of Tigheci in

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Uni joins effort to send flood relief to Balkans

June 13, 2014 The Budapest Times Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia

The Balkan flood has slipped out of the media spotlight but the devastation remains. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia need

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