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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United States dispatches F-16s to Romania
The Pentagon will send an unspecified numbers of F-16 jet fighters to Romania next week to join military drills, but
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Hungarian PM declares victory in Sunday vote
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election. He addressed the nation after the polling stations
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Orban’s Fidesz on track for two-thirds majority victory in Hungary’s parliamentary elections – exit polls
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz looked within reach of a two-thirds majority in the parliament elected on April 6
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Ukraine’s Turchynov cancels trip to Lithuania to combat pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, Luhansk
Ukraine’s interim president Oleksandr Turchynov canceled his trip to Lithuania to lead the nation’s campaign against pro-Russian separatist movements that
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Pro-Russia protesters storm government buildings in eastern Ukraine
Crowds of pro-Russia demonstrators have stormed government buildings in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, waving Russian flags
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International police operation busts Romanian sex trafficking ring
With the support of Europol, Belgian, Romanian and UK Police, Italian Carabinieri Reggruppamento Operativo Speciale (ROS) have dismantled a mafia-type
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