US naval destroyer expected to reach Black Sea by April 10 ‘to reassure US allies’
A US Navy guided missile destroyer, the USS Donald Cook, is expected to reach the Black Sea by April 10
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Isolating Russia is proving to be no easy task
The revival of what appear to be Russian-orchestrated separatist movements in eastern Ukraine on April 6 has renewed interest in
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EU court scraps data retention directive
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled to declare the 2006 EU directive that authorised bulk collection of telecommunications
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Tensions high on Ukraine’s border with Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria
When on April 6 activists of the EuroMaidan Revolution came with Ukrainian flags and flowers from Odessa to Kuchurgan village
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Amnesty International accuses EU countries of discrimination against Roma
Amnesty International is condemning the European Union for what it says is the EU’s failure to curb violence, discrimination, and
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Once again, Russian agents attack while Kyiv is caught off guard
Unlike in Crimea, pro-Russian uprisings in eastern Ukraine shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone in Kyiv. But once
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Macedonia’s electoral campaign dominated by seductive economic and social offers
At the start of the electoral campaign in Macedonia on April 5, political parties unveiled their programmes and social and
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Donetsk separatists declare independence, set May 11 as date of referendum
A handful of pro-Russian separatists in the barricaded Donetsk Oblast government administration declared the creation of the Donetsk People’s Republic
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Pro-Russian gunmen seize Ukrainian police headquarters in Luhansk
Ukraine’s interior ministry said pro-Russian gunmen have seized state security headquarters in the eastern city of Luhansk, the scene of
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