Poroshenko goes for first-round win on May 25 in Ukraine elections
If the polls and the candidate’s confidence in the public mood are right, Petro Poroshenko may get elected in a
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Ukraine’s national presidential debates don’t offer much drama
In just three days, on May 25, Ukrainians will take to the polls to vote in the first presidential election
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Separatist Transnistria finds it needs Moldova after all
Kremlin-backed separatists in Donbas and Russian-annexed Crimea have something to learn from Transnistria, the breakaway republic of Moldova. The region’s
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Pro-Russian separatists kill 8 Ukrainian soldiers
Pro-Russian separatists have clashed with Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine, leaving at least eight Ukrainian soldiers dead and 17 others
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Serbia’s floods: Did evacuation happen soon enough?
Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vucic said that 27 people have died in floods that have affected the country since May
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Floods bring risk of outbreak of infectious diseases in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to struggle with the consequences of the worst floods that occurred in South Eastern Europe,
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Biden visits Cyprus in bid to isolate Russia
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Cyprus as part of an effort to consolidate support for possible further sanctions
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European Parliament elections 2014: The essential factfile
Voting is being held in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands on May 22 in the 2014 European Parliament elections,
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Serbia declares three days of mourning for flood victims
Serbia has declared three days of mourning for more victims of the worst floods to hit the country in more
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