Belarusian opposition leader meets Angela Merkel as protests continueKremlin rejects Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s call for international mediation to end crisisTue Oct 06 2020 - 19:35
New spikes in coronavirus cases shake central and eastern EuropeCzechs and Slovaks impose states of emergency as infections soar in RussiaMon Oct 05 2020 - 16:53
Major powers' interests intertwine in Caucasus conflict zoneArmenia ‘ready’ for ceasefire bid but Nagorno-Karabakh bloodshed continuesFri Oct 02 2020 - 20:44
EU to discuss troubled eastern neighbours and approach to RussiaFrance wants ‘strategic dialogue’ with Kremlin as others push for tougher actionWed Sept 30 2020 - 18:00
France backs mediation and dialogue with Russia to end crisis in BelarusKremlin says West exerting ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its ally Alexander LukashenkoTue Sept 29 2020 - 18:45
Belarusians march again as France says Lukashenko has to goRussian ally defies West and unprecedented protests against his 26-year ruleSun Sept 27 2020 - 20:00
Moscow tells elderly to stay at home as coronavirus surges backFears mount over combined impact of Covid-19 and common cold as winter nearsFri Sept 25 2020 - 17:34
Lukashenko’s hush-hush inauguration decried as ‘farce’Belarus’s veteran autocrat takes oath in quiet ceremony as mass protests continueWed Sept 23 2020 - 17:38
Czech health chief quits as coronavirus surges in eastern EuropeRecord daily rises registered around region that fared well in pandemic's first waveMon Sept 21 2020 - 18:09
‘We cannot afford to lose’: Belarusian opposition leader on Roscrea summers and fighting Lukashenko’s regimeReluctant politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on her meteoric rise and memories of IrelandFri Sept 18 2020 - 18:00
Belarus bars head of its Catholic Church after criticism of crackdownVatican urges Lukashenko regime to allow return of Archbishop KondrusiewiczWed Sept 16 2020 - 20:24
Russia to lend $1.5bn to crisis-hit regime of ‘closest ally’ BelarusOpposition leader Tikhanovskaya says all deals with ‘usurper’ Lukashenko are voidMon Sept 14 2020 - 19:24
Lukashenko to meet Putin after blaming West for Belarusian crisisPresident’s critics fear he may sacrifice his country’s independence for Russian helpSun Sept 13 2020 - 17:25
Belarusian Nobel laureate Alexievich condemns Lukashenko’s ‘terror’Acclaimed author defiant as fellow opposition figures are jailed and expelledWed Sept 09 2020 - 19:14
Belarusian activists demand answers after protest leader ‘foils expulsion bid’Lukashenko warns Russia as opposition leader seeks international helpTue Sept 08 2020 - 17:31
EU warns Serbia and Kosovo over Jerusalem embassies planTalks resume in Brussels as Belgrade plays down ‘Basic Instinct’ spat with RussiaMon Sept 07 2020 - 18:14
Belarusian opposition leader calls on UN to help end crisisAlexander Lukashenko's regime tightens links with Russia and denounces WestFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:54
Wealthy Slovak businessman cleared of plotting journalist's murderSlovakia's leaders demand justice for Jan Kuciak and fiancée Martina KusnirovaThu Sept 03 2020 - 16:32
US and EU to host Kosovo-Serbia talks as push for breakthrough intensifiesLeaders to meet in Washington and Brussels amid impasse on normalising relationsWed Sept 02 2020 - 17:26
Students defy Lukashenko and riot police to demand change in BelarusUN human rights experts condemn brutal crackdown on protestersTue Sept 01 2020 - 17:34
Montenegro’s opposition pushes for power after election successPresident Milo Djukanovic’s party could be ousted after three decades in officeMon Aug 31 2020 - 18:32
Russia pledges to help Belarus if pro-democracy protests turn violentPutin says special police unit on standby after request from embattled LukashenkoThu Aug 27 2020 - 16:33
Belarus detains activists as Lukashenko struggles to quash dissentPolice target protest and strike leaders after huge rally re-energises oppositionMon Aug 24 2020 - 17:37
Tensions high in Belarus as troops gather at protester meeting siteDefence minister warns army will be asked to deal with ‘violations of order and calm’Sun Aug 23 2020 - 18:21
Lukashenko pledges to end Belarus protests ‘in the coming days’Opposition leader Tikhanovskaya calls for more rallies and strikes to oust regimeFri Aug 21 2020 - 18:29
