Chirac confident of agreement on NATO expansion after YeltsinTHE subject matter of the talks between President Jacques Chirac and President Boris Yeltsin was the eastward expansion of NATO…Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Presidential election has not resolved problems in ChechnyaPRESIDENT Yeltsin's office has described the election off Aslan Maskhadov as an opportunity for a genuine lasting settlement …Wed Jan 29 1997 - 00:00
Moscow hoping moderate will win today's election in ChechnyaAFTER today's elections in the rebel region of Chechnya, Moscow will be faced not only with a population which has fought for…Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Fighting for right to speak or right to eatSLOBODAN (30), is ashamed that he shares the same first name as Serbia's President, but is resigned to the fact that there is…Tue Jan 21 1997 - 00:00
Protesters stay off foggy streets to see president's inauguration on TVSOFIA'S protesters stayed away from the streets of a city enveloped in thick, freezing fog and stayed at home to watch the televised…Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Students review protest marches from communist chief's mausoleumTHE mausoleum of the Bulgarian communist leader, Georgi Dimitrov, is a tawdry concrete imitation of the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow…Sat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Regime gets thumbs up treatmentBULGARIANS have the very disconcerting custom of nodding their heads for `no' and shaking them for `yes'Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Grinding daily poverty at the root of protests by BulgariansTHE political stand off is the same, but the atmosphere is totally differentThu Jan 16 1997 - 00:00
Historic march of perhaps 500,000 shows opposition cannot be stoppedTHERE are times which make themselves known instantly as historical turning points. I think I have seen three of themTue Jan 14 1997 - 00:00
Milosevic pressed for more concessionsAS President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia yesterday showed signs that he was prepared to concede local election victories, leaders…Mon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00
Kant faces cant as philosophy cracks the riot squadTHE riot police learned a lesson in the early hours of the chilly Belgrade morningSat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
Shocking good behaviour0TO the stock markets, President Boris Yeltsin represents stabilitySat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00
This dictator is not for resigningTO the average Belgrader Serbia's President Slobodan Milosevic was, until recently, a grey haired man frequently pictured sitting…Sat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00
Jailed for not having their papersWHEN Russia became a member of the Council of Europe in February 1995 it accepted as a condition of its membership that it would…Mon Dec 23 1996 - 00:00
Uniates survived communism and flourish again in UkraineFREEDOM of worship arrived in stages in the old Soviet Union and by the time President Gorbachev had instituted glasnost and …Sat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00
Adapting to enterprise culture began with soup cubes in car bootKONSTANTIN Fyodorov's job in the old days was to drive a car for a foreign correspondentFri Dec 20 1996 - 00:00
Two sisters recall their friend PasternakKATYA, a historian, is 78 and her sister Masha, a medical doctor, is three years youngerThu Dec 19 1996 - 00:00
Milosevic offer may lead to new electionPRESIDENT Slobodan Milosevic's offer of mediation by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in the dispute…Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Italian minister finds Milosevic in no mood for compromise over electionsPRESIDENT Slobodan Milosevic is in no mood to reinstate the results of local elections whose annulment has brought tens of thousands…Fri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
Opposition denies it held secret talks with MilosevicREPORTS that members of the Zajedno (Together) opposition alliance have been holding secret negotiations with representatives…Thu Dec 12 1996 - 00:00
Milosevic's wife hints at possible use of tanks to quell persistent protestsINTERNATIONAL Human Rights Day was marked in Belgrade by the refusal of the Yugoslav Federal Court to reinstate local election…Wed Dec 11 1996 - 00:00
Milosevic digs in heels as US warns of new sanctionsTHE threat by the United States of a return to full scale sanctions and calls by the Serb opposition leader, Mr Vuk Draskovic…Tue Dec 10 1996 - 00:00
Belgrade protests continue under state's watchful eyeAS Serbia's democratic leaders, joined by France's former culture minister, Mr Jack Lang, excoriated President Slobodan Milosevic…Mon Dec 09 1996 - 00:00
Opposition sets up coalition governmentTHE Serbian opposition announced last night that it had organised a "democratic government" that can take charge if President…Sat Dec 07 1996 - 00:00
