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Tensions mount in Ukraine’s Crimea

February 26, 2014February 27, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Pro-Russia demonstrators and those supporting Ukraine’s new pro-Western interim leaders confronted each other in the southern city of Simferopol on

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Europe 

Gazprom agrees to sell gas to Greece’s DEPA at reduced price

February 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Greek gas company DEPA has reached an agreement with Russia’s Gazprom on a 15 per cent price cut on the

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Europe 

Fishing for Yanukovych’s dirty secrets

February 26, 2014May 10, 2024 Natalia Sedletska of RFERL

Someone wanted the records to disappear without a trace under the gray waves of the Kyiv Reservoir. Instead, they are

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Europe 

Yanukovych, fugitive ex-president wanted for mass murder, remains missing

February 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Viktor Yanukovych remained missing on Feburary 25, four years to the day after he was inaugurated as Ukraine’s fourth president

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Europe 

Turkey PM says recordings fabricated

February 26, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a leaked recording of conversations he allegedly had with his son about hidden

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Europe 

Macedonia’s Ivanov to stand for a second term as president

February 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The current president of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, confirmed on February 25 2014 that he will stand for a second term

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Europe 

Romania’s Liberals to leave ruling coalition, government

February 25, 2014February 28, 2014 Alex Bivol Romania

Romania’s National-Liberals decided to scrap their coalition agreement with the Social-Democrats and leave the government on February 25. The party’s

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Europe 

Ukraine votes to send Yanukovych to International Criminal Court in The Hague

February 25, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament voted on Tuesday to send fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych to be tried for ‘serious crimes’ by the International

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Europe 

Romania’s ruling coalition teetering on the edge

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 Alex Bivol Romania

Romania’s government was on the verge of collapsing on February 25, with the recent spat over the cabinet’s line-up exposing

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