Lukashenko talks tough as EU urges dialogue to end Belarus crisisEU says Belarusians should decide own future as Moscow warns against ‘meddling’Wed Aug 19 2020 - 20:05
Russia warns EU leaders over Belarus ahead of crisis talksProtests and strikes continue after disputed election and brutal crackdownTue Aug 18 2020 - 18:56
Belarus: Workers jeer Lukashenko as protests shake regime‘Until you kill me, there will be no other elections,’ says autocratic leader of 26 yearsMon Aug 17 2020 - 20:11
Lukashenko warns opponents as protests swell across BelarusEU eyes sanctions on regime officials after brutal crackdown on dissentFri Aug 14 2020 - 19:32
Belarusian workers back protests to pile pressure on president LukashenkoEU foreign ministers to discuss crisis as accounts of police brutality mountThu Aug 13 2020 - 19:07
West raises pressure on Belarus to end bloody crackdown on protestsAutocrat Alexander Lukashenko blames unemployed ex-criminals for demonstrationsWed Aug 12 2020 - 18:05
Belarusian opposition defiant as leader flees and violence growsRiot police and troops deployed and internet restricted as countrywide protests continueTue Aug 11 2020 - 19:52
Belarusians defy crackdown to demand Lukashenko resignSecond successive night of protests as autocratic ruler of 26 years claims election winMon Aug 10 2020 - 22:31
Belarussian opposition ‘ready for long fight’ to oust LukashenkoAutocratic leader of 26 years claims foreign forces are behind post-election protestsMon Aug 10 2020 - 19:00
Belarus police crack down as protests erupt after Lukashenko claims victoryStun grenades and arrests as thousands take to Minsk streets after autocrat’s exit poll ‘landslide’Sun Aug 09 2020 - 22:40
Opposition gathers pace as Belarusian leader warns of ‘dirty tricks’ in electionLukashenko says foreign powers conducting a ‘hybrid war’ to destabilise the countryFri Aug 07 2020 - 18:00
Kremlin urges ‘ally’ Belarus to free Russian mercenariesTens of thousands attend opposition rally in Minsk as presidential election nearsFri Jul 31 2020 - 15:07
Belarus arrests Russian mercenaries as election tension soarsOpposition leader defiant as investigators link jailed husband to alleged plotThu Jul 30 2020 - 17:07
Ukraine hopes new ceasefire in the east will revive peace effortsRussia refuses to give security guarantees and warns Kiev on election planMon Jul 27 2020 - 18:26
Journalists resign at Hungary's top news site in row over press freedomIndex editor sacked and dozens of journalists quit amid concerns for independenceFri Jul 24 2020 - 22:10
Hostages freed after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix filmMan (44) charged with terrorism after 12-hour siege ends in bizarre fashionWed Jul 22 2020 - 16:49
Protests continue after Bulgaria's government survives confidence voteThousands join nightly rallies in Sofia to demand end to graft and impunityTue Jul 21 2020 - 18:38
Coalition talks loom after close election contest in North MacedoniaSocial Democrats take narrow win in first parliamentary vote since name changeThu Jul 16 2020 - 18:54
Bulgaria’s prime minister digs in as anti-corruption protests growBoyko Borisov resists calls from country’s president and opposition party to resignWed Jul 15 2020 - 16:35
North Macedonia holds first parliamentary election since name changeNato's newest member goes to the polls as it hopes to start EU accession talksTue Jul 14 2020 - 16:29
Kosovo's president meets prosecutors over war crimes indictmentEU-brokered talks between Kosovo and Serbia resume after 20-month freezeMon Jul 13 2020 - 17:40
Court ruling on coronavirus spurs Romanians to leave quarantineGovernment scrambles to pass new control measures and fight public scepticismFri Jul 10 2020 - 17:47
Serbian leader blames far-right radicals for Belgrade clashesProtests in capital turn violent as anger soars over government’s handling of coronavirusWed Jul 08 2020 - 18:14
Croatian conservatives eye majority after strong election winEuropean Commission president criticised for role in HDZ campaign videoMon Jul 06 2020 - 16:27
Croatia’s ruling conservatives set for election win, exit polls sayVote takes place as tourism-reliant Adriatic state hit by new rise in coronavirus casesSun Jul 05 2020 - 19:19
