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NATO on Wednesday urged Russia to withdraw all forces from eastern Ukraine and to end  its support for the pro-Moscow separatists as a ceasefire appeared to unravel.
      

Government forces started pulling out of a town in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday after a fierce assault by Russian-backed separatists which Europe said violated a crumbling ceasefire.
    

The US has accused Russian forces and separatist rebels of violating the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, after fierce fighting around the strategic town of Debaltseve threatened the latest attempt to end the bloody 10-month conflict.
       

European stocks advanced amid investor speculation that Greece and its euro-area creditors may reach a compromise agreement on its bailout.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 0.3 percent to 378.14 at 8:05 a.m. in London. Stocks were little changed on Tuesday as a rise in makers of food and drinks offset a drop in Greek equities.

The ambassadors of seven EU member states issued a joint statement on Tuesday, calling on the Bulgarian government to implement the judicial reforms it had set out to achieve.

The statement was signed by the ambassadors of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland and the charge d'affaires of the United Kingdom.

Forget ISIS or the war zone in eastern Ukraine, most of Europe's mass media led this week with coverage of the increasingly acrimonious talks between the leftist Greek government and its eurozone creditors.

The Bradet stretched-curd cheese, a traditional deli food whose name was "borrowed" by producers all over the country, has its origins in the north-western part of Arges County, specifically in the Bradulet commune that sits on the upper course of the Valsan river.

Photo credit: (c) Constantin DUMA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Seven years ago, on 17 February, the Parliament in Pristina unilaterally proclaimed Kosovo's independence from Serbia.

Now, hopes for a better life have turned to bitterness as poverty and corruption stall the country's progress, LA Times commented in an article marking the anniversary.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Tuesday there was a consensus with Greece on issues such as debt and ruling out a haircut and reaching an agreement was mainly about wording.

Sales of new cars in Bulgaria registered a 4.1% increase on the year in January 2015, reaching 1419, according to statistics of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).

The January 2015 results were the best results for January since 2010 as regards new passenger car registrations in the EU.