RUSSIAN RETURNSAs the Kremlin reasserts itself with Russia's huge gas and oil reserves, the world awaits its next move, writes Daniel McLaughlin…Mon Jul 14 2008 - 01:00
Bosnian Muslims gather in Srebrenica for anniversary of 1995 massacre by SerbsBOSNIA: TENS OF thousands of Bosnian Muslims gathered in Srebrenica yesterday for the anniversary of the 1995 Serb massacre …Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Rice calls on Russia to broker peace in GeorgiaUS: US SECRETARY of state Condoleezza Rice yesterday urged Russia to help broker peace between Georgia's government and two …Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Former Polish minister convicted over deathsPOLAND: A FORMER Polish interior minister was convicted yesterday over the deaths of nine miners killed during a 1981 communist…Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Romanian court quashes Bill seeking to balance 'good' and 'bad' newsROMANIA'S HIGHEST court has quashed a Bill that would have forced television and radio broadcasters to give equal airtime to "…Thu Jul 10 2008 - 01:00
Russia condemns US defence deal with Czech RepublicRUSSIA: RUSSIA WILL consider how to retaliate over a planned US missile shield but wants to continue talks on the issue with…Thu Jul 10 2008 - 01:00
Czechs agree to host part of US missile defence shieldCZECH REPUBLIC / US: THE CZECH Republic signed a deal with the United States yesterday to allow it to build part of a missile…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Sevastopol clashes stoke Russia-Ukraine tensionUKRAINE: DOZENS OF ethnic Russians have clashed with Ukrainian sailors in the port city of Sevastopol, where tension is running…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Crackdown feared after Belarus bomb blastBELARUS: ABOUT 50 people were injured yesterday when a bomb ripped through an outdoor concert in Belarus, the tightly controlled…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Canoeists sucked into dam's water tunnelsSLOVENIA: EIGHT SLOVENIANS have died and five more are missing after their canoes were crushed and they were sucked into the…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Platini gives deadline date for Euro 2012UEFA PRESIDENT Michel Platini has given Poland and Ukraine until September to accelerate their building programme for the 2012…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Czech president hopes court will block LisbonCZECH REPUBLIC: CZECH PRESIDENT Vaclav Klaus said yesterday that he hoped the EU's Lisbon Treaty would be blocked by his country…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Bosnian Muslim commander's conviction quashed by UN courtUN TRIBUNAL: SERBS HAVE condemned yesterday's acquittal by the UN war crimes court in The Hague of Naser Oric, the former bodyguard…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Poland plays hardball in talks with US over proposed missile basePOLAND: POLAND IS refusing to reduce its demands in tense talks over hosting a US missile base, despite Washington's impatience…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Lithuania accuses Russian hackers of cyber assault after collapse of over 300 websitesLITHUANIA: COMPUTER HACKERS have attacked hundreds of Lithuanian websites and replaced their content with the Soviet hammer …Wed Jul 02 2008 - 01:00
Raped girl (11) flees Romania for abortion in BritainROMANIA: AN 11-YEAR-OLD Romanian girl who has been at the centre of an abortion row after allegedly being raped by her uncle…Tue Jul 01 2008 - 01:00
Czech court told Lisbon in accord with constitutionCZECH REPUBLIC: THE GOVERNMENT of the Czech Republic, which is deeply divided over whether to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty, …Mon Jun 30 2008 - 01:00
Raped Romanian girl (11) allowed to have an abortionROMANIA: A ROMANIAN government commission has allowed an 11-year-old girl - who became pregnant after being raped by her uncle…Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
The strange case of a journalist with a killer deadlineThe remote town of Kicevo in Macedonia was gripped by news reports of a serial killer, but the local journalist on the case seemed…Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
Clashes over abortion for 11-year-old rape victimROMANIA: AN 11-YEAR-OLD Romanian girl who is pregnant with her uncle's child plans to fly to Britain for an abortion next week…Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Reporter accused of murders found dead in jailMACEDONIA: A MACEDONIAN JOURNALIST accused of sexually assaulting and killing at least two elderly women before reporting on…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Serbian Socialists agree alliance with Democrats to form pro-EU coalitionSERBIA: Serbia's Socialist Party has agreed to join an alliance headed by the Democratic Party to form a pro-European coalition…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Ukraine mired in crisis as PM's allies block work of parliamentUKRAINE: UKRAINE IS again teetering on the brink of political crisis, as allies of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko block the…Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
Bulgaria suspends EU-funded projects amid graft suspicionBULGARIA: BULGARIA HAS suspended €88 million of EU-funded roadbuilding projects amid suspicions of graft and mismanagement, …Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
Bosnia welcomes signing of pre-accession pact with EUBOSNIA: BOSNIAN AND European Union officials hailed the Balkan state's signing of a pre-accession pact yesterday as a major …Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
