People smuggling is a booming business in the BalkansIt is easy for local criminals to fleece migrants along their route to Western EuropeSat Sep 12 2015 - 05:00
Hungary eyes crisis declaration as migrant pressure growsHungarian troops gather near Serb border, while Austria halts trains and prisoners build fenceThu Sep 10 2015 - 18:49
Mass migration guided by mobiles and social mediaFacebook, messaging and Google Maps help refugees cross borders and avoid policeWed Sep 9 2015 - 01:00
Central Europe resists refugee quotas as Austrian border chaos easesAustrian and German volunteers drive hundreds of migrants out of HungaryTue Sep 8 2015 - 01:00
Thousands arrive in Germany and Austria after Hungary eases travel curbsRed Cross and volunteers come out in force to welcome and help migrantsMon Sep 7 2015 - 01:00
Defiant migrants surge past police in Hungary and head for AustriaPeople continue their long journey towards western Europe as darkness fallsSat Sep 5 2015 - 11:57
Migrants wary of Hungary’s promises in railway stand-offChaos as Budapest train station reopens with police attempt to take passengers to campsThu Sep 3 2015 - 20:00
Budapest: Tension mounts as migrants demand ‘freedom’Hungarian PM in Brussels for talks as parliament debates tighter border controlsThu Sep 3 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Tolerance waning as Serb villagers tire of migrantsHorgos mayor fears destruction of local economy as tens of thousands cross fieldsWed Sep 2 2015 - 01:00
Hungary blames European Union amid anger in BudapestViktor Orban to meet EU officials as Germany demands unity among member statesWed Sep 2 2015 - 01:00
EU split grows and rules fray as migrant crisis intensifiesGermany calls for unity as central European states seek their own tough stanceTue Sep 1 2015 - 16:40
Migrants live and die with desperation to reach EURelentless hardship and exploitation numbs many to the journey’s ordealsTue Sep 1 2015 - 01:00
Migrant crisis: Seven dead after boat sinks near LibyaHungary’s steel fence fails to deter migrants as EU ministers call for urgent meetingSun Aug 30 2015 - 18:16
Eastern Europe slams doors on refugees from Middle EastStates with history of conflict and emigration show little desire to help new arrivalsFri Aug 28 2015 - 16:48
Lviv revives Jewish past as Ukraine bids to link with IsraelThe conflict-hit country is keen to disprove Russian claims of rampant anti-SemitismFri Aug 28 2015 - 05:00
Hungary may send troops to border with SerbiaGerman and Balkan leaders to discuss migration with EU officials in ViennaThu Aug 27 2015 - 01:00
Ukraine seeks German and French alliance to isolate RussiaUkraine’s president Petro Poroshenko in Berlin for talks that exclude Vladimir PutinMon Aug 24 2015 - 19:49
Volunteers step in as Hungary tries to shut out illegal migrants‘Strange and random’ happenings await the recent arrivals in an ill-prepared EuropeMon Aug 24 2015 - 01:00
Balkan frontiers fray as migrant numbers surgeOnly traffickers profit from current border regimes in region, activists saySat Aug 22 2015 - 02:00
Serbia protests against divided Croatian town’s ban on bilingual signsMove comes as Vukovar officials shown singing ‘fascist’ songsWed Aug 19 2015 - 19:14
Vladimir Putin visits Crimea as violent clashes intensifyMoscow says clashes in eastern Ukraine resemble ‘preparations for more military action’Tue Aug 18 2015 - 01:01
Ukraine ‘explosive’ after latest shelling, says GermanyRebels call for intervention as violence around Donetsk spirals to record levelsMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
Russia on alert as US trains Ukraine’s troopsNato co-operation with Kiev set to expand despite Kremlin warningsSat Aug 15 2015 - 05:00
Croatia and Serbia in grip of new Balkan struggleBill Clinton calls for reconciliation between old Balkan enemies during commemorationFri Aug 14 2015 - 05:00
Ukraine poised to act as shelling intensifiesSeperatists deny launching what Kiev calls heaviest attack in six monthsWed Aug 12 2015 - 20:22
Macedonia’s ‘Wild District’ still scarred after battleMany believe deadly police operation was intended to ease pressure on governmentSat Aug 8 2015 - 02:00
