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Ukraine orders partial vote re-run

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 VOANews

Ukraine’s outgoing parliament has ordered a partial re-run of voting in five disputed districts despite claims by the opposition that

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Ukraine feminists campaign against sex tourism

November 7, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

At first, protests by Ukrainian feminist group Femen were ignored by the media.  But two years ago the women started taking off

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UN expert calls on Bosnia and Herzegovina to accelerate redress for women victims of wartime violence

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Noting that heightened levels of domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina are often linked to the country’s legacy of its

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Greek workers strike ahead of new austerity vote

November 6, 2012November 6, 2012 VOANews

Greek public transport workers and journalists have launched a week of strikes against a new round of austerity measures the

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Ukrainian opposition rallies to straighten election vote count

November 5, 2012 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

More than a week into the vote count after the October 28 parliamentary election, opposition parties gathered a rally in

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Ruling party MPs seek clarity on reports of Turkey nuclear plant planned near Bulgarian border

November 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Members of Parliament for Bulgaria’s ruling party from the Black Sea city of Bourgas are seeking clarity because of continuing

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Russia Watch: New Kremlin headache: Democracy is alive and well in Ukraine and Georgia

November 4, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Vladimir Putin is suffering back pains and is cancelling foreign trips and his annual November press conference marathon. He may

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Ukraine’s Tymoshenko refuses to end hunger strike

November 2, 2012 VOANews

Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to end a hunger strike she began this week to protest

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Clinton in Albania on last leg of Balkans tour

November 2, 2012 VOANews

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Albania’s feuding political factions to work together to push through democratic reforms

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