March, 2014

• 10 March

  Ukrainian PM to visit US, meet Obama

  United States President Barack Obama will welcome Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Ukraine at the White House on Wednesday, the White House announced Sunday.

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• 10 March

  Russian parliament to accept referendum in Crimea

  Both chambers of the Russian parliament will approve a motion to join the Russian Crimea. This is the first official sign that Moscow supports the actions of the new authorities of the Crimea, who announced Thursday peninsula

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• 10 March

  EU to open market for Ukraine

  The EU unilaterally open European market for products and manufacturers in Ukraine. Brussels has also approved the decision to sign a political party association agreement with Kiev “in the near future”.

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• 10 March

  Bulgaria, Romania support Serbia’s EU accession

  Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania have agreed to support Serbia’s EU accession at a meeting in the Danube town of Ruse.

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• 7 March

  US destroyer to hold military exercises with Romanian, Bulgarian naval forces

  The U.S. guided-missile destroyer Truxtun is preparing for Black Sea military exercises with Bulgarian and Romanian naval forces. The ship departed from Greece early

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• 7 March

  Ukraine starts procedure to dissolve regional assembly in Crimea

  Ukraine’s parliament began a procedure to dissolve the regional assembly in Crimea after it asked to join Russia, Ukraine’s interim president Oleksandr Turchynov said Thursday. 

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• 7 March

  Crimea’s Parliament votes to join Russia

  Crimea’s Parliament voted to join Russia on March 6 and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum within 10 days on the decision in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula. 

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• 7 March

  Musharraf files appeal against special court decision

  Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s counsel Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the decision of a special court not to allow the high treason case against his client to be held in a military court.

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• 7 March

  US sends 6 additional fighter jets to Lithuania

  The United States will send 6 additional fighter jets to Lithuania in order to reassure its Eastern European allies over increased fears from Russia’s incursion in Ukraine.

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• 7 March

  Bulgarian, Romanian, Serbian PMs to hold trilateral meeting in Ruse

  The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia will hold a trilateral meeting in Bulgaria’s Danube city of Ruse on Friday.

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