Serbs mourn as Croats hail 20 years since Operation ‘Storm’Croatia rejects Serb claim that crushing 1995 military victory was ‘ethnic cleansing’Wed Aug 5 2015 - 19:35
Croatia’s ‘Storm’ inspires Ukraine in battle with separatistsThe similarities between the two conflicts give hope to some in embattled UkraineWed Aug 5 2015 - 01:00
Croatia marks 20 years since Operation StormCountry remembers biggest military operation in Europe since the second World WarTue Aug 4 2015 - 01:00
MH17 still divides the West and Russia, one year onMoscow rejects calls for international court to examine fatal Malaysia Airlines flightFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:05
‘Brics’ summit underlines China’s dominanceHowever, five-country group insists it is not trying to challenge IMF or World BankMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Ukraine security forces search for nationalist group after clashesRight Sector group says it sought to crush mafia smuggling goods into the EUMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Serbia’s PM to attend Srebrenica eventScores of dignitaries and 50,000 mourners expected at 20th anniversary commemorationSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
Calls grow for UN court on MH17 despite Russian oppositionNetherlands and Malaysia want international tribunal on who downed airliner over eastern UkraineSat Jul 4 2015 - 01:00
Srebrenica, July 1995: ‘Will anyone come?’20 years ago, in the fields, roads, warehouses and barns of the verdant Srebrenica valley, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered. Bodies are still being foundSat Jul 4 2015 - 01:00
Hungary and Serbia vow to work together to halt illegal migrationViktor Orban defends border fence plan, warning millions could head for EuropeThu Jul 2 2015 - 01:00
The Bosnia-based group that names the namelessFormed after the Bosnian war, missing persons body now works globallySat Jun 27 2015 - 01:02
New rules unclear as Nato and Russia resume an old gameRisks rising as the West and Russia bristle over each other’s moves in eastern EuropeWed Jun 24 2015 - 01:00
Local mayor hopes border fence will stop migrants entering HungaryBudapest to detail plans today to stop illegal migrants crossing from SerbiaWed Jun 24 2015 - 01:00
Serbia and EU deride Hungary’s plan for border fence‘We will not live in Auschwitz,’ says Serbia’s prime minister Aleksandar VucicFri Jun 19 2015 - 01:00
Hungary to erect fence on Serbian borderEuropean Parliament and right groups have denounced Budapest’s handling of migration questionThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:01
Slovenia detains ex-Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj on Serbian warrantSecond high-profile detention in a week stokes tension in former YugoslaviaThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:01
Flash floods kill at least 12 and set zoo animals freeTbilisi zoo swamped by raging torrent that caused more than €15m of damageMon Jun 15 2015 - 08:26
Moldova's pro-Russian parties set to top pollPro-EU candidates expect to defeat after campaign dominated by scandalMon Jun 15 2015 - 01:00
Bosnia trips again on EU road as Balkan troubles mountBritish UN draft resolution on Srebrenica massacre fuels anger among Bosnian SerbsSat Jun 13 2015 - 01:00
Moderate Bosnian Muslims called to join Islamic StateRadicals exploit social and economic woes of traditionally moderate Balkan MuslimsWed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00
UN and US to discuss surge in Ukraine violenceUkraine’s president and Nato say Russia is ramping up military support for separatistsFri Jun 5 2015 - 01:00
Bosnia awaits pope’s message of peace two decades after warBosnians prepare to welcome Pope Francis to a country still scarred by warThu Jun 4 2015 - 01:00
Crisis-hit Macedonia braces itself for the next ‘bomb’West scrambles to defuse confrontation as Moscow makes accusation of stoking unrestMon Jun 1 2015 - 01:00
Armenia offers refuge for Europe’s last leopardsCaucasus conservation project aims to help rare wildlife and local peopleMon May 25 2015 - 01:00