Lithuania investigates claim it ran secret prisonLITHUANIA’S PARLIAMENT is investigating claims that the US Central Intelligence Agency turned an exclusive riding school outside…Sat Nov 21 2009 - 00:00
Czechs mark 1989 protests that broke grip of communismTHOUSANDS OF Czechs took to the streets of Prague yesterday to commemorate the start of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, six weeks…Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Kosovo PM claims election victory and hails participation of SerbsKOSOVAN PRIME minister Hashim Thaci’s party has claimed victory in the first local elections held in independent Kosovo, and …Tue Nov 17 2009 - 00:00
Russia and EU agree on energy supply alert systemRUSSIA AND the EU agreed yesterday to create an alert system to warn of impending energy supply problems, amid mounting fears…Tue Nov 17 2009 - 00:00
Serb boycott of Kosovo poll likely to overshadow country's first electionCAMPAIGN VIOLENCE and a likely Serb boycott are casting a shadow over tomorrow’s local elections in Kosovo, its first ballot …Sat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Russia-Ukraine row threatens EU gasRUSSIA HAS threatened to cut gas supplies to the European Union via Ukraine this winter if it encounters a repeat of last year…Fri Nov 13 2009 - 00:00
Klaus clears way for Lisbon Treaty to enter EU lawCZECH PRESIDENT Václav Klaus finally signed the Lisbon Treaty yesterday, clearing the way for the reform accord to become European…Wed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
Ukraine presidential campaign undermined by mud-slingingHOPES FOR a clean presidential election campaign in Ukraine have been dashed in its opening days, as allies of the two main contenders…Mon Oct 26 2009 - 00:00
Karadzic's refusal to attend UN trial leaves case in 'limbo'RADOVAN KARADZIC’S long- awaited trial for genocide and war crimes could start without him today, after the former Bosnian Serb…Mon Oct 26 2009 - 00:00
Trial to start in Hague without accused KaradzicRADOVAN KARADZIC has said he will boycott the start of his long awaited trial on Monday when the former Bosnian Serb leader is…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Russia offers Serbia €1bn loan in attempt to extend Moscow's influenceRUSSIAN PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev offered a €1 billion loan to cash-strapped Serbia yesterday, as he sought to strengthen Kremlin…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Klaus admits bid to block Lisbon will probably failCZECH PRESIDENT Vaclav Klaus has admitted for the first time that his bid to block the Lisbon Treaty is almost certainly doomed…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Czech Republic moving closer to ratifying LisbonTHE CZECH Republic appears to have inched closer to ratifying the Lisbon Treaty as an aide to eurosceptic President Václav Klaus…Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Four dead in Poland as first snowstorms of winter bring chaosAT LEAST four Polish people were killed as the first snowstorms of the winter blew through central Europe, toppling trees, severing…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Romania crisis deepens as PM candidate rejectedRECESSION-HIT Romania slipped deeper into political crisis yesterday after opposition leaders angrily rejected president Traian…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Havel criticises Klaus for holding up treatyPLAYWRIGHT, communist-era dissident and former Czech president Vaclav Havel has lambasted his successor, Vaclav Klaus, for preventing…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Ethnic German politician nominated as Romanian PMROMANIA’S PRESIDENT and party leaders failed to resolve the country’s political crisis yesterday, disagreeing on how to replace…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
No confidence vote topples Romanian administrationROMANIA’S MINORITY government lost a vote of no confidence yesterday, stoking political rivalries ahead of next month’s presidential…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Czech PM seeks understanding from Klaus on LisbonTHE CZECH government says it will discuss with other European Union states how to satisfy president Vaclav Klaus’s demand for…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
EU leaders pressing Klaus to ratify Lisbon TreatyEUROPEAN UNION leaders are cranking up the pressure on Czech president Vaclav Klaus to sign the Lisbon Treaty after his Polish…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Klaus sets new condition for ratifying LisbonCZECH PRESIDENT Vaclav Klaus says he will not sign the Lisbon Treaty unless Prague is given safeguards from claims for property…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Pressure mounts on divided Bosnia to agree key reformsEUROPEAN AND US officials threw down the gauntlet to the leaders of ethnically divided Bosnia yesterday, telling them to agree…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Polish president poised to sign Lisbon Treaty as Klaus remains opposedPOLAND’S president appears poised to sign the Lisbon Treaty in the near future, but his Czech counterpart insists he will resist…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
800,000 strike in Romania over public sector cutsABOUT 800,000 Romanians went on strike yesterday to protest against planned pay cuts, as support grew in parliament for a vote…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Romanian coalition splits amid claims of vote riggingROMANIA’S TWO biggest parties traded blame yesterday for the collapse of their coalition government, as unpopular cutbacks and…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Polish parliament condemns 1939 invasion by Soviet UnionPOLAND’S PARLIAMENT has passed a resolution condemning the Soviet Union’s 1939 invasion of eastern Poland and Stalinist crimes…Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
