Serbia rejects Kosovo remarks by USSERBIA: Serbia dismissed a US explanation of controversial comments about Kosovo yesterday, amid renewed talk about partitioning…Wed Sept 12 2007 - 01:00
Shootings overshadow Kosovo talksSERBIA: A police commander and an ethnic Albanian gunman were shot dead on Macedonia's border with Kosovo yesterday, cranking…Tue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
Top Bulgarians spied for secret policeBULGARIA: More than 100 serving or former members of Bulgaria's democratic parliament, including the country's current president…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Deputies' vote defies Yushchenko decreeUKRAINE: Ukrainian deputies loyal to prime minister Viktor Yanukovich voted yesterday to strip politicians of immunity from …Wed Sept 05 2007 - 01:00
Bankruptcy fears for Gdansk shipyardThe EU yesterday rejected Poland's plans for restructuring the Gdansk shipyard, leaving the spectre of bankruptcy hanging over…Wed Sept 05 2007 - 01:00
Brickbats fly in Poland ahead of power strugglePOLAND: Poland's politicians are trading barbs ahead of a likely battle for power this autumn, despite parliament postponing…Wed Aug 22 2007 - 01:00
Yushchenko wants rival party's election ban liftedUKRAINE: President Viktor Yushchenko has urged Ukrainian officials to reverse a controversial decision to bar the country's …Wed Aug 15 2007 - 01:00
Hidden villages hold centuries of Saxon traditionViscri Letter: After bumping for miles along a rough track through a shimmering Romanian heat haze, it is a relief to finally…Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Envoys meet Serb leaders to launch Kosovo talksSERBIA: Envoys from the European Union, Russia and the United States met Serbia's president and prime minister yesterday to …Sat Aug 11 2007 - 01:00
Romania to name clerics involved with SecuritateROMANIA: Romania is to expose leading Orthodox Church clerics who collaborated with the communist secret police, in an attempt…Thu Aug 09 2007 - 01:00
Serbs and Croats co-operate to save thoroughbred horsesThe Balkans: Belgrade and Zagreb have vowed to peacefully resolve the fate of a herd of prize Lipizzaner horses that have languished…Tue Aug 07 2007 - 01:00
Srebrenica prosecutor to investigate massacreBosnia: International investigators are to help a new Bosnian prosecutor's office based in Srebrenica investigate some 17,000…Mon Aug 06 2007 - 01:00
Serbian Gypsies seek asylum in RomaniaROMANIA: Just days after dozens of Romanian Gypsies were sent back from the Ballymun roundabout to what they claimed was a life…Fri Aug 03 2007 - 01:00
Belarus to pay $460m Russian gas billBelarus's president pledged yesterday to pay his country's huge gas bill to Russian energy giant Gazprom with help from Venezuelan…Fri Aug 03 2007 - 01:00
Charity digs deep to give Roma less reason to roamLetter from Tileagd: The Gypsies who camped on the Ballymun roundabout were not the first members of the Rostas family to try…Wed Aug 01 2007 - 01:00
Village in mourning after man with rifle kills nineSerbia: A village in eastern Serbia yesterday buried nine people killed by a local man who went on an hour-long killing spree…Mon Jul 30 2007 - 01:00
Heatwave fans flames across Italy and BalkansCROATIA: More than 1,000 tourists and residents of a Croatian island were evacuated yesterday when it was engulfed by a wildfire…Fri Jul 27 2007 - 01:00
Bulgaria gives medics heroes' welcomeBULGARIA: Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting 460 Libyan children with HIV were finally freed…Wed Jul 25 2007 - 01:00
Oligarch finds a place in the sun in Moscow-on-SeaLetter from Podgorica: It is easy to understand why one foreign property owner in Montenegro calls it Moscow-on-Sea.Wed Jul 25 2007 - 01:00
Bulgaria urges Libya to release medicsBULGARIA: Bulgaria said yesterday it hoped Libya would soon take the "political" decision to release five of its nurses and …Tue Jul 24 2007 - 01:00
EU urges swift release of Bulgarian medicsBULGARIA: The European Union and Bulgaria urged Libya yesterday to release swiftly five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor…Thu Jul 19 2007 - 01:00
Libya revokes death sentences on six medicsLIBYA: Libya last night commuted the death sentences given to six foreign medics to life imprisonment, after the families of…Wed Jul 18 2007 - 01:00
EU and US suggest new path to Kosovan independence as Russia threatens vetoKOSOVO: The European Union and the United States now appear increasingly willing to accept that Kosovo might have to make a …Fri Jul 13 2007 - 01:00
Libya 'to free' medics despite death sentenceLIBYA: Libya's Supreme Court upheld death sentences yesterday for six foreign medics accused of infecting more than 400 children…Thu Jul 12 2007 - 01:00
30,000 mark Bosnian atrocityBALKANS: More than 30,000 gathered at Srebrenica yesterday to mark the 12th anniversary of the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men …Thu Jul 12 2007 - 01:00
