EU quashes Montenegro's hopes of fast track membershipMONTENEGRO: Montenegro plans officially to declare independence from Serbia in the coming days, but the European Union has quashed…Tue May 30 2006 - 01:00
Prince seeks restoration of monarchy in SerbiaSERBIA: Serbia's crown prince has urged his countrymen to restore the monarchy once it formally splits from Montenegro, but…Fri May 26 2006 - 01:00
Serb president accepts vote for separationSERBIA: Serbia's president Boris Tadic accepted Montenegro's vote for independence yesterday, as the Adriatic republic began…Wed May 24 2006 - 01:00
Claims of Mafia links ignite Czech poll raceCZECH REPUBLIC: Allegations of government links to the Prague Mafia and a brawl between political enemies have ignited the Czech…Wed May 24 2006 - 01:00
Montenegro looks set to break union with SerbiaMONTENEGRO: Unofficial projections last night suggested Montenegro had voted in favour of independence in yesterday's referendum…Mon May 22 2006 - 01:00
Montenegro awaits vote on independenceMONTENEGRO: Montenegro votes tomorrow on whether to become the final former Yugoslav republic to break free from Belgrade, a…Sat May 20 2006 - 01:00
Prominent Polish priest spied for secret policePOLAND: A week before Pope Benedict arrives in Poland, the homeland of his predecessor John Paul, the country has been rocked…Fri May 19 2006 - 01:00
Slovenia likely to become the first accession state to join euro zoneSlovenia is likely to get the green light today to start using the euro next January, as the European Union warns its biggest…Tue May 16 2006 - 01:00
Kaczynski ally is Poland's new foreign ministerPOLAND: Former Solidarity activist Anna Fotyga was named as Poland's new foreign minister yesterday, amid student protests at…Wed May 10 2006 - 01:00
Bulgaria's Gadafy cartoons rankle ahead of nurses' trialBULGARIA: Bulgaria has rebuked a national newspaper for publishing cartoons lampooning Libya's president Muammar Gadafy just…Tue May 09 2006 - 01:00
Key minister quits over failure to make arrestSERBIA: Serbia's ruling coalition suffered its first serious blow in two years yesterday when a key minister quit over the government…Thu May 04 2006 - 01:00
'Sad day' for Bosnia as reform plan is rejectedBOSNIA: European Union and US officials condemned the Bosnian parliament's rejection of a constitutional reform package yesterday…Fri Apr 28 2006 - 01:00
10,000 Romanians evacuated from Danube villagesROMANIA: About 10,000 Romanians were being evacuated from villages along the Danube last night, as flood defences gave way after…Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
Serbs finally closing net on MladicSerbia: The arrest of several alleged aides to Ratko Mladic has raised the hopes of many Serbs that the fugitive former general…Mon Apr 24 2006 - 01:00
New leadership puts Hungarian left in place for a second termHUNGARY: Prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany looks set to lead Hungary's Socialists to victory in tomorrow's general election, despite…Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
Poland compromises on banking takeoverPoland has finally reached a compromise with Italian bank UniCredito on a controversial cross-border takeover that put Warsaw…Fri Apr 21 2006 - 01:00
Slovenia denies part in 1991 war crimesSLOVENIA: Slovenia denied yesterday that its troops had committed the first war crime of the 1990s Balkan wars by executing …Sat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Swelling Danube still a formidable foeVisegrad Letter: The look of incredulity on the mayor's face was probably answer enoughThu Apr 13 2006 - 01:00
Coalitions collapse in Lithuania, LatviaLITHUANIA: The collapse of government coalitions in Lithuania and Latvia has thrown the Baltic neighbours into political turmoil…Thu Apr 13 2006 - 01:00
French outcry as Slovenia relocates bearsSLOVENIA: Slovenia is about to catch five brown bears and transfer them to the Pyrenees - but they face a chilly reception from…Fri Apr 07 2006 - 01:00
Czechs, Germans pull out as flood waters riseCZECH REPUBLIC / GERMANY : Emergency workers erected flood barriers in Prague yesterday and thousands of Czechs and Germans …Fri Mar 31 2006 - 01:00
Polish president gives medal to Jaruzelski by mistakePOLAND: Lech Kaczynski, the right-wing Polish president and former Solidarity activist, has mistakenly awarded a medal for patriotism…Thu Mar 30 2006 - 01:00
Croatian TV re-employs woman sacked over divorceCROATIA: Television chiefs in deeply Catholic Croatia have reinstated a sign-language interpreter who was barred from translating…Sat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Warrant reissued for arrest of wife of MilosevicSerbia: A Serbian court reissued an arrest warrant yesterday for Mira Markovic, the widow of Slobodan Milosevic, after she failed…Fri Mar 24 2006 - 00:00
Bulgaria rebuked over corruptionBULGARIA : A leading business watchdog says corruption increased last year in Bulgaria, despite its claims to be beating the…Wed Mar 22 2006 - 00:00
Serb nationalists could pull plug on governmentSerbia: Serbia's powerful ultranationalist Radical Party has urged the old Socialist allies of Slobodan Milosevic to scrap their…Tue Mar 21 2006 - 00:00