Four Bosnian Muslims arrested for war crimesFOUR BOSNIAN Muslims have been arrested in connection with the murder of more than 20 ethnic-Croats during Bosnia’s 1992-1995…Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Georgia to meet Russians over Abkhazia sea blockadeGEORGIAN OFFICIALS are expected to meet rebel Abkhaz representatives and their Russian backers today to discuss tension over …Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Abkhazia threatens Georgian shipsTHE SEPARATIST Black Sea region of Abkhazia has threatened to destroy Georgian ships patrolling near its coastline, raising the…Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
Violence overshadows Beslan siege anniversaryFIVE YEARS after the Beslan school siege killed 334 people, survivors and victims’ relatives say they fear another such attack…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Putin urges West to learn from second World WarRUSSIAN PRIME minister Vladimir Putin has urged western states to use today’s anniversary of the start of the second World War…Tue Sept 01 2009 - 01:00
Russia to search ship for unlisted freightRUSSIA’S TOP general says the military will search the Arctic Sea to discover whether the ship, which was allegedly hijacked …Thu Aug 27 2009 - 01:00
Violence erupts in split Kosovo townETHNIC TENSION between Albanians and minority Serbs and discontent with the European Union’s role in Kosovo erupted into violence…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
Suicide bomber kills four Chechen policemenA SUICIDE bomber has killed four policemen in Chechnya in the second such attack in a week and just a day after a visit to the…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
600km relay honours Baltic freedom chainTHOUSANDS OF runners took part in a 600km relay race through the Baltic states yesterday to mark 20 years since some two million…Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Dagestan gunmen kill 13 in latest attacksGUNMEN IN the Russian republic of Dagestan have killed seven women in a sauna and six policemen, in the latest spasm of violence…Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Russia urged to stop bullying its neighboursA SENIOR Ukrainian official has urged Russia to shed its “imperialist” mindset and stop bullying its neighbours, after the Kremlin…Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
Aid worker, husband killed in ChechnyaA CHARITY worker in Chechnya has been murdered along with her husband, just a month after the killing of a leading human rights…Wed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
Inquiry opened into trafficking of Serbs' organsEUROPE’S LEADING human rights watchdog has launched an investigation into claims that Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped…Fri Aug 07 2009 - 01:00
Moldova's pro-western parties secure election winMOLDOVA’S PRO-WESTERN opposition parties have pledged to form a broad coalition government after securing a surprise election…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Body parts found in Ukraine may be of murdered reporterUKRAINIAN INVESTIGATORS believe they have found skull fragments belonging to journalist Georgy Gongadze, a week after the arrest…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Moldova's stability 'at risk' in electionPRESIDENT OF Moldova Vladimir Voronin has claimed that tomorrow’s general election will decide whether the country retains its…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
EU approves €251m in aid for Gdansk shipyardTHE IMMEDIATE future of the famous Gdansk shipyard was secured yesterday, when the European Commission approved €251 million …Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Opponents criticise Saakashvili's reform plansOPPONENTS OF Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili have poured scorn on his call for national unity and plans for democratic…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Two Bosnian Serbs jailed over Muslim deathsTHE UNITED Nations war crimes court at The Hague jailed two Bosnian Serbs yesterday for burning alive more than 100 Muslims during…Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00
Colleagues of murdered rights activist point finger at Chechen presidentCOLLEAGUES OF a murdered Russian human rights activist blamed her death on Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader yesterday, as international…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
New Canadian visa rule for Czechs angers KlausCZECH PRESIDENT Vaclav Klaus, a staunch critic of the European Union and of the Lisbon Treaty, has rounded on Brussels after …Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Anti-graft agenda key for Bulgaria's new PMBULGARIA’S PRIME minister-designate says the country must strike hard at high-level corruption within six months to restore the…Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
UN war crimes court rejects Karadzic's claim of immunityTHE UNITED Nations war crimes court in The Hague has thrown out a claim by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that a…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
'Batman' pledges to tackle crime in BulgariaTHE LEADER of Bulgaria’s centre-right Gerb party pledged to cut spending and curb crime and corruption yesterday after crushing…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