Call on Montenegrins to step up hunt for fugitivesMONTENEGRO: The UN's chief war crimes prosecutor urged Montenegro yesterday to intensify its hunt for fugitives such as Radovan…Tue Jul 10 2007 - 01:00
Beautiful coast awash with money hides poor and corrupt hinterlandLetter from Budva : Zarko Radulovic's family were not rich and two decades as a ship's captain were not lucrative, but today…Mon Jul 09 2007 - 01:00
Serbs vow to keep Kosovo at historic battle ceremonySERBIA: Hundreds of Serbs gathered yesterday at the site of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo to commemorate their nation's historic…Fri Jun 29 2007 - 01:00
Sweltering heat takes toll in southern Europe, BalkansBALKANS: As northern England mops up after floods killed at least four people, southern Europe and the Balkans are sweltering…Thu Jun 28 2007 - 01:00
Putin wants to turn Balkans into hub for energy transitRUSSIA: President Vladimir Putin has told Balkan leaders that Russia wants to turn the region into a major transit and storage…Mon Jun 25 2007 - 01:00
Arrest warrant issued for Milosevic widowSERBIA: An international arrest warrant has been issued for the widow of former Yugoslav and Serb president Slobodan Milosevic…Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00
Ottoman wine bequest still appreciated in HungaryTokaj Letter: There are few things for which Hungarians thank their 16th century Ottoman invadersFri Jun 22 2007 - 01:00
EU warns Kosovo against 'unilateral action'SERBIA: The European Union warned Kosovo yesterday not to make a unilateral declaration of independence amid mounting frustration…Fri Jun 22 2007 - 01:00
Libya to rule next month on medics in HIV caseLibya: Libya's supreme court has said it will rule next month on the fate of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor …Thu Jun 21 2007 - 01:00
Serbs want talks but rule out independent KosovoSERBIA: Serbia has called for fresh talks with Kosovo to reach a compromise on the future of the province.Wed Jun 20 2007 - 01:00
Serb war crimes suspect capturedA former Serb police general accused of atrocities against Kosovar Albanians was captured yesterday, stoking speculation that…Mon Jun 18 2007 - 01:00
Bush says US missile plan would not imperil BulgariaBULGARIA: US president George Bush told Bulgaria yesterday that it would not be left exposed to attack if Washington built a…Tue Jun 12 2007 - 01:00
Milosevic pair face inquirySERBIA: The widow and son of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic are to be investigated for allegedly leading a smuggling…Tue Jun 12 2007 - 01:00
Bush talks in Poland to take place amid swarm of protestWhen US president George Bush arrives in Poland today to discuss a planned US missile base, he will fly into a swarm of protest…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
Child abuse case exposes Czech sectCZECH REPUBLIC: A bizarre tale of child abuse, obscure sects and a mysterious vanishing girl has shocked and transfixed the …Thu Jun 07 2007 - 01:00
European allies ask Washington for more protection from RussiaPOLAND: Washington's military allies in central and eastern Europe are demanding guarantees of greater protection from the United…Thu Jun 07 2007 - 01:00
Bush seeks to allay fears about defence systemGERMANY: President George Bush has urged Russia not to fear a US missile defence system and to strengthen democracy, ahead of…Wed Jun 06 2007 - 01:00
Serbia urged to make more arrestsSERBIA: Senior UN war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte urged Serbia yesterday to prove its commitment to international obligations…Tue Jun 05 2007 - 01:00
EU to resume talks with Belgrade as war crimes suspect handed overSERBIA: Former Yugoslavia's third most-wanted war crimes suspect has been delivered to the UN court at The Hague, prompting …Sat Jun 02 2007 - 01:00
Yushchenko gives ultimatum to MPsUKRAINE: President Viktor Yushchenko has given Ukraine's parliament until tonight to adopt legislation allowing new elections…Wed May 30 2007 - 01:00
Blood feud of a rebel regionChechnya The fate of Russia's breakaway state and the brutality of the conflict there are explored in two new booksSat May 26 2007 - 01:00
Yushchenko move causes alarmUKRAINE: Ukraine's feuding president and prime minister accused each other of dragging the country towards violence yesterday…Sat May 26 2007 - 01:00
Jubilant Basescu pledges to root out corruptionROMANIA: President Traian Basescu has told Romanians that he will use a crushing referendum victory to reinvigorate the country…Mon May 21 2007 - 01:00
Serbs pressed to pursue war criminals before talksSerbia: The European Union welcomed Serbia's new government yesterday but warned that it had to prove its commitment to catching…Thu May 17 2007 - 01:00
Romanian president seeks support of emigrants in pollRomania: President Traian Basescu has urged the millions of Romanians living abroad to back him in this weekend's impeachment…Tue May 15 2007 - 01:00
