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EU officials ‘disappointed’ with Ukraine’s decision to freeze EU push

November 22, 2013February 11, 2014 Alex Bivol Moldova, Ukraine

Ukraine’s decision to freeze all efforts towards signing the association agreement with the European Union at next week’s Eastern Partnership

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Europe 

Ukraine parliament delays vote on Tymoshenko departure

November 14, 2013November 14, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament has delayed a vote on a bill that would allow jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to go

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Will EU surround Russian-speaking island in Eastern Europe?

October 26, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Moldova, Ukraine

Moldova and Ukraine, two former Soviet republics, seem to be starting to work toward eventual membership in the European Union.

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Ukraine’s future path may hinge on one bitter political rivalry

October 11, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

To hear Russian President Vladimir Putin say it, Russia and its biggest neighbor, Ukraine, are “one people.” “We have common

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Russia piles pressure on former Soviet satellites to drop EU aspirations

September 5, 2013September 5, 2013 Alex Bivol Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

As the Vilnius summit of EU’s Eastern Partnership draws nearer, at which several former Soviet states are expected to sign

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Europe 

Polish President calls for reconciliation over Volhynia massacre

July 15, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Ukraine

Deputies Friday rejected a resolution introduced by the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party to refer to the massacres of

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Europe 

Eight dead reported in Bulgarian bus crash in Ukraine – updated

July 11, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

At least eight people, including one Bulgarian national, died in a bus collision in Ukraine, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on

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European rights court rules Tymoshenko unlawfully detained

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Ukraine

Europe’s top rights court has ruled that Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawfully held in detention before being sentenced

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Kremlin’s policies shackled by oil and gas giant Gazprom

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 Nick Ottens for The Prague Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

As Russia’s largest oil and gas company is once again embroiled in an energy dispute with Ukraine, the country’s dependence

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