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US, EU impose sanctions over Crimea vote

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

President Barack Obama has moved to impose sanction against Russian officials the U.S. sees as implicated in Sunday’s Moscow-backed Crimea

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Crimean parliament votes in favour of union with Russia

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 Elizabeth Arrott of VOANews Ukraine

Authorities in Ukraine’s separatist Crimean republic say voters have overwhelmingly approved union with Russia in a controversial referendum that has

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Obama: US, EU prepared to penalise Russia for Crimea ballot

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. President Barack Obama told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Sunday that Washington and its “European partners are prepared to

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Poll: Ruling party wins big in Serbian elections

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 VOANews Serbia

Serbia’s ruling center-right party has won an outright parliamentary majority in an election that will cement its grip on power.

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US, EU action expected after Crimea referendum

March 16, 2014 Michael Bowman of VOANews Sofia, Ukraine

Voters in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula have cast ballots in a referendum widely expected to endorse joining Russia.  The United States

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Declaring victory, Crimean and Russian officials pledge fast integration

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

With one exit poll showing that 93 per cent of Crimeans voted to join Russia, the peninsula’s pro-Kremlin prime minister

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Serbian Progressive Party triumphs in March 16 elections

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

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

March 16, 2014March 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

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

March 16, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

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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