Bosnia starts deporting fighters after US pressureBOSNIA: Bosnia has begun deporting hundreds of foreign "Mujahideen" fighters to whom it gave citizenship as a reward for their…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Tymoshenko PM bid blocked as power impasse deepensUkraine: Allies of prime minister Viktor Yanukovich blocked deputies from entering Ukraine's parliament yesterday to vote on…Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
Protests as Tymoshenko fails by one vote to become Ukraine PMUKRAINE: Ukraine's Byzantine battle for power took another bizarre twist yesterday, when Yulia Tymoshenko accused her main rival…Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Kosovo calls on EU and US to back independence bidKOSOVO: Kosovo's leaders have called on the European Union and United States to "urgently" approve their bid for independence…Mon Dec 10 2007 - 00:00
Yushchenko nominates Tymoshenko as new Ukrainian PMUKRAINE: Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko nominated Yulia Tymoshenko to be Ukraine's new prime minister yesterday, apparently…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Latvian PM and cabinet quit as corruption scandal widensLATVIA: Latvian prime minister Aigars Kalvitis and his cabinet resigned yesterday, following criticism from the public and president…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Gazprom's profits fall 25% as clients discuss optionsRussian energy giant Gazprom announced a 25 per cent drop in second-quarter profits yesterday, as key European customers discussed…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Two Czech babies accidentally swapped returned to parentsCZECH REPUBLIC: Two Czech baby girls who lived with the wrong families for almost a year after being accidentally swapped just…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Deal moves Bosnia closer to EUBOSNIA: Bosnia reached a preliminary deal on closer ties with the EU yesterday, putting the ethnically divided country on the…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Ukraine's border jewel sees its future in Middle EuropeLviv Letter: Even in a country whose name means "borderland", the Ukrainian city of Lviv - previously Lwow, Lemberg and Lvov…Fri Nov 30 2007 - 00:00
Poland, Ukraine require late goal rushPOLAND/UKRAINE: With the cheers of election victory still ringing in their ears, the new leaders of Poland and Ukraine have …Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Leaders clash as talks resume on Kosovo's bid for independenceKosovo: Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo and their foreign allies clashed yesterday over the future of the Albanian-dominated province…Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Opposition set for narrow win in Croatian pollCroatia: Croatia's centre-left opposition appeared to have narrowly won a hard-fought general election last night, when exit…Mon Nov 26 2007 - 00:00
Croatia's 'Blair' slightly ahead in opinion pollsCROATIA: Croatia goes to the polls tomorrow, with its two main parties neck and neck in surveys and both vowing to lead their…Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00
Slovakian coalition may collapseSLOVAKIA: Slovakia's coalition government could collapse today after prime minister Robert Fico asked the country's president…Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00
Top Polish post for camp survivorPoland: New Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has named a war hero, Auschwitz survivor and former foreign minister as his special…Fri Nov 23 2007 - 00:00
Russian diplomat attacks US over BalkansKosovo: The Russian member of a troika of diplomats that is brokering talks between Belgrade and Kosovo broke rank yesterday…Thu Nov 22 2007 - 00:00
Financier's arrest linked to power battleRUSSIA: A top Russian finance official accused of embezzling some $30 million (€20 million) could be the latest victim of a …Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Fire stops Ukrainian mine rescueUKRAINE: A raging fire 1,000m (3,280ft) underground prevented rescue workers yesterday from reaching survivors of a methane …Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Ukrainian coal mine explosion kills 56Ukraine: A methane explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine killed at least 56 miners yesterday, and officials held out little hope…Mon Nov 19 2007 - 00:00
Georgia lifts state of emergency as new prime minister appointedGEORGIA: Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili appointed a new prime minister yesterday and lifted a state of emergency in …Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
Georgia to lift state of emergency as News Corp unit remains off airGeorgia: Georgia will lift its state of emergency today, but it is not clear whether a television channel co-owned by an opposition…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Opposition in Georgia names its candidateGEORGIA: Georgia's opposition has named a wealthy winemaker to run against President Mikhail Saakashvili in January's snap election…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Havel returns to his writing with controversial new playCZECH REPUBLIC: Almost two decades after Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution transformed him from dissident writer into post-…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Slovenia set to elect centre-left presidentSLOVENIA: Left-leaning diplomat Danilo Turk was poised to become Slovenia's new president last night, after election exit polls…Mon Nov 12 2007 - 00:00
