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Turkey minister blames Pope’s nationality in Armenia row
A Turkish cabinet minister has suggested that Pope Francis’ Sunday statement on what he called the “Armenian genocide” may have…
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Lithuanian PM supports decision to suspend Russian TV channel
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius says the country’s Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) made a correct and objective decision by…
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Serzh Sargsyan: “Armenia to coordinate its foreign policy with Russia”
Years on, independent Armenian political analysts suggested that Armenia was gradually releasing its independence to Moscow. Although the Armenian public…
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News analysis: Will Greece turn to Russia, the United States for solution to debt crisis?
By Alexia Vlachou, Maria Spiliopoulou Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began his visit to Moscow on Wednesday, and before that, the…
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European banking supervisor should limit banks’ exposure to all eurozone governments, not just Greece
By Guntram B. Wolff On March 25 Europe’s new watchdog for banks, The Single Supervisory Mechanism, imposed limits on Greek banks’…
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Macedonia PM ‘agreed amnesty for war crimes suspects’
By Sinisa Jakov Marusic, BIRN The opposition alleged that wiretapped conversations reveal the premier’s direct involvement in a political deal…
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Croatia president backs compulsory military service
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic has lent backing to the idea of reintroducing compulsory military service, which some analysts see…
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Klaipeda consul-general was Russian spy: new Lithuania threat assessment
In its annual threat assessment for the year 2014, Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) stated that Vladimir Malygin, Russia’s former…
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French local elections confirm come back of Sarkozy and containment of Marie Le Pen
The far-right National Front (FN) made only limited gains in French local elections won by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives. The…
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Eastern Europe – The world’s last underachiever
By Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarević 25 years ago, the Russian historical empire melted down. Although often underreported, this also marked the…
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