Varied views as Serbia begins EU accession talks
Serbian leaders arrived in Brussels on January 21 2014 for the start of the country’s European Union accession talks, but
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US automotive companies open manufacturing units in Romania
TRW Automotive and Lear Corp will open in January 2014 two factories in Roman and Iasi, eastern Romania, which will
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Yanukovych, opposition leaders want to talk – just not with each other
Both Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition political leaders delegated representatives to peace talks that kicked off on January
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Hungary plans single-digit flat tax rate
One of the most controversial economic issues in Hungary is back in the public attention: the uniform income tax rate,
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Turkey crisis undermines Erdogan’s EU meeting
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit this week to Brussels is being touted as an important step in putting the
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Protests continue in Kyiv, RFE/RL crew arrested
An RFE/RL reporting crew has been arrested in Kyiv as the protests in the Ukrainian capital have escalated into street
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War of words between Poland and UK continues
The leader of Poland’s main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) Jaroslaw Kaczynski wrote an open letter to the Poles living
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Ukraine president to talk with opposition
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has promised to talk with the opposition after a day of bloody violence. More than 100,000
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Protesters, police clash in Ukrainian capital
Protesters clashed with riot police in Kyiv on Sunday, as up to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in defiance of new laws
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