Czech president names new justice minister despite street protestsThousands rally over fears that PM Andrej Babis's fraud case could be quashedTue Apr 30 2019 - 19:00
Putin and Zelenskiy trade jibes in Russia-Ukraine passport scrapKiev’s president-elect offers refuge to victims of ‘authoritarian and corrupt’ KremlinMon Apr 29 2019 - 16:24
Ukraine’s bid for change pits a showman president against the oligarchsPolitical novice Zelenskiy promises a bright future, but he too is dogged by the shadow of an oligarchMon Apr 29 2019 - 01:16
Ukraine's push to strengthen state language riles RussiaOutgoing president hails ‘crucial step towards mental independence’ from MoscowThu Apr 25 2019 - 17:16
Kiev denounces Russia’s ‘brazen’ passport offer to people in eastern UkraineUkraine's current and incoming presidents lambast Kremlin's citizenship gambitWed Apr 24 2019 - 21:33
Ukrainian president-elect's team outlines anti-corruption plansZelenskiy camp expects trouble from outgoing leader before autumn parliamentary pollTue Apr 23 2019 - 18:43
Russia sceptical as West congratulates Ukraine's new comic-presidentVolodymyr Zelenskiy vows to free all Ukrainians captured by Russia during warTue Apr 23 2019 - 01:00
Comedian Zelenskiy defeats Poroshenko to claim Ukrainian presidencyColourful and bruising election campaign ends in overwhelming victory for newcomerMon Apr 22 2019 - 08:47
Ukraine's bruising presidential campaign ends with rowdy arena debateComedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is tipped to oust Petro PoroshenkoFri Apr 19 2019 - 20:33
Ukraine’s ‘eastern fortress’ braced for accession of comic-presidentMariupol and nation likely to back novice Zelenskiy over Poroshenko in Sunday run-offFri Apr 19 2019 - 01:00
Ukraine's presidential rivals trade blows as run-off loomsComedian Zelenskiy tipped to beat Poroshenko five years after Maidan revolutionTue Apr 16 2019 - 01:00
Anti-government protests grip capitals of Serbia and AlbaniaEuropean Union accused of ignoring the drift towards autocracy in restive Balkan statesSun Apr 14 2019 - 17:38
Ukraine’s presidential rivals meet Macron before run-offPetro Poroshenko plays statesman in Berlin and Paris but lags comic Zelenskiy in pollsFri Apr 12 2019 - 19:06
Drug test dispute strikes Ukraine's unorthodox election scrapPoroshenko and Zelenskiy yet to confirm plans for run-off debate in Kiev stadiumFri Apr 05 2019 - 19:04
Ukraine’s rivals for presidency spar over stadium debatePoroshenko and Zelenskiy criticise each other in videos ahead of televised showdownThu Apr 04 2019 - 18:36
Romania rejects EU and US criticism over judicial reformsOusted anti-graft prosecutor tipped for EU post despite Bucharest's oppositionWed Apr 03 2019 - 19:15
Tsipras becomes first Greek leader to visit North MacedoniaGreece seeks close ties with neighbour after name-change deal ended 27-year disputeTue Apr 02 2019 - 17:04
Ukraine’s presidential battle heats up after comedian’s first-round winIncumbent Petro Poroshenko accuses rival Zelenskiy of being oligarch’s ‘puppet’Mon Apr 01 2019 - 17:39
Ukrainian comedian likely to face president in election run-offExit polls put Volodymyr Zelenskiy way ahead of incumbent Petro PoroshenkoSun Mar 31 2019 - 20:04
‘Shelling is a daily reality in eastern Ukraine for almost five years’Could a new leader end an undeclared war with Russia that has killed 13,000 people?Sat Mar 30 2019 - 06:00
Ukraine braced for election battle as comedian eyes presidencyHeavyweight rivals flag up Volodymyr Zelenskiy's inexperience and oligarch linksFri Mar 29 2019 - 18:30
Russia rejects Lithuania's verdict on ex-Soviet officials for 1991 killingsVilnius court finds last Soviet defence chief guilty of war crimes and convicts 66 othersThu Mar 28 2019 - 18:51
Fraud and security fears swirl around Ukraine's presidential electionFar-right violence and Russian hacking among a host of concerns for Sunday's voteThu Mar 28 2019 - 01:01
Ukraine's choice: the chocolate king, comeback queen or clown prince?Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy tipped to win Sunday's presidential electionMon Mar 25 2019 - 19:30
Ukraine's new NHS may not save ailing presidency of PoroshenkoUnclear how top challengers in March 31st vote would pursue key reformsSat Mar 23 2019 - 06:01