Proposal to end Polish parliament rejectedPOLAND: Poland's main opposition party rejected a government plan yesterday to dissolve parliament and force a general election…Mon Mar 20 2006 - 00:00
Former guerrilla will lead KosovoKosovo: Kosovo's parliament approved former guerrilla commander Agim Ceku as the region's new prime minister yesterday, despite…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Polish church apology for Soviet collaborationPOLAND: Poland's Catholic Church made its first formal apology yesterday for the collaboration of many priests with the feared…Fri Mar 10 2006 - 00:00
Poland confirms first bird flu casesPoland confirmed its first cases of deadly H5N1 bird flu yesterday, as a United Nations official accused wealthy western countries…Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Serbs furious at Ceku nominationSERBIA: Belgrade has urged the United Nations to prevent a former guerrilla commander becoming prime minister of Kosovo, as …Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Ceku set to be Kosovo's new prime ministerKOSOVO: Former guerrilla commander Agim Ceku was nominated as Kosovo's new prime minister yesterday, after Bajram Kosumi resigned…Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Rights group condemns Putin recordRUSSIA: Mary Robinson joined other prominent political, business and religious leaders yesterday in condemning creeping authoritarianism…Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Treasures stolen by Red Army given back to Hungarians at a priceBudapest Letter: Fifty years after Russian troops crushed Hungary's revolt against Soviet hegemony, Moscow has made a long-awaited…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Radio wars as EU funds assault on Lukashenko's grip on mediaBELARUS: Lithuania has joined neighbouring Poland in broadcasting radio programmes into Belarus, as part of EU efforts to break…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
EU set to censure Serbia as Mladic still at largeSERBIA: Serbia is braced for EU condemnation today for failing to catch Ratko Mladic, but hopes Brussels will give it another…Mon Feb 27 2006 - 00:00
Mladic still in Serbia, says UNSERBIA: Chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte dismissed persistent media reports yesterday that Gen Ratko Mladic had…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
PM displays prowess on dance floor ahead of April pollsHungarian Letter: You know an election race has really begun when a politician puts on his dancing shoes.Fri Feb 17 2006 - 00:00
Prague mayor goes undercoverPRAGUE: The mayor of Prague has disguised himself as an English-speaking rock star to test the trustworthiness of the city's…Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Romanian priest on the run after alleged swindleROMANIA: Romanian police are hunting an Orthodox priest who allegedly swindled €200,000 from his impoverished parishioners…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Greece suspects bird flu in duck hunterGREECE: Greece was testing a hunter for avian flu yesterday, as the European Union reacted to its first cases of a disease that…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Croatia moves to stop wealthy foreigners buying islandsCROATIA: Croatia has moved to prevent wealthy foreigners from buying up its idyllic Adriatic islands amid fears that EU accession…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Serb army protected MladicSERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Belgrade has admitted that its army officers harboured war crimes suspect Gen Ratko Mladic until the…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Tens of thousands turn out for Rugova funeralSERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Tens of thousands of Kosovo Albanians lined the streets of the regional capital, Pristina, yesterday…Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Polish leader to meet Pope todayPOLAND: Lech Kaczynski flew to Rome yesterday on his first foreign trip as Poland's president, but may have escaped political…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Tributes to Rugova as Kosovo ponders futureKOSOVO: Thousands of Kosovo Albanians braved freezing weather yesterday to bid farewell to President Ibrahim Rugova, amid speculation…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Kosovo mourns death of 'Gandhi of the Balkans'KOSOVO: Kosovo mourned yesterday for President Ibrahim Rugova, the leader of its fight for independence, who has died just ahead…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
New vote in Poland likely if coalition talks failPOLAND: Poland's prime minister has said that the country will go back to the ballot box if the new conservative government …Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Two-month-old Polish government may call fresh electionsPOLAND: Poland's new government may call fresh elections rather than form a coalition with populist parties that oppose key …Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Poland's ruling party to consider forging new alliances over budgetPOLAND: Poland's conservative minority government said yesterday it might push through its 2006 budget by forging alliances …Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
