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Heading to a new Greek Constantinople

March 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

A frequent theme of international reports on the crisis in Greece has been the steady flow of emigrants to traditional

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Nimetz: Parties made no progress in ‘Macedonia’ name dispute

March 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The United Nations mediator in the dispute between Athens and Skopje in the dispute over the use of the name

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Ukrainians should expect gas price hikes, subsidies for poorest citizens

March 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine will increase household prices for gas by 50 per cent in May, and the utility companies will see a

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Slovakia looks to offer Ukraine gas

March 26, 2014 The Prague Post energy, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

As tensions over Crimea continue, Ukraine is looking to cut its dependence on Russian gas by importing supplies from Slovakia.

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Obama: West has no plans to use force in Ukraine

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. President Barack Obama says he believes democracy and the rule of law will triumph in Ukraine. Obama spoke late

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Obama: US, EU ‘united in our support of Ukraine’

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Wrapping up meetings with European officials in Brussels, U.S. President Barack Obama said that Europe is America’s closest partner and

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Serbian former cabinet minister arrested

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Jasna Matic, former Serbian telecommunication minister and former head of Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA), has been arrested

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Ukraine’s Naftogaz meets new head with debts and losses

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers appointed Andriy Kobolev as head of Naftogaz, the national oil and gas monopoly, during an overnight

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British officers march in Poland to honour The Great Escape

March 26, 2014March 27, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

A contingent of 50 British air force officers began a four-day march in the western Polish town of Żagań on

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