Balkan neighbours defend record on corruptionBULGARIA: Bulgaria and Romania have defended their records on crime and corruption during their first three months as EU members…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Romanian president's clashes with PM prompt suspension callROMANIA: A Romanian parliamentary commission has recommended suspending and impeaching President Traian Basescu for repeatedly…Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Former allies fail to agree truce in Romanian feudROMANIA: Romania slipped further into political crisis yesterday as its ruling parties failed to agree a truce in their bitter…Wed Mar 21 2007 - 00:00
Pressure on leaders to accept Kosovo planUS/BALKANS: A senior US official has urged Serb and Kosovo Albanian leaders to accept a controversial United Nations' plan for…Thu Mar 08 2007 - 00:00
Irish-aided project helps give Roma children hopeLetter from Belgrade: Sprawled between a roaring motorway bridge and a clanking railway line, the decrepit shacks of Staro Sajmiste…Wed Mar 07 2007 - 00:00
New Estonian coalition likely to be more vigorously anti-RussianESTONIA: Estonian prime minister Andrus Ansip is expected to use his new mandate to form a fresh coalition government that will…Tue Mar 06 2007 - 00:00
Pressure on Romanian minister worries EUROMANIA: Romania's president Traian Basescu has urged prime minister Calin Tariceanu not to postpone the country's first elections…Mon Mar 05 2007 - 00:00
Over 30,000 Estonians cast ballots onlineESTONIA: While Ireland's electronic voting system remains in cold storage, about one in 30 Estonian voters have cast their ballots…Fri Mar 02 2007 - 00:00
Inquiry follows fatal fire at hospiceLATVIA: Latvian investigators believe a fire in a hospice that killed up to 25 disabled residents may have started in an attic…Mon Feb 26 2007 - 00:00
Blaze at care home in Latvia kills 25 residentsLATVIA: A fire at a Latvian home for elderly and disabled people killed at least 25 people yesterday in one of the worst fires…Sat Feb 24 2007 - 00:00
Row erupts between Croatia, Italy over wartime killingsEU: The EU is trying to defuse a bitter row between Croatia and Italy that has stirred up lingering resentment over atrocities…Thu Feb 15 2007 - 00:00
Two die as UN plan sparks Kosovo riotsSerbia: Kosovo's leaders pleaded for calm yesterday after two people were killed in riots against a United Nations plan to give…Mon Feb 12 2007 - 00:00
Envoy unveils Kosovo road map towards independenceSERBIA: United Nations envoy Martii Ahtisaari finally unveiled his plan for Kosovo yesterday, angering Serbia and broadly pleasing…Sat Feb 03 2007 - 00:00
Swimmer takes on the AmazonPERU: Having swum the Danube, Mississippi and Yangtze rivers, Slovene Martin Strel will take his biggest plunge today - when…Thu Feb 01 2007 - 00:00
Journeying across deep chasm of mistrust between Kosovars and SerbsLetter from Gracanica: The man from Roberti's Taxis didn't fancy this fareWed Jan 31 2007 - 00:00
Protests over US radar base planned for Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Demonstrators vowed to defy an official ban on a march through Prague last night, which is protesting against…Tue Jan 30 2007 - 00:00
Serbia's 'Jackie Kennedy' takes on political legacyLetter from Belgrade: Pitied for her public suffering, admired for her dignity and style, the soubriquet of "Serbia's Jackie…Thu Jan 25 2007 - 00:00
Radicals win election but coalition battle beginsSERBIA: Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radicals acknowledged yesterday that they would not get a chance to run the country despite…Tue Jan 23 2007 - 00:00
Serbian Radicals look set for victory in electionSerbia: Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radical Party appeared last night to have beaten the western-backed, pro-EU Democratic Party…Mon Jan 22 2007 - 00:00
Former Dublin resident Rajkov stands on disabilitySERBIA: In the unforgiving, macho world of Serbian politics, Gordana Rajkov, diminutive, blonde and 60 years old, is making …Sat Jan 20 2007 - 00:00
Russians warn against 'imposed settlement' on KosovoUN: Serbian officials have again urged the UN to delay a final decision on Kosovo's bid for independence yesterday, while Russia…Wed Jan 17 2007 - 00:00
EU celebrates Slovenia's transition to euro zoneSLOVENIA: European leaders gathered in Slovenia yesterday to congratulate it on becoming the first former communist state to…Tue Jan 16 2007 - 00:00
Bosnia revokes citizenships granted to foreign MuslimsBosnia: Under pressure from western states over fears it may become a European base for Islamic terror cells, Bosnia is revoking…Mon Jan 15 2007 - 00:00
All Polish bishops to face spy inquiryPOLAND: Every Polish bishop is to be investigated to see whether he collaborated with the communist secret police, as the Catholic…Sat Jan 13 2007 - 00:00
UN urged to postpone decision on KosovoSERBIA: Serb president Boris Tadic has urged the United Nations to delay a decision on Kosovo's bid for independence until after…Sat Jan 06 2007 - 00:00
Sudden death of 'father of all Turkmens' leaves power vacuum in central AsiaTURKMENISTAN: The sudden death of one of the world's oddest and most oppressive rulers has thrown into doubt the future of Turkmenistan…Fri Dec 22 2006 - 00:00
