Merkel: Sanctions on Russia stay until fighting stops in Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia for supporting separatists in eastern
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Germany, Ukraine sign loan deal ahead of top level talks
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has talks in Berlin Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They are expected to focus
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Ukraine reaches deal to receive coal supplies during winter
Coal-short Ukraine has secured 1.3 million tons of coal supplies a month to avoid the power blackouts during the winter
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2014 in CEE: From Sochi to MH17 to South Stream
(Main photo: Anastasia Vlasova/Kyiv Post
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Ukraine formally scraps non-aligned status
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country
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Russian moves provide new mission for Nato
Russia’s more aggressive military posture in Europe during the past year has pushed Nato to take new steps to strengthen
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Pro-Russian separatists release 8 more Ukrainian prisoners
Ukraine’s security service says pro-Russian separatists have released four more Ukrainian prisoners as part of a major prisoner swap. A
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Exchange of POWs begins in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists began the exchange of prisoners of war Friday with hundreds expected to be released by evening.
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USS Donald Cook to enter Black Sea
Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook was to enter the Black Sea on December 26 2014 “to
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