Promises and problems on the path to Kosovo’s June 8 elections
Campaigning is underway in Kosovo ahead of its snap June 8 parliamentary elections, with all the predictable complexities that means.
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Separatists shoot down Ukrainian helicopter
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, killing 14 government troops, including a general. Acting
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Romania’s largest opposition parties agree merger, joint presidential nomination
The European Parliament elections came as a cold shower for Romania’s largest centre-right parties – the National-Liberal Party (PNL) and
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Poland may nominate foreign minister for EU foreign policy chief
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said on May 28 2014 that foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski would be a “natural candidate” to
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Donetsk remains lawless place on May 28
Donetsk remained a lawless place on May 28, with the airport closed, the railway station open and a big question
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World Jewish Congress, ADL worried by European Parliament results showing rise of far-right
The rise of far-right extremist parties shown by the results of European Parliament elections has led to expressions of concern
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EU gives 65 million euro to help Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with aftermath of floods
The European Commission (EC) has allocated an extra 65 million euro to help deal with the aftermath of the devastating
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At least 45 Kremlin-backed insurgents killed in Donetsk; government in control of airport, railway
A trip on May 27 to the morgue in Donetsk, the capital of Ukraine’s most populous oblast, confirms that the
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From Russia to Zagreb: Season of Pride Parades starts (or in some cases is stopped)
Central and Eastern Europe’s peak season of 2014 Pride Parades is about to get underway – or, in the case
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