Thousands rally in Kyiv as authorities warn of threat
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian anti-government activists rallied on February 9 in the capital, Kyiv, as the country’s national security
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Swiss vote to back immigration limits
Voters in Switzerland have narrowly passed a measure to curb immigration by European Union citizens. Swiss television reports 50.3 percent
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Calls to bar Hungarian extreme-right Jobbik party from holding political rally in former synagogue
Efforts are underway to prevent Hungarian extreme-right and anti-Semitic party Jobbikto hold next week a political assembly in a building
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European officials denounce US diplomat’s remark
The head of the European Council says U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s use of vulgar language about the
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Would-be Sochi hijacker wanted Ukrainian prisoners freed
Investigators say the Ukrainian man who tried to hijack a Turkey-bound commercial flight and divert it to Sochi – the
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Bosnia quiet but tense after days of violent clashes in Sarajevo, other cities
After three days of violence that arose from protests over economic woes, Sarajevo and other cities were quiet but tense
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Weekly review: Romania gets into the electoral mood
This week’s events in Romania have confirmed politicians are readying themselves for the two election cycles in 2014 – European
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Dialogue, peaceful resolution of political crisis needed, UN chief tells Yanukovych
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated to Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych the urgency of ending the political crisis in
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Ukraine: EuroMaidan increases security after bomb cripples two protesters
Andriy Parubiy, the security chief of EuroMaidan, instructed the protesters on February 7 to accept no objects from people they
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