Monitors query Azerbaijan poll as president wins second termAZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENTIAL election was not fully democratic, European monitors said yesterday, as Ilham Aliyev celebrated securing…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
'Father' Lukashenko omnipotent in his Soviet showcase capitalMINSK LETTER: Belarus's president came to power in 1994 on a promise to bring order and stabilityFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Ukrainian president dissolves parliamentPRESIDENT VIKTOR Yushchenko dissolved Ukraine's parliament last night and called the country's third election in as many years…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
Sackings by Croatian PM signal crackdown on mafiaCROATIA: CROATIA'S PRIME minister has sacked three top security officials and vowed to crack down on organised crime, after …Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Ukraine berated by Putin over GeorgiaUKRAINE: UKRAINE WEATHERED Russian criticism of its role in supplying arms to Georgia yesterday, amid signs Kiev's "orange coalition…Fri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
Slovenia's prime minister concedes electoral defeatSLOVENIA: SLOVENIA'S PRIME minister Janez Jansa has belatedly conceded to his centre-left rival after a surprise election defeat…Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Monitors call Belarus poll undemocraticBELARUS: EUROPEAN MONITORS have condemned Sunday's general election in Belarus as undemocratic, after all 110 seats in parliament…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Corruption scandal threatens Slovenian leader's bid for new termSLOVENIA: SLOVENES VOTE in a general election tomorrow, with prime minister Janez Jansa hoping a major corruption scandal will…Sat Sept 20 2008 - 01:00
Ukraine's government collapses amid rivalryUKRAINE: UKRAINE'S PRO-WESTERN coalition officially collapsed yesterday, marking a nadir in the fractious relationship between…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Poland puts martial law leader on trialPOLAND: THE COMMUNIST Polish leader who imposed martial law and banned Solidarity went on trial yesterday, just as Warsaw gave…Sat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
Change Czech constitution over Lisbon Treaty, says PMCZECH REPUBLIC: THE CZECH Republic should change its constitution if it contradicts the Lisbon Treaty, prime minister Mirek …Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Russia insists it has no imperial ambitions for ex-Soviet neighboursRUSSIA: MOSCOW INSISTED yesterday that it had no desire to acquire new territory in the former Soviet Union, despite the leader…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Georgian poll marred by irregularities, says reportGEORGIA: GEORGIA'S GENERAL election in May was marred by irregular vote counting, biased media coverage and intimidation of …Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Strategic Serbian deals balance relations with EU and RussiaSERBIA: COURTED BY both Russia and the West, Serbia's parliament yesterday ratified a pact putting it on the road to eventual…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
7,500 Russian troops for rebel Georgian regionsRUSSIA: RUSSIA PLANS to station more than 7,500 troops in the rebel Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, where they…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Moscow agrees deadline to pull out of Georgian 'buffer zones'RUSSIA HAS agreed to a one-month deadline to withdraw its troops from "buffer zones" around the breakaway Georgian regions of…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Georgia seeks Hague judgment against RussiaGEORGIA: GEORGIA CALLED on the United Nations' highest court yesterday to order a halt to an alleged campaign of ethnic cleansing…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Cheney angers Russia by urging Ukraine's leaders to unite on NatoUKRAINE: US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney angered Russia yesterday by urging Ukraine's feuding leaders to unite in their bid to…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
US flagship delivers aid to Georgian port patrolled by Russian troopsGEORGIA: ONE OF the leading warships in the US navy docked yesterday off a Georgian port patrolled by Russian troops, as part…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Cheney pledges support for embattled Georgian leaderUS: US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney endorsed embattled Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday, pledged that his country…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Cheney proposes stronger ties with Caucasus statesUS: US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney threw down the gauntlet to Russia yesterday by telling the countries of the Caucasus and central…Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Yushchenko threatens to call election amid 'coup' accusationsPRESIDENT VIKTOR Yushchenko has threatened to call snap elections in Ukraine after accusing his prime minister and former ally…Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Russia claims postponement of talks a diplomatic victoryRUSSIA: MOSCOW CLAIMED a diplomatic victory over its toughest critics in the European Union yesterday, after the bloc postponed…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Lavrov tells West to lose SaakashviliRUSSIA: RUSSIA'S MILITARY intervention in Georgia announced its return to the status of world power, foreign minister Sergei…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Caught cold by Russia's show of powerRussia is resurgent, its language belligerent and its further territorial ambitions unclearSat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Putin brands Georgian crisis a US-led conspiracyRUSSIA: RUSSIAN PRIME minister Vladimir Putin has accused unnamed US figures of provoking the Georgian conflict to influence…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Western powers denounce Russian stance on conflictGEORGIA: RUSSIA AND the West fought a diplomatic battle stretching from Washington to Central Asia yesterday as they sought …Thu Aug 28 2008 - 01:00
Russian and US warships engaged in Black Sea stand-offRUSSIAN AND US warships were engaged in a Black Sea stand-off last night, amid western warnings that the conflict in Georgia …Thu Aug 28 2008 - 01:00
Russia draws criticism over decree on Georgian rebel regionsRUSSIA DEFIED the West by recognising the independence of the rebel Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia yesterday, …Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Russia denies breaking ceasefire deal in GeorgiaGEORGIA: RUSSIA HAS rejected western claims that it was breaking a ceasefire deal by maintaining military checkpoints deep inside…Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Georgia pulls troops out of South Ossetia but fighting spreadsGEORGIA WITHDREW its forces from rebel South Ossetia yesterday and called on Russia to enter peace talks, despite Moscow-backed…Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
Villagers flee shelling as fighting for capital intensifiesA DAY that dawned with the flash and roar of rockets and the incessant chatter of automatic gunfire ended with Russian tanks …Sat Aug 09 2008 - 01:00
Russia and Georgia on brink of warGEORGIAN AND Russian troops were fighting for control of the separatist region of South Ossetia last night, after a day of fierce…Sat Aug 09 2008 - 01:00
Georgian president offers ceasefire to separatistsGEORGIA: GEORGIAN PRESIDENT Mikheil Saakashvili offered a ceasefire last night to separatists in South Ossetia, after fierce…Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Croatia defends Balkans war conductCROATIA: CROATIA HAS refused to apologise to Serbia for its conduct during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, as it marked the 13th…Wed Aug 06 2008 - 01:00
Serb leader pledges to catch fugitivesSERBIA: SERB PRESIDENT Boris Tadic vowed yesterday to catch Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic, the two remaining war crimes fugitives…Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Georgian separatists evacuate children amid claims of troop attacks on civiliansGEORGIA: SEPARATISTS IN Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia said yesterday that they had evacuated about 1,000 children…Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
War crimes suspect had false ID and practised medicineRADOVAN KARADZIC was living under a false name, had radically changed his appearance and was working as a practitioner of alternative…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Czech parliament to be asked to vote despite oppositionRATIFICATION THE CZECH government will ask parliament to vote on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty this autumn, but the country…Sat Jul 19 2008 - 01:00
Muslims furious at anthem and symbols adopted by Bosnian SerbsBOSNIA: BOSNIA'S MUSLIMS are furious with the country's Serb republic for adopting an anthem and emblems that allegedly glorify…Thu Jul 17 2008 - 01:00
Bulgaria likely to lose €.5m in funding because of corruptionBULGARIA: FEARS ARE growing in Bulgaria that the European Union will withhold funding next week to punish it for its failure…Thu Jul 17 2008 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
