A brief history of Crimea
Crimea is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea and an autonomous Russian-speaking republic of Ukraine. In
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Ukraine’s new government to work on economy, reconciliation
Ukraine’s parliament voted to approve the country’s new leadership Thursday, amid protests by some who believe the government is being
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Reports: Yanukovych is in Russia, overthrown Ukraine president vows to ‘fight to the end’
Viktor Yanukovych has made an address to the people of Ukraine to declare that he still considers himself the legitimately
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Two killed, 30 injured as armed men storm government buildings in Crimea
Ukraine’s acting interior minister Arsen Avakov put police and security forces on alert after buildings of the Crimean parliament and
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EU visa-free travel for Moldovans a step closer after European Parliament vote
The European Parliament voted on February 27 2014 to approve abolishing visa requirements for citizens of Moldova who have biometric
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Arseniy Yatseniuk nominated to lead new government as Ukraine prime minister
Leaders of the EuroMaidan revolution that toppled Viktor Yanukovych as president took the stage of Kyiv’s Independence Square on February
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Tensions mount in Ukraine’s Crimea
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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Gazprom agrees to sell gas to Greece’s DEPA at reduced price
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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Fishing for Yanukovych’s dirty secrets
Someone wanted the records to disappear without a trace under the gray waves of the Kyiv Reservoir. Instead, they are
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