Ukraine faces debt downgrade as Russia puts loan on hold
As cities in Ukraine remain in the grip of protests and political crisis, a rating agency has downgraded the country’s
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Samaras: ‘Parliamentary elections in Greece in 2016’
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras, in a speech to the parliamentary group of the governing party New Democracy, set the
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Police bust international network of Romanian payment card fraudsters
Romanian and French law enforcement authorities, supported by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, have successfully dismantled a Romanian
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Ukrainian parliament passes measure offering amnesty to protesters
Ukraine’s parliament has approved a measure offering amnesty to protesters arrested during anti-government demonstrations, but only if they abandon the
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Serbia to hold early elections
Serbia’s president has dissolved parliament and called for early elections, in an effort to garner more popular support for economic
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Ukrainian parliament ponders amnesty for protesters
Ukraine’s parliament is considering on Wednesday an amnesty for scores of people arrested during the past two months of recent
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Ukraine protesters remain defiant after government resigns
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich has accepted the resignation of the government in a bid to quell violent anti-government protests that
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EU urges rights, democracy in Ukraine in summit with Russia
The European Union welcomed a rollback of repressive laws in Ukraine, part of the rapid concessions made by the Ukrainian
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Mladic refuses to testify before UN Tribunal
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has appeared in the UN war crimes court in The Hague, but refused
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