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
Belarusian leader frees US lawyer in bid for closer tiesAUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT Alexander Lukashenko has freed a US lawyer from jail in Belarus, in his latest bid to improve links with…Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Chechen leader vows to avenge Ingush attackA VOW by notorious Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov to hunt down militants in the neighbouring Russian republic of Ingushetia…Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Serbia urges Bulgaria to extradite war crimes suspectSERBIA CALLED on neighbouring Bulgaria yesterday to extradite former Kosovo prime minister Agim Ceku, after he was held on an…Thu Jun 25 2009 - 01:00
Ingush president hurt in bomb attackTHE LEADER of Russia’s volatile Ingushetia region has been seriously injured in an audacious suicide car bomb attack that killed…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Massacre squad members guiltyA SERBIAN court has sentenced four former members of the notorious Scorpions paramilitary unit to 15 to 20 years in jail for …Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Klaus demands Czech vote on Irish guaranteesCZECH PRESIDENT and arch-Eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus clashed with his government yesterday by demanding that parliament approve …Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Georgian opposition urges West to rebuke SaakashviliTHE LEADERS of Georgia’s opposition have called on western nations to condemn President Mikheil Saakashvili’s handling of a 10…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Bulgarian minister resigns as link to bribery scandal emergesBULGARIA’S DEPUTY interior minister has resigned after being linked with a bribery scandal.Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Latvia's PM steers through deep cuts to avert meltdownLATVIA'S GOVERNMENT says it has saved the country from bankruptcy by agreeing deep budget cuts, amid warnings that economic meltdown…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Anger as Bosnian TV shows fugitive Mladic in publicSERBIA HAS reacted angrily to home video footage showing Ratko Mladic enjoying public dinners and parties and relaxing in his…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Alarm in Hungary at success of JobbikFAR RIGHT: THE LEADERS of Hungary and neighbouring Slovakia expressed alarm yesterday at the success of the Hungarian nationalist…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Far-right Hungarian party poised to enter EU parliamentHUNGARY’S FAR-RIGHT Jobbik party appears poised to win its first seat in the European Parliament this weekend, capitalising on…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Moldova stalemate means new pollMOLDOVA’S COMMUNIST prime minister failed by one vote to become president yesterday, setting the scene for a fresh general election…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Five policemen hurt as Georgians clash with security forcesFIVE POLICEMEN were injured in the latest clashes between Georgian security forces and protesters demanding the resignation of…Sat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Moscow attitude may draw Belarus closer to EUPRESIDENT ALEXANDER Lukashenko told Belarusians yesterday they could no longer rely on Russia and must seek new allies, in comments…Sat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Runaway bus in Bulgaria kills 16 peopleAT LEAST 16 Bulgarians were killed and 15 injured yesterday when a bus ploughed into a group of people making their way to a …Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Biden ends Balkan tour on high note in Kosovo despite Serb protestsTHE US vice-president, Joe Biden, hailed Kosovo’s first year of independence yesterday and received a rapturous welcome in the…Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
Lithuania's new president calls for tough budget cutsLITHUANIA’S FIRST female president urged ministers to cut the recession-hit country’s budget and warned that some of them may…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Czech Eurosceptics allied to president plan another Lisbon Treaty challengeCZECH EUROSCEPTICS allied to President Vaclav Klaus plan to launch another challenge to the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty in…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Ukrainian minister offers to resign over airport eventsUKRAINE’S INTERIOR minister offered to resign yesterday over allegations that he was prevented from boarding a flight at Frankfurt…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Georgian president agrees to crisis talksGEORGIA’S PRESIDENT has agreed to meet opposition leaders today to seek an end to a political crisis that has triggered weeks…Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
Talks urged as Georgia violence eruptsEUROPEAN UNION officials have called for talks between Georgia’s opposition movement and President Mikheil Saakashvili, after…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Czech president to delay signing treaty until after Irish voteTHE EUROPEAN Union’s embattled Lisbon Treaty was approved by the Czech Republic’s upper house of parliament yesterday, but arch…Thu May 07 2009 - 01:00
Georgia claims it quashed Russian-backed army mutinyGEORGIA CLAIMED to have quashed a Russian-backed military mutiny yesterday, a claim that drew scorn from Moscow and domestic …Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Inquiry told of Bosnian-Serb leaders' €660 ashtraysBOSNIAN-SERB leaders abused their power by lavishly furnishing a new local government building with a €25,000 conference table…Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Serbia jails four for 1999 killingsSERBIA HAS jailed four former policemen for between 13 and 20 years for the murder of 50 Kosovo Albanians in 1999.Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
New Czech PM pledges to guide country at EU helmSTATISTICIAN JAN Fischer was appointed Czech prime minister yesterday, and pledged to guide his country smoothly through its …Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Protests expected in GeorgiaGEORGIA’S GROWING opposition movement has pledged to launch major protests against president Mikheil Saakashvili today, on the…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
