Western powers, Russia exchange sharp words over Ukraine
Western powers and Russia have exchanged sharp words over the future of Ukraine, which spiraled into chaos after President Viktor
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Ukraine faces debt downgrade as Russia puts loan on hold
As cities in Ukraine remain in the grip of protests and political crisis, a rating agency has downgraded the country’s
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Ukrainian parliament passes measure offering amnesty to protesters
Ukraine’s parliament has approved a measure offering amnesty to protesters arrested during anti-government demonstrations, but only if they abandon the
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Don’t underestimate Ukraine!
In the late 1940s, the mortality rate for Soviet troops fighting Ukrainian insurgents in Western Ukraine was higher than the mortality
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Troublesome BSP MP Angelov – unfriended, or friends with the whole world?
Strahil Angelov, the Bulgarian Socialist Party MP who caused uproar by visiting Syria and allegedly endorsing the Assad regime –
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Ukrainian parliament ponders amnesty for protesters
Ukraine’s parliament is considering on Wednesday an amnesty for scores of people arrested during the past two months of recent
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EU urges rights, democracy in Ukraine in summit with Russia
The European Union welcomed a rollback of repressive laws in Ukraine, part of the rapid concessions made by the Ukrainian
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Ukrainian PM Azarov resigns as parliament session gets under way
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who has led Ukraine’s government since President Viktor Yanukovych took power in 2010, has resigned. Azarov
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Ukraine’s leader agrees to repeal some anti-protest laws
Ukraine’s embattled President Victor Yanukovich has agreed to repeal some of the harsh anti-protest laws that have helped fuel increasingly
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