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Poll: Most Ukrainians don’t understand how to vote in October 25 elections

October 23, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

With the campaign for October 25 local elections in Ukraine in its final days, more voters know who they want

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Europe 

Ukraine’s October local elections highlight battle under way to fill eastern Ukraine power vacuum

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

The competition is on for the October 25 local elections in the remaining eastern Ukraine power hubs of Dnipropetrovsk and

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Europe 

Moscow MH17 presentation seen as sloppy pre-emptive measure against Dutch report

October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s

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Europe 

Poll: Ukrainians unhappy about corruption, incomplete reforms

October 14, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainians are unhappy with their current government. In a recent poll conducted in Ukraine, only 7 percent of the respondents

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Europe 

Dutch report on MH17 crash refutes Russian version

October 13, 2015October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk 9M38M1 anti-aircraft missile on July 17

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Europe 

Dutch probe to release MH17 crash report on October 13

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

An investigative panel into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine is due to make its report Tuesday,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Moscow has put the Balkans at the centre of its geopolitical interests

October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Balkans is where Europe must show that it has learned the lessons of the Ukrainian crisis, Bulgarian President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects opposition socialist bid to backtrack on sanctions against Russia

October 7, 2015October 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

After a vituperative debate, Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on October 7 to reject a proposal by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist

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Europe 

CPJ, OSCE blast Ukraine on foreign journalist entry ban

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 VOANews Ukraine

Two international rights organizations have criticized Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for signing a decree that banned 41 foreign journalists and

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