Major protest in Kiev at tax lawTHOUSANDS OF Ukrainian businessmen protested yesterday against a new tax law that they say will destroy their livelihoods while…Tue Nov 23 2010 - 00:00
Migrant workers cheated and threatened by bosses go homeTHE CZECH authorities have helped almost 200 Romanian workers to return home after they clashed with bosses whom they accused…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
Serbia's president calls for reconciliation with CroatiaSERBIA’S president, Boris Tadic, has called for reconciliation with Croatia at the site of one of the most notorious massacres…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
'Obama of Piran' has no plans to seek higher electoral officeA GHANAIAN-BORN doctor has become the first black mayor in Europe’s former communist states, after ousting the incumbent in the…Tue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Serb leader blames mafia for soccer and anti-gay riotsSERBIA’S PRESIDENT Boris Tadic says mafia groups were behind far-right riots at a gay pride march in Belgrade and at an international…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Toxic sludge no longer poses threat to Danube, says HungarySLUDGE RELEASED by a deadly industrial accident is no longer a danger to the river Danube, according to Hungary.Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
Sludge killing fish in Danube while life in tributary 'extinguished'CAUSTIC RED sludge from an industrial plant in Hungary has started killing fish in the river Danube after wiping out all life…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Simmering ethnic and fiscal tensions as Bosnia and Latvia go to pollsLATVIA AND Bosnia vote in general elections this weekend, but while the Baltic state will mirror the rest of the European Union…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
Tajikistan clashes raise fears central Asia could be new target for Islamist militantsDEADLY CLASHES in Tajikistan have raised fears that ex-Soviet central Asia could be a target for Islamist militants moving north…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
30,000 march in Prague protestTENS OF thousands of Czechs have marched through Prague in the biggest challenge yet to the new government’s plans to cut public…Wed Sept 22 2010 - 01:00
Exiled Chechen leader back in London after Polish rulingEXILED CHECHEN separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev has returned to London after Poland declined a request from Russia to extradite…Tue Sept 21 2010 - 01:00
Russia demands return of Chechen separatistRUSSIA IS demanding the extradition of an exiled Chechen separatist leader who has been detained in Poland on its request, straining…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Anger over removal of cross erected to Polish presidentADMIRERS OF former Polish president Lech Kaczynski have denounced the removal of a cross that was erected outside Warsaw’s presidential…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Nine injured in Kosovo clashesNINE PEOPLE have been injured in clashes between hundreds of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo, just days after western powers hailed…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Serbian acceptance of UN resolution on Kosovo applaudedMAJOR WESTERN states have hailed Serbia’s decision to accept a compromise United Nations resolution on Kosovo as an important…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
France and Romania plan to co-operate over RomaTHE EUROPEAN Parliament has condemned French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s deportation of hundreds of gypsies to their Balkan homelands…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Independent investigation urged after Belarusian journalist found hangedINTERNATIONAL RIGHTS groups are demanding a full and open investigation into the death of opposition Belarusian journalist Oleg…Wed Sept 08 2010 - 01:00
Smuggled uranium seized in MoldovaTHREE PEOPLE have been arrested in Moldova for trying to sell 1Thu Aug 26 2010 - 01:00
Yanukovich takes over missing caseUKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Viktor Yanukovich has taken personal control of the investigation into the disappearance and suspected murder…Thu Aug 26 2010 - 01:00
Call for EU strategy on migration of RomaROMANIA HAS called for a European Union-wide strategy to deal with Roma migration, after raising concerns about France’s plan…Tue Aug 24 2010 - 01:00
Merry Cemetery set to music by Irish composerA new festival took the peasant poetry of the graves at Romania’s Merry Cemetery and put them to the music of Shaun DaveySat Aug 21 2010 - 01:00
Grain export ban may be extended to 2011, says PutinRUSSIA HAS again slashed its grain harvest forecast and warned that a suspension of exports could be extended into 2011, as it…Wed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Russia still burns as flash floods hit central EuropeCOUNTRIES IN central and eastern Europe are suffering contrasting weather woes, as Russia continues to fight crippling wildfires…Mon Aug 09 2010 - 01:00
Georgian president claims Russia set on ousting himGEORGIA’S PRESIDENT Mikheil Saakashvili has claimed that Russia is intent on ousting him and occupying his country, two years…Sat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
Serb officials accused of sheltering MladicA SENIOR US diplomat has called for a crackdown on the Bosnian “support network” of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic and accused…Thu Aug 05 2010 - 01:00