Hungary’s Orban hails party’s ‘agreed suspension’ from European blocFine Gael and EPP allies accused of ‘political trick and fudge’ before European electionsThu Mar 21 2019 - 18:35
Radovan Karadzic jailed for life as genocide appeal failsUN court says ex-Bosnian Serb leader responsible for ‘gravest crimes’ of 1990s warWed Mar 20 2019 - 17:26
Putin fetes five years of annexation of CrimeaUkraine vows to retake region as EU and Nato condemn Russia’s breaching of lawMon Mar 18 2019 - 20:09
Anti-Vucic protesters invade TV station to call for him to step downSerbians rally for 15th time since November to call for president’s demise and free pollsSun Mar 17 2019 - 18:23
Hungary's leader urges Europe to reject liberal values and immigrationOrban says Europe will ‘belong to Europeans’ through Christianity and ‘strong nations’Fri Mar 15 2019 - 16:03
Slovakia charges suspect with ordering journalist's murderKilling of Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend triggered mass protests and political crisisThu Mar 14 2019 - 18:19
EU complicit in Croatia’s mistreatment of migrants, Amnesty saysRights group warns of spring surge in migrant numbers on ‘Balkan route’Wed Mar 13 2019 - 16:08
Orbán still faces European group expulsion after crisis talksFine Gael and other centre-right parties seek punishment of Hungary’s Fidesz nationalistsTue Mar 12 2019 - 19:51
Clashes with ultra-nationalists leave 25 police injured in UkraineNational Corps activists seek reform over claims of graft linked to Poroshenko allySun Mar 10 2019 - 17:23
Hungary’s Orban eyes Polish alliance before showdown with EU groupEPP chief Weber says parties ‘can leave or must be kicked out’ if they don’t share valuesFri Mar 08 2019 - 16:18
Orbán's nationalists send mixed signals on EPP expulsion threatFine Gael is one of 13 parties seeking Fidesz's exclusion from EU conservative blocThu Mar 07 2019 - 17:23
US warns Ukraine over failing reforms and election fearsGraft and cronyism claims are damaging to President Petro Poroshenko’s re-election bidWed Mar 06 2019 - 17:28
Albanian protesters urge scandal-hit government to quitPrime minister Rama digs in and eyes EU accession talks as the West calls for calmTue Mar 05 2019 - 19:02
Russia demands EU promises on Balkan pipeline projectMoscow's major energy projects divide the EU and anger the USMon Mar 04 2019 - 19:49
Protests in Montenegro, Serbia, Albania urge EU to help defend rights‘Balkan spring’ activists say EU backs autocrats who promise stability but erode rule of lawSun Mar 03 2019 - 22:48
Crimean Tatars stand firm against Russian occupation of homelandFive years of Kremlin rule have brought repression to Muslim communitySat Mar 02 2019 - 06:00
Ukraine's president under scrutiny as court quashes key anti-graft lawPetro Poroshenko accused of failing on reforms as re-election battle loomsThu Feb 28 2019 - 18:49
MEPs back Romanian anti-graft prosecutor's bid for top EU jobBoost for Laura Codruta Kovesi amid fierce opposition from BucharestWed Feb 27 2019 - 17:37
Moldova faces political paralysis after disputed and divisive electionPro-EU party sees massive fraud in ballot won by Moscow-friendly SocialistsMon Feb 25 2019 - 18:06
Romanians rally and plan court stoppages in protest at judicial reformsEU raises concerns and judicial staff to halt work over government's latest decreeSun Feb 24 2019 - 18:53
Moldovan opposition leaders ‘poisoned’ ahead of key electionsPro-Russian Socialists eye power as West loses patience with Democrats partyFri Feb 22 2019 - 18:52
Slovaks rally for change a year after murder of investigative journalistCampaigners demand to know identities of those behind the killing of Jan KuciakThu Feb 21 2019 - 17:40
Justice elusive for victims of Ukraine’s Maidan massacreKiev officials criticised at home and abroad five years after revolution's bloody endWed Feb 20 2019 - 17:53
Ukraine: Return to monastery that became a morgueKiev Letter: Dead and wounded protesters were brought to St Michael’s five years agoWed Feb 20 2019 - 01:00
Political row poised to paralyse Slovakia's highest courtNew constitutional judges are blocked after ex-premier's bid to join the bench failsFri Feb 15 2019 - 18:10
