Ukraine calls for safe passage for civilians
Ukraine’s president has called for humanitarian corridors to be opened in the country’s east to allow civilians to escape fighting
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Ukraine’s Poroshenko negotiates with Russia
Ukraine’s new president is negotiating with Russia to try to end the violence in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists refuse
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Ukraine, Russian envoys reach ‘mutual understanding’ on parts of peace plan
Ukraine’s foreign ministry says it has reached a “mutual understanding” with Russia on key stages of a peace plan for
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Ukraine, Russia resume gas talks amid conflict
A Russian official says Ukraine and Russia are meeting Monday to resolve a natural gas dispute after Moscow threatened to
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Macedonia has no clear decision on South Stream pipeline
Authorities in Skopje are yet to decide on the South Stream Russian gas pipeline project. Aleksandar Dukovski, head of the
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European Commission welcomes Bulgaria’s suspension of work on South Stream
The European Commission (EC) has welcomed the announcement on June 8 that Bulgaria’s prime minister has ordered a halt to
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Political uproar over Bulgaria’s suspension of South Stream gas pipeline project
A predictable political uproar has followed Bulgaria’s announcement that it is stopping all activities linked to South Stream pending dealing
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Polish, German and Russian foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine on June 10
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski will meet with his German and Russian counterparts, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Sergey Lavrov, in the
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Bulgaria halts South Stream ‘pending consultations with EU’
Bulgaria has stopped all activities linked to the building of the South Stream gas pipeline project pending full compliance of
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