Prelate faces police link claimPOLAND: The new archbishop of Warsaw, Stanislaw Wielgus, was accused yesterday of collaborating with the communist-era secret…Thu Dec 21 2006 - 00:00
Medics in Libya Aids trial are sentenced to deathLIBYA: A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death yesterday for infecting more than 400…Wed Dec 20 2006 - 00:00
Ryanair lampoons Polish politiciansPoland: Ryanair has lampooned Poland's scandal-ridden government, offering to help teachers escape their ultra-nationalist education…Sat Dec 16 2006 - 00:00
Milosevic widow accuses the WestSerbia: The widow of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic called yesterday for Western officials be held responsible…Sat Dec 16 2006 - 00:00
Poles set to restage Solidarity protestsPOLAND: Young Poles were preparing last night to stage mock clashes between Solidarity activists and riot police on the streets…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
Seselj wins concessions from war crimes courtSERBIA: Allies of Serb hardline nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj have hailed him as a "world symbol of struggle" after the…Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Opposition deal on Poland's budget rejectedPOLAND: Poland's beleaguered ruling party has rejected the opposition's offer of support for its budget proposals in return …Sat Dec 09 2006 - 00:00
Serb nationalist ready to die if demands not metSerbia: Vojislav Seselj, the Serb ultra-nationalist leader on trial in The Hague for war crimes, has vowed to starve himself…Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
Bulgarian cold war spy files to remain secretBulgaria: The murkiest secrets of one of the cold war's most notorious spy services may never be revealed, rights groups warn…Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
Romanian parties work to avert early electionsROMANIA: Romania's main ruling parties vowed to work together yesterday to avert early elections, after the smaller Conservative…Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Bulgarian secret police files to be openedBULGARIA: A month before joining the European Union, Bulgaria's plan to open the files of its communist-era security services…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
Serbia, Bosnia invitation criticisedNATO: Carla del Ponte, the United Nations' chief war crimes prosecutor, criticised Nato's invitation to Serbia and Bosnia to…Thu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
Minister in Roma dispute refuses to quitSLOVENIA: Slovenian interior minister Dragutin Mate has refused to resign after a mob forced dozens of Gypsies from their homes…Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
Poles turn away from Kaczynski brothers' party in local pollsPOLAND: Poland's voters have dealt a blow to the ruling Kaczynski twins by choosing a political rival to be mayor of Warsaw …Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
What good is the UN?International Affairs: In each of its members, every community possesses the potential to be brave, selfless and visionary, …Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
West approved wartime occupation of Baltic states, Russians claimRUSSIA: In an extraordinary statement that probably sent a chill through yesterday's EU-Russia summit, Russia's main spy agency…Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Romanian minister suggests curb on Irish, UK workersROMANIA: Romania's labour minister, Gheorghe Barbu, has suggested imposing restrictions on workers from Ireland and Britain, …Thu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
Anti-gay activist to head Latvian rights bodyLATVIA: The Council of Europe rights watchdog has expressed alarm at Latvia's appointment of an outspoken anti-gay activist …Wed Nov 22 2006 - 00:00
Belarus deploys missiles amid arms race warningBelarus has deployed four new Russian anti-aircraft batteries on its border with Poland, a day after Warsaw received new F-16…Sat Nov 11 2006 - 00:00
Serbia to hold general election in JanuarySERBIA: Government officials say Serbia will hold an early general election on January 21st, a date favoured by ultra-nationalists…Fri Nov 10 2006 - 00:00
Bosnians offered consumer goods to hand in weaponsBosnia: A UN agency is using scooters, refrigerators and DVD players to entice Bosnians to hand in weapons left over from the…Tue Nov 07 2006 - 00:00
Dwindling minority treasures memory of grand dukeTrakai Letter: Looking like an elongated Cornish pasty, the kibinai is an unlikely culinary emblem for one of Europe's smallest…Wed Oct 11 2006 - 01:00
Latvian centre-right government re-electedLATVIA: Latvia's ruling centre-right alliance has become the first government to retain power in the Baltic state since it escaped…Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Russia states opposition to sanctions campaign against IranRUSSIA: Russia said yesterday that it opposed using sanctions to stop Iran enriching nuclear fuel, while Britain announced that…Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