Ukrainian firm Gdansk shipyard bid approvedPoland's competition regulator has approved a Ukrainian firm's bid to buy the Gdansk shipyards, birthplace of the pro-democracy…Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Georgian leader bows to protesters and calls electionsGEORGIA: Georgia's leader Mikhail Saakashvili bowed to the will of opposition parties and demonstrators yesterday by announcing…Fri Nov 09 2007 - 00:00
Serb politician goes on trial for war crimesUN: The leader of Serbia's most popular political party was accused yesterday of inciting ethnic hatred that led to the death…Thu Nov 08 2007 - 00:00
Romanian leaders urge Italy to prevent attacks on immigrantsItaly: Romania's leaders have urged Italy to prevent vigilante attacks on their compatriots, amid furious reaction to the alleged…Tue Nov 06 2007 - 00:00
Latvians demand resignation of governmentLatvia: Thousands of Latvians have rallied to demand the resignation of the government following the suspension of an anti-corruption…Mon Nov 05 2007 - 00:00
70,000 Georgians rally to call for early electionsGEORGIA: Some 70,000 Georgians protested against President Mikhail Saakashvili yesterday, thronging the heart of the capital…Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Bosnia crisis deepens as prime minister resignsBosnia: Amid growing tension across much of former Yugoslavia, Bosnia lurched deeper into political crisis yesterday when its…Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
€3,700 compensation for Czech baby mix-upThe Czech Republic: Czech authorities have offered the equivalent of €3,700 in compensation to two couples whose babies were…Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
Workers fear Gdansk shipyard at riskPolish workers at the Gdansk shipyard where the pro-democracy Solidarity movement was born fear bankruptcy could result from …Wed Oct 31 2007 - 00:00
Kostunica says West threatens Serb peopleSerbia: In angry rhetoric reminiscent of the final days of Yugoslavia, Bosnia's Muslim and Croat leaders have denounced Belgrade…Sat Oct 27 2007 - 01:00
Russia rejects December deadline for Kosovo dealRussia: Russia has rejected any deadline for talks on the status of Kosovo, amid Serb claims that the United States is blocking…Fri Oct 19 2007 - 01:00
Ukraine'Orange' leaders agree on coalitionUKRAINE: The leaders of Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution clinched a deal last night to end months of squabbling and create a…Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
Romanian minister fired over bribery allegationsROMANIA: Romania's farm minister was sacked yesterday after being accused of taking bribes and enduring severe criticism from…Fri Oct 12 2007 - 01:00
Defrocked rebel nuns arrested in police swoop on Polish conventPoland: Polish police stormed a convent yesterday and arrested more than 60 rebel nuns and a monk who had refused to leave the…Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
Minister in fraud inquiryROMANIA: Romanian prosecutors have asked President Traian Basescu for permission to investigate his agriculture minister, just…Wed Oct 10 2007 - 01:00
Ukraine parties get coalition deadlineUKRAINE: Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko has given Ukraine's feuding parties five days to form a coalition government, …Tue Oct 09 2007 - 01:00
Yushchenko invites foe to coalition talksUKRAINE: President Viktor Yushchenko has called on ally Yulia Tymoshenko and long-time enemy Viktor Yanukovich to join his party…Thu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
Yanukovich refuses to concede defeat in Ukrainian electionUKRAINE: Prime minister Viktor Yanukovich demanded a chance to form a new Ukrainian government yesterday, despite election results…Tue Oct 02 2007 - 01:00
Muslims and Serbs agree to merge Bosnian police forceBOSNIA HERZEGOVINA : Bosnia's Muslim and Serb leaders have finally agreed to merge its ethnically divided police force, just…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Orange Revolution leaders set to win elections in UkraineUKRAINE: Exit polls suggested last night that allies of the leaders of Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution, President Viktor Yushchenko…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Croat fury at mild penalties for massacreCroatia: Croatia reacted with fury yesterday to the verdicts handed down to three Serbs charged over the massacre of more than…Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
Ukraine's president refuses neutral stance as poll loomsUKRAINE: Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko has dismissed calls from election officials to stop campaigning and remain neutral…Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Season of reform under way in Hungary, but legacy of last autumn lingersLetter from Budapest : It is a year since a quiet autumn Sunday gave way to Hungary's worst violence in half a century, when…Mon Sept 17 2007 - 01:00
New Russian PM could compete for presidencyRussia: Viktor Zubkov said yesterday he would shake up the Russian cabinet and consider running for the country's presidency…Fri Sept 14 2007 - 01:00
Putin names little-known regulator as prime ministerRUSSIA: President Vladimir Putin named a little-known financial regulator as Russia's new prime minister yesterday, confounding…Thu Sept 13 2007 - 01:00