Kosovo signs new constitution to more criticism from SerbiaKOSOVO: KOSOVO'S FIRST constitution as a sovereign state came into force yesterday, but Serbia refused to recognise it and fears…Mon Jun 16 2008 - 01:00
Russia and Serbia attack UN chief's plan for KosovoSERBIA: SERBIA ACCUSED UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon yesterday of overstepping his authority and jeopardising Balkan stability…Sat Jun 14 2008 - 01:00
Serb officials reject war crimes suspect's claim of innocenceSERBIA: SERB OFFICIALS have rejected a claim by war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin that they have the wrong man and are pressing…Fri Jun 13 2008 - 01:00
Police capture Bosnian war crimes suspectSERBIA: SERB POLICE arrested war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin yesterday and prepared to send him to the UN tribunal at The…Thu Jun 12 2008 - 01:00
Serbia coalition talks go down to the wireSERBIA: SERBIA'S NEW parliament is due to convene today, with the pro-EU Democrats and ultra-nationalist Radicals still vying…Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
Rescuers search for 13 miners as 23 others found alive in Ukrainian mineUKRAINE: RESCUE WORKERS were searching for 13 Ukrainian miners last night after finding 23 of their colleagues alive in a colliery…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
'Dr Iron Fist' primed to punch his way to post of Kiev mayorUKRAINE: IN THE rough-and-tumble world of Ukrainian politics, contenders don't come much tougher than Vitali Klitschko, the …Sat May 24 2008 - 01:00
Saakashvili claims victory in disputed Georgian ballotGEORGIA: THE PARTY of Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili claimed yesterday to have won a crushing general election victory…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Curtain up on Havel's first play in 20 yearsCZECH REPUBLIC: PRAGUE IS preparing for one of Europe's theatrical events of the year as the first play in two decades from …Thu May 22 2008 - 01:00
Ex-king throws crown into ring for top EU jobSOFIA LETTER: IN A region that executed or expelled its previous generation of monarchs, and where prime ministers are still…Wed May 21 2008 - 01:00
Pressure on Serbia's Socialists mounts to form governmentSERBIA: A WEEK after finely balanced general elections, pressure is mounting on Serbia's Socialists to form a coalition government…Tue May 20 2008 - 01:00
Rift between Ukraine PM and president worsensUKRAINE: THE RIFT between Ukraine's prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and its president, Viktor Yushchenko, deepened yesterday…Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
Serbia in coalition scramble after pro-EU party winsSERBIA: AFTER SECURING a surprise victory in Sunday's general election, Serbia's pro-EU parties now face the prospect of having…Tue May 13 2008 - 01:00
Serbia's pro-EU parties defy forecasts to win electionSERBIA: SERBIA'S pro-European Union alliance defied predictions to win yesterday's general election, according to early predictions…Mon May 12 2008 - 01:00
Serb nationalists narrowly ahead of pro-EU liberals on eve of key electionSERBIA: A DEEPLY divided Serbia will choose in a general election tomorrow between western-backed liberals who want to move …Sat May 10 2008 - 01:00
Belarus offers olive branch to US in diplomat spy rowBELARUS: BELARUS, DESCRIBED by the United States as the "last dictatorship in Europe", has offered a slender olive branch to…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Kosovo Serbs vow to form own assembly after Sunday electionKosovo: LEADERS OF the Serb community in Kosovo have pledged to form their own political assembly after elections on Sunday…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
EU hopes offer of visa-free travel will sway SerbiansSERBIA: SEVENTEEN EUROPEAN states have offered visa-free travel to Serbians just days before they vote in a general election…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Greece bans lamb in dispute over Macedonia nameGREECE: MACEDONIAN LAMB has become the latest victim of Greece's demand that its Balkan neighbour change its name, after Athens…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Serbia's leaders clash over deals with Russia and attitude to EUSERBIA: MAJOR DEALS between Serbia and the European Union and Russia are becoming hostage to a battle between Serb president…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Balkan criminal's starving bear released for new life in FranceBOSNIA: A BOSNIAN bear that almost starved to death after being kept as a pet by a local gangster was heading for a new life…Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Kosovars reject organs trade claimKOSOVO: SENIOR FIGURES in Kosovo and Albania have angrily rejected allegations by former chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Bulgarian cabinet to be reshuffled as key minister resignsBULGARIA: BULGARIA'S PRIME minister Sergei Stanishev is poised to reshuffle his cabinet after interior minister Rumen Petkov…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Reform in Bosnia paves way to EU entryBOSNIA: INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS hailed Bosnia's decision to implement long-awaited police reform as a step towards European …Sat Apr 12 2008 - 01:00
No-confidence vote in Bulgarian government takes place todayBULGARIA: THE PARLIAMENT of Bulgaria will hold a vote of no-confidence in the government today, amid a spate of lurid murders…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
