Romania's turbulent ruling party topples its own governmentTalks on new prime minister set for Monday after parliament ousts Sorin GrindeanuWed Jun 21 2017 - 17:00
Ukraine’s president hails US support despite low-key Trump talksPetro Poroshenko says it was vital to beat Vladimir Putin to White House talksTue Jun 20 2017 - 19:01
Romania's power struggle pits ruling party against its own premierSocial Democrats seek no-confidence vote in prime minister Sorin GrindeanuSun Jun 18 2017 - 21:20
Serbia’s lesbian premier set to shake up macho Balkan politicsPro-Russian nationalists aghast at choice of UK-educated Ana BrnabicFri Jun 16 2017 - 12:45
Ukraine and Russia could forge peace without Minsk deal - USSecretary of State Tillerson seeks ‘sufficient flexibility’ in dealing with the KremlinThu Jun 15 2017 - 17:17
A factory in eastern Ukraine powers on as divisions deepenAvdiivka Coke Plant is keeping the fires burning amid conflict between Kiev and separatistsThu Jun 15 2017 - 01:00
Orban criticised as Hungary tightens grip on civil societyNGOs vow to defy new rules that government says will boost transparencyTue Jun 13 2017 - 18:34
Ukraine hails visa-free EU travel as a historic step away from RussiaKiev politicians debate tighter entry rules for Russians amid continuing conflict in the eastMon Jun 12 2017 - 15:34
EU warns Czech Republic over refusal to accept refugeesCentral European states maintain hard line despite threat of punishmentFri Jun 09 2017 - 17:50
Ukraine targets Nato membership despite Russian warningsMoscow believes Nato’s growth threatens its security, vows to take necessary measuresThu Jun 08 2017 - 16:25
Strange tale of the Chechen fighter, fake journalist and failed assassinationKiev officials believe Moscow behind shooting of man once accused of trying to kill PutinFri Jun 02 2017 - 15:50
Controversial coalition poised for power in crisis-hit MacedoniaPopulist ex-premier Aleksandar Vucic sworn in as president in SerbiaWed May 31 2017 - 18:35
Moldova’s expulsion of Russian diplomats riles its presidentPro-Kremlin Igor Dodon accuses the West as tension grows in Europe’s poorest stateTue May 30 2017 - 16:09
Life after war: Ukraine’s ex-soldiers who dream of sporting successIn the crisis-hit country, injured veterans are using sport to re-adapt to civilian lifeSat May 27 2017 - 06:00
War shatters lives in eastern Ukraine as world looks awayEurovision night bloodshed highlights continued suffering caused by three-year-old conflictThu May 25 2017 - 12:30
Montenegro to join Nato despite Russian angerBalkan state's move hailed as strong signal that the alliance is only getting strongerTue May 23 2017 - 17:20
Ukraine under fire for banning Russian social mediaKiev says block on popular networks could be lifted if Moscow ends aggressionWed May 17 2017 - 16:27
Czechs protest as leaders clash over billionaire finance chiefDispute could lead to constitutional court case and early electionsFri May 12 2017 - 16:22
Ukraine’s security service denies link to journalist’s murderInvestigative reporters’ film stirs fears of a cover-up over killing of Pavel SheremetThu May 11 2017 - 16:03
US warns Russia over ‘destabilising’ Baltic arms build-upPentagon chief James Mattis says US will respond to any threat to allies’ sovereigntyWed May 10 2017 - 19:03
Ukraine police arrest dozens at tense Victory Day eventsAnniversary of wartime triumph now divides Ukraine and RussiaTue May 09 2017 - 15:05
Ukraine’s Ruslana: From Eurovision to revolution and backMaidan protests still inspire 2004 winner as Kiev prepares to host song contestMon May 08 2017 - 12:15
Ukraine ready to forget woes with spectacular Eurovision partyKiev brushes off Russian boycott and prepares for tens of thousands of visitorsWed May 03 2017 - 12:35
Macedonia’s deadlock continues despite US pressurePresident softens tone after talks, but breakthrough remains elusiveTue May 02 2017 - 17:50
West and Russia at odds over Macedonia after clashes in parliamentRussia says political crisis could spiral into ethnic conflictFri Apr 28 2017 - 17:30
