Sentence examples for claimed independence from inspiring English sources

The region of Luhansk also claimed independence.

Neither Dagestan, to the east, nor Ingushetia, to Chechnya's west, claimed independence after 1991, but both are in a state resembling civil war.

In 1994, the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh effectively won that war and claimed independence with the signing of a cease-fire order.

THE HISTORY The name "East Village" gained popularity in the 1960s as the area's counterculture movement claimed independence from the West Village and the area below Houston Street.

In a recent interview the party's vice-chairman, Holden Chow, claimed independence from China would be a disaster for his city and defended closer ties with Beijing.

Interviewed in 1991, just months after Margaret Thatcher's downfall, Salmond claimed "independence in Europe" could slash interest rates, while making clear his commitment to the marketplace and a "competitive and productive" Scottish economy.

The alumni decided they wanted to stay together and claim independence from Carnegie.

But Greenland is not about to claim independence any time soon.

Beijing sees Taiwan as a Chinese province, while Taiwan claims independence as an island state.

Burundi has endured years of civil war and several genocidal massacres since claiming independence in 1962.

Yugoslavia continued its dissolution, with Montenegro claiming independence from Serbia in May 2006.