Town mayor joins group going to Crimea ‘to protect Bulgarian interests’
The mayor of Topolovgrad in south-eastern Bulgaria is joining volunteers heading to Ukraine ahead of the March 16 Crimea referendum
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Obama: ‘We will stand with Ukraine’
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. and its allies would be forced to apply a cost to Russia
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EU eager to sign part of association deal with Ukraine next week: Polish PM
Poland and Germany agree that it would be beneficial if Ukraine signed the association agreement with the EU as soon
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Bulgaria will not recognise the results of the referendum in Crimea – foreign minister
Bulgaria will not recognise the results of the March 16 2014 referendum in Crimea, foreign minister Kristian Vigenin said after
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Yanukovych: ‘I will return to Kyiv’
The following is a live translation of overthrown Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s press conference in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on March 11.
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Polish PM says EU must reduce dependence on Russian oil
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on March 10 that he would ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel to help reduce
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UN Security Council meets as international fears grow over Crimea
The U.N. Security Council met on Ukraine Monday for a fifth time in 10 days, as international concerns grow that
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Crimea’s referendum spurs ethnic tensions in Ukraine
With only days to go before the referendum on the future of Ukraine’s Crimea region is held, all eyes are
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Crimea prepares for referendum
The chief of Crimea’s election commission, Myhkailo Malyshev, said Monday he is moving ahead with preparations for next Sunday’s referendum
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