€900m set for Romania as spending cuts satisfies IMFROMANIA IS poised to receive the next €900 million tranche of a €20 billion loan after the International Monetary Fund gave a…Thu Aug 05 2010 - 01:00
Poland losing patience over Smolensk crash dataPOLAND HAS accused Russia of failing to hand over crucial evidence relating to the plane crash that killed Polish president Lech…Tue Aug 03 2010 - 01:00
Russia lines up €20bn state sell-off but history illuminates the dangersTWO DECADES after embarking on perhaps the most dramatic – and chaotic – privatisation drive in history, Russia is planning to…Mon Aug 02 2010 - 01:00
Serbia in UN bid to ward off Kosovo's secessionSERBIA AND Kosovo are engaged in a diplomatic battle over the status of the fledgling latter country, which is seeking wider …Sat Jul 31 2010 - 01:00
Czech spy scandal forces out generalsTHREE TOP Czech generals have been forced to leave the military after one of their aides was compromised by contact with a Russian…Wed Jul 28 2010 - 01:00
Bosnia's Serbs may seek to take lead from KosovoSUPPORTERS AND opponents of Kosovo’s independence have dug in their heels after the International Court of Justice ruled that…Sat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Ceausescus exhumed for DNA testsROMANIAN SCIENTISTS have exhumed the supposed bodies of executed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, in an attempt…Thu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Ethnic Uzbeks suffering beatings and torture, says UNTHE UNITED Nations’ human rights chief says security forces are torturing, beating and illegally detaining ethnic Uzbeks in southern…Thu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Croatian visit to Serbia hailed as historicSERB PRESIDENT Boris Tadic has hailed a visit by Croat counterpart Ivo Josipovic as a historic step in reconciliation between…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Killer of Russian activist 'identified'THE KILLER of prominent rights activist Natalya Estemirova has been identified and is the focus of an international hunt, Russian…Fri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
Ukraine plans gas price hike to secure vital $14.9bn IMF loanUKRAINE’S GOVERNMENT plans to raise heavily subsidised gas prices to secure a vital loan from the International Monetary Fund…Thu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Tough cost-cutting reforms lie ahead for Czech RepublicCZECHS ARE braced for painful cost-cutting reforms after Petr Necas was appointed the country’s prime minister at the head of…Wed Jul 14 2010 - 01:00
Sociologist Iveta Radicova becomes Slovakia's first female prime ministerSOCIOLOGIST IVETA Radicova has become Slovakia’s first female prime minister, at the head of a broad centre-right coalition that…Fri Jul 09 2010 - 01:00
Battle to save city as Danube floodsEMERGENCY CREWS in Romania are battling to save the 300,000-strong city of Galati from inundation as the Danube river approaches…Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Ethnic tensions flare in Kosovo in wake of Mitrovica attacksTHE EUROPEAN Union has called for calm in Kosovo amid rising ethnic tension following two attacks in the flashpoint town of Mitrovica…Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
US criticises 'occupation' of Georgia regions by RussiaTHE UNITED States has condemned Russia’s “occupation” of two breakaway regions of Georgia, and sought to allay fears that ex-…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Uzbeks return home despite clashesTHOUSANDS OF Uzbeks have started returning to homes from which they fled when ethnic riots gripped southern Kyrgyzstan, despite…Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
Up to 2,000 now feared dead in KyrgyzstanSOME 2,000 people may have been killed in Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic riots, interim president Roza Otunbayeva has admitted, as pressure…Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Bullish about Romania and opportunities thereWILD GEESE: John Aston, CEO AstonEco Management, RomaniaFri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
Kyrgyz government will not drop pollKYRGYZSTAN’S EMBATTLED interim government insists that it will not postpone a referendum on a new constitution despite ethnic…Fri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
100,000 Uzbeks have fled ethnic violenceINTERNATIONAL AID started arriving in Central Asia yesterday amid warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe among at least 100,000…Thu Jun 17 2010 - 01:00
Parties agree deal to force out Slovak PMSLOVAKIA’S POPULIST prime minister Robert Fico is set to be ousted despite winning last weekend’s general election, after four…Thu Jun 17 2010 - 01:00
Romanian PM survives vote of no confidenceROMANIA’S GOVERNMENT has narrowly survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote over plans to slash state pay and benefits, as …Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
Violence in Kyrgyzstan could spread, warn agenciesINTERNATIONAL RELIEF agencies are warning that a Central Asian “tinderbox” could be ignited by ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan, which…Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
Kyrgyzstan violence prompts Uzbeks to seal borderUZBEKISTAN CLOSED its border with Kyrgyzstan yesterday after about 100,000 Uzbeks fled ethnic riots that have prompted a Russian…Tue Jun 15 2010 - 01:00
