Germany leads Europe: Jettisoning the status quo
Germany is rightly praised in the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 for assuming more leadership in the diplomacy of the
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Russia
Nato ministers approve new command centres in east, boost Response Force
Defence ministers of Nato countries approved the establishment of new command-and-control centres in six eastern member countries of the alliance,
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Kerry: No plans to arm Ukraine now
US Secretary of State John Kerry made it clear during his visit to Kyiv on February 5 that his government
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Bulgaria should not be drawn into conflict in Ukraine: PM
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told Parliament on February 4 that he had told Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg “clearly and
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Bulgarian Parliament rejects socialist motion to reconsider sanctions against Russia
Bulgaria’s National Assembly has rejected, for a second time in a week, a proposal by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Polish – Russian World War 2 dispute escalates
Russian news agency RIA Novosti has published a caricature of Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna presented as a barking dog
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Russia behind disinformation campaign that Bulgaria is ‘secretly mobilising’ – Defence Minister
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev said on February 3 that he had the feeling that the rumours that his country
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Another deadly weekend with 22 civilians killed in Donbas
Seven civilians were killed in shelling in Donbas by the afternoon of February 1. A 66-year old woman was killed
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Ukraine: At least 14 civilians killed in Donbas as peace talks go nowhere
Donetsk endured two more devastating attacks on January 30, when at least seven residents were killed after a shell hit
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