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Former US President Clinton supports EuroMaidan democracy as Yanukovych aide hints at settlement

February 4, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Former US president Bill Clinton on February 3 expressed his support for the Ukrainian EuroMaidan protest movement. “Kudos to brave

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News Analysis: Attention focuses on Ukraine’s ‘Thin Blue Line’

February 4, 2014 Robert Coalson RFERL Ukraine

After weeks of protests and intermittent clashes between demonstrators and police in Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, the country’s

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Corruption costs Europe 120bn euro a year – EC report

February 3, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

Bulgaria’s failings in dealing with corruption are well-known, thanks to the ongoing monitoring by EU, but the issue remains a

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Injuries after new 5.7 Richter scale earthquake shakes Greece’s Cephalonia

February 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A new earthquake of 5.7 on the Richter scale, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens,

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Athens wary of third rescue package

February 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece is to be granted a third rescue loan by its international lenders, according to German weekly Der Spiegel which

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Slovakian presidential election candidate drops out

February 3, 2014 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Three recent polls were enough to convince one presidential candidate to drop out of the race, but have not clarified

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Ukraine’s Yanukovych says he is returning to work

February 2, 2014February 2, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine’s beleaguered President Viktor Yanukovych says he will be back to work Monday, even as new protests against him filled

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Parts of Central and Eastern Europe hard-hit by heavy snowfalls, icy weather

February 2, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

Code Red weather warnings have been issued for the Banat region of north-eastern Serbia and large parts of southern Austria

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Macedonia to hold presidential elections on April 13 2014

February 2, 2014February 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Presidential elections in Macedonia will be held on April 13 2014. The decision was signed on February 1 by the

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