Serbian Progressive Party triumphs in March 16 elections
According to the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) preliminary results, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) gained an absolute
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Vucic’s SNS takes about 50% in Serbian snap parliamentary elections – reports
Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) got somewhere between 48 and 50 per cent of the vote in Serbia’s snap
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Crimean PM: 93 per cent of voters want to join Russia
Crimea’s prime minister says preliminary results from Sunday’s referendum on whether to break away from Ukraine indicate that 93 percent
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Observers, journalists not welcome to watch vote count at polling station in Simferopol
If respected international election observers had been allowed to watch Crimea’s referendum on whether to join Russia or merely gain
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Turnout in disputed Crimea vote about 64 per cent
The polls have closed in a controverisal referendum for the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea to break away and become
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Slovakia’s presidential elections: Fico and Kiska reach runoff
“This is a referendum about Smer,” said Prime Minister Robert Fico shortly after the official presidential candidate of the ruling
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Crimean secession likely to spark economic disorder
When Crimea’s two million people wake up Monday after likely having voted in Sunday’s snap referendum to break with Ukraine
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Ukraine moves to restrict entry on eastern border with Russia
During an emergency Cabinet of Ministers meeting on March 16, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine’s eastern border has
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EU directive to discourage smoking to come into force in May 2014
A European Union directive intended to discourage smoking, especially among young people, is to come into force in May 2014
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