Ukraine’s leader agrees to repeal some anti-protest laws
Ukraine’s embattled President Victor Yanukovich has agreed to repeal some of the harsh anti-protest laws that have helped fuel increasingly
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Europe
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: EU countries falling short on hate crime laws
The European Commission used International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 2014 to call on EU countries that so far
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State of emergency on Greece’s Cephalonia island after 5.8 Richter scale quake
Greek interior minister Giannis Mihelakis declared a state of emergency for the island of Cephalonia in Greece on January 27
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Crucial Eurogroup meeting to determine troika negotiation process
A difficult Eurogroup meeting for Greece is set to take place on January 27 2014, at which finance minister Yannis
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Poland and EU seek positive solution to Ukrainian crisis
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk spoke to one of the leaders of Ukrainian opposition Arseniy Yatsenyuk by phone and informed
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Poland to investigate new allegations about secret CIA prisons
Polish prosecutors will probe the allegations that Poland allowed the CIA to set up a secret prison for terror suspects
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Ukraine protesters demand president’s resignation
Ukraine’s pro-European protesters said Sunday they are not interested in sharing power with President Viktor Yanukovych. They want him to
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Ukraine opposition presses demands despite government offer
Ukraine’s opposition says it will continue protests despite President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer to appoint two top opposition leaders to key
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Weekly review: Crash tested Romanian government
This week, the Romanian government went into direct collision with the public again, only a few weeks after it had
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