Cyber defenders fight hackers in high-tech Estonia war gamesAttacks on vital systems and fake news are all part of Locked Shields exerciseFri Apr 28 2017 - 01:00
Hungary’s Orban on ‘revenge mission’ against his enemiesMajor street protests posing new challenge for increasingly authoritarian prime ministerMon Apr 24 2017 - 08:30
OSCE monitor killed in separatist-held eastern UkraineMission suffers first fatality when armoured SUV hits landmineSun Apr 23 2017 - 17:05
Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive nets two more ‘big fish’Mykola Martynenko and Sergiy Pereloma reject claims of €16m fraud in uranium dealFri Apr 21 2017 - 18:09
Orban decries foreign meddling in Hungary as protests roll onHungary’s prime minister sees billionaire George Soros behind growing criticismThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:43
Hungary hints at Soros university deal as protests continueThousands return to streets in Budapest against Viktor Orban’s populist governmentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Slovaks join protest wave rippling through eastern EuropeStudents in the vanguard of rallies against corruption from Russia to RomaniaWed Apr 19 2017 - 15:34
US-Russia relations face a new age of uncertaintyAs during the Reagan era, the Kremlin is unsettled by Trump’s unpredictabilitySat Apr 15 2017 - 02:00
Top banker’s resignation stokes reform fears in UkraineValeria Gontareva the latest moderniser to quit as pace of change slows in KievTue Apr 11 2017 - 15:21
Afghan family seeks Irish refuge from violence and tragedyFatima Bakhshi, who lost her legs in a crash, has medically skilled relatives in IrelandTue Apr 11 2017 - 01:00
Hungary approves law that may close Soros-funded universityPresident Ader signs law despite Sunday's 80,000-strong protestsMon Apr 10 2017 - 19:51
Life in a warehouse: Serbia’s stranded migrants and refugeesDerelict buildings in Belgrade house 1,000 of those forced back from western borderMon Apr 10 2017 - 01:00
Kremlin huffs and puffs over Syria but won’t blow the house downThe spat won’t sabotage US-Russia ties, but it will help Trump show he’s not ‘Putin’s man’Fri Apr 07 2017 - 17:02
Young Serbs vow to stop ‘dictatorship’ of president-elect VucicProtesters in nightly rallies say Serbia is sliding towards authoritarianismThu Apr 06 2017 - 12:58
Eurovision ‘could be hit by withdrawals’ over Ukraine-Russia rowEuropean Broadcasting Union in warning to Kiev over its decision to bar Russian entrantWed Apr 05 2017 - 11:26
Hungary passes law that threatens Soros-funded universityMove seen as part of Orban attack on liberal billionaire behind Central European UniversityTue Apr 04 2017 - 13:23
Serbia election: EU and Russia congratulate Vucic for landslide winCurrent prime minister crushes rivals amid rising geopolitical rivalry in BalkansMon Apr 03 2017 - 15:56
Vucic's opponents cry foul in Serbian presidential votePopulist premier aiming to extend his political dominanceSun Apr 02 2017 - 23:56
Serbian premier Vucic poised to tighten grip on power as presidentComedy candidate could come second in Sunday's electionFri Mar 31 2017 - 16:01
Top Hungarian university threatened in Orban clampdownPressure grows on institutions funded by billionaire liberal George SorosThu Mar 30 2017 - 17:15
Vucic’s domination stokes fears for Serbian democracyPrime minister Aleksandar Vucic poised to become president in Sunday’s electionThu Mar 30 2017 - 01:00
EU urged to act on Hungary’s container camps for asylum seekersAlmost all refugees and migrants now held in spartan border facilities under new measureTue Mar 28 2017 - 16:35
Vladimir Putin backs Serbian premier Aleksandar VucicWest claims Russia increasing its role in political exploitation of tense Balkan statesMon Mar 27 2017 - 19:00
Russian police detain opposition leader at Moscow protestAlexei Navalny arrested at march triggered by corruption charges against prime ministerSun Mar 26 2017 - 19:36
Belarus vows to crush any unrest ahead of major protestRights groups decry crackdown on protesters as anti-government rallies growFri Mar 24 2017 - 16:54