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Ukrainian-Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kyiv

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car explosion in Kyiv on the morning of July 20, reported Ukrainska Pravda.

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Europe 

Nato stands in ‘solidarity’ with Ukraine, condemns Russia’s war

July 11, 2016 The Kyiv Post Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Although cracks in the Western alliance emerged publicly before the July 8-9 Nato Summit, the 28 allies in the end

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Bulgaria 

Clash with Ukrainian protesters as Putin’s ‘Night Wolves’ arrive in Bulgaria

June 30, 2016July 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Russia, Ukraine

There were arrests in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas on June 30 after clashes between supporters of the Russian

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev: Bulgaria will never recognise Russian annexation of Crimea

June 30, 2016July 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria will never recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea, President Rossen Plevneliev said in Sofia on June 30 after talks with

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Europe 

Ukrainian lawmakers fume over omission of Ukraine from human rights report

June 22, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland’s annual human rights report, given on World Refugee Day on June 20, upset

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Europe 

Ukraine: Investigators arrest 10 suspects in major gas fraud

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office detained 10 former officials suspected of embezzlement of three billion hryvnia

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Europe 

EU releases details on extended sanctions against Russia

June 19, 2016 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The European Union on Saturday published details of its decision extending sanctions against Russia for its 2014 takeover of Ukraine’s

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Europe 

EU extends sanctions against Russia over illegal annexation of Crimea, Sevastopol

June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Council has extended by a year its sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s illegal annexation of Crimea

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Europe 

Ukrainian security service says it foiled 15 terrorist attacks in France

June 6, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s SBU security service has thwarted at least 15 planned terrorist attacks targeting the upcoming UEFA Euro 2016 European soccer

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