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Kerry, Merkel, Hollande come to Kyiv to find peace; Putin meeting today

February 6, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, based on its sources, that the Merkel-Hollande plan will be based on September’s Minsk

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‘It’s the last chance to keep the peace in Europe’

February 6, 2015 Bernd Johann of Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

The path Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande are now treading to try to end the war in eastern Ukraine will

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Perspectives 

Germany leads Europe: Jettisoning the status quo

February 5, 2015May 10, 2024 Piotr Buras of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia, Ukraine

Germany is rightly praised in the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 for assuming more leadership in the diplomacy of the

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Bulgaria 

Nato ministers approve new command centres in east, boost Response Force

February 5, 2015February 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

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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Europe 

Kerry: No plans to arm Ukraine now

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

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 

Bulgaria should not be drawn into conflict in Ukraine: PM

February 4, 2015February 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects socialist motion to reconsider sanctions against Russia

February 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

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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Bulgaria 

Russia behind disinformation campaign that Bulgaria is ‘secretly mobilising’ – Defence Minister

February 3, 2015February 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev said on February 3 that he had the feeling that the rumours that his country

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Europe 

Another deadly weekend with 22 civilians killed in Donbas

February 1, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

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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