The "humorous revolution" claims its first victimIF THE Czech revolution was "velvet" the Serbian equivalent now in progress is noisier but a great deal more funSat Dec 07 1996 - 00:00
Supreme Court could afford Milosevic a way to climb downTHE SERBIAN President, Mr Slobodan Milosevic, seemed last night to have prepared the way for a possible climb down that would…Fri Dec 06 1996 - 00:00
US sees Irish beef crisis as opportunityTHE BSE crisis in Ireland is an opportunity for US beef producers to increase their exports to Russia, according to a report …Tue Nov 26 1996 - 00:00
Europe's Haiti comes under elected despotA DICTATORSHIP has been established in the heart of the new EuropeTue Nov 26 1996 - 00:00
Doubts over Yeltsin's health eclipsed by cash scandalDOUBTS about the pace of President Yeltsin's recovery were raised by the postponement of his proposed address to the Russian …Sat Nov 16 1996 - 00:00
US backs down after arresting former spyIT WAS almost as if the clock had been turned back to the Brezhnev eraFri Nov 15 1996 - 00:00
Gangland bomb blast could lead to further political infightingWITH President Yeltsin expected to resume his full duties by the end of the year, there is still time for a final bout of political…Wed Nov 13 1996 - 00:00
Spectre of a new Iron Curtain in ailing RussiaTHE Russian President is staging a dramatic recovery but his country is suffering from a serious illness for which radical surgery…Tue Nov 12 1996 - 00:00
13 mourners die in blast as privileged group fights faction warMIKHAIL LIKHODEI'S face, engraved on his tombstone in the Russian tradition, looked out over a scene of devastation at Moscow…Mon Nov 11 1996 - 00:00
Value of exports to Russia "undiminished" despite banTHE value of Irish exports to Russia for 1996 will not diminish despite the banning of exports from Cork, Tipperary and Monaghan…Sat Nov 09 1996 - 00:00
Spring in Moscow for talks at head of EU troikaTHE Tanaiste is due in Moscow today as head of the EU troika of foreign ministersFri Nov 08 1996 - 00:00
"Revolution Day" is renamed as thousands mark 79th anniversaryPRESIDENT Yeltsin was on his feet only two days after his quintuple bypass operation but so too were tens of thousands of communists…Fri Nov 08 1996 - 00:00
Yeltsin advised to resume work with great careAS President Yeltsin's recovery continued and he retook control of Russia's nuclear briefcase, the US surgeon, Dr Michael De …Thu Nov 07 1996 - 00:00
Russians respond positively to prospect of continuityFROM the highest placed to the most ordinary citizen, Russia has reacted extremely positively to President Clinton's re election…Thu Nov 07 1996 - 00:00
Yeltsin bypass `success' leaves doubtsALTHOUGH his open heart surgery has been declared a success, it has emerged that President Yeltsin's heart was in a more serious…Wed Nov 06 1996 - 00:00
Ireland has no big stick to wave at Russia over its decision to ban beefTHE Garden Ring supermarket on Moscow's Bolshaya Sadovaya Street once boasted of its Irish connectionsTue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
US entrepreneur killed in MoscowPAUL Tatum met a violent death within sight of his great Moscow dream.Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
Faith and fatherland to succour YeltsinTHE Icon of the Holy Virgin of Kazan, credited with Ivan the Terrible's crushing of the power of the Tatars in 1552, has been…Tue Nov 05 1996 - 00:00
Paper claims security chief is Israeli citizenRUSSIA's controversial new deputy security chief, appointed in the aftermath of the dismissal of Gen Alexander Lebed, holds Israeli…Mon Nov 04 1996 - 00:00
Police seal off Yeltsin heart clinic as surgeon arrivesPOLICE vehicles have sealed off approaches to the Moscow Cardiological Centre where President Yeltsin's open heart surgery is…Mon Nov 04 1996 - 00:00
Straight to the heartI KNOW very little about him except that he is Russian and in his 70s, but I look him straight in the heartSat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
Russians await "one of the most important moments" for countryWITH President Yeltsin's longawaited heart surgery likely to take place next Wednesday or Thursday, the political commotion of…Fri Nov 01 1996 - 00:00
Furore over appointment unites left and rightTHE appointment of a businessnan accused of conspiracy to murder as Russia's deputy security chief has blown apart attempts to…Thu Oct 31 1996 - 00:00
Yeltsin cancels duties but retains powersPRESIDENT Yeltsin has cancelled all his working engagements for this week because, according to his press secretary, Mr Sergei…Tue Oct 29 1996 - 00:00
Yeltsin demotes former friend and close allyPRESIDENT Yeltsin has issued a decree demoting his former confidant Gen Alexander Korzhakov to the status of private citizen.Mon Oct 28 1996 - 00:00
The reigns of powerTOMSK in Siberia is an unexpectedly pleasant place, tire streets of intricately carved houses shaped from the timber of the huge…Sat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
