Hungary’s leader rejects resignation calls after invalid pollViktor Orban says landslide No vote in referendum boosts his anti-immigration stanceMon Oct 03 2016 - 17:36
Low turnout invalidates Hungary’s refugee referendumLeader Viktor Orban says Brussels ‘cannot ignore the will of Hungarian voters’Sun Oct 02 2016 - 22:02
Hungary’s leader warns of terror threat if refugee referendum failsOrban makes final appeal to voters ahead of Sunday’s poll amid international criticismFri Sept 30 2016 - 16:36
Migrant phobia in Hungary eclipses concern as vote nearsGovernment critics fear victory for Orban and a crackdown on foreigners entering countryFri Sept 30 2016 - 01:00
Russian fury clouds the search for MH17 culpritsMoscow rejects damning findings of international investigationWed Sept 28 2016 - 16:53
Hungary to help Christians while rejecting Muslim migrantsCountry’s refugee policy lambasted ahead of referendum on EU mandate on refugeesTue Sept 27 2016 - 18:27
Prosecutors investigate Bosnian Serbs’ ‘anti-constitutional’ voteBosnian Serb president summoned for questioning and EU rejects resultMon Sept 26 2016 - 16:27
Hungary urges EU to facilitate ‘giant refugee city’ in LibyaLeaders of ‘Balkan route’ states discuss security and migrant return dealsSun Sept 25 2016 - 15:37
Serb region’s referendum stokes tension in fractious BosniaRussia and the West at odds again amid bellicose Balkan rhetoricFri Sept 23 2016 - 14:09
Hungary’s leader urges the EU to deport all illegal immigrantsViktor Orban says guarded camps needed on ‘an island or some shore of north Africa’Thu Sept 22 2016 - 15:29
Hungary seeks EU treaty change due to refugee crisisAnti-immigration government ready for referendum to oppose refugee quotasWed Sept 21 2016 - 18:40
Ukrainian separatist gunned down in elite Moscow restaurantYevgeny Zhilin shot by unidentified man wearing false moustache and Panama hatTue Sept 20 2016 - 15:05
Bosnian Serbs reject court ban on ‘statehood day’Latest row in divided Bosnia comes amid hopes for progress on EU membershipSun Sept 18 2016 - 18:10
Hubert Butler: Ireland’s George OrwellThe writings of a market gardener from Kilkenny may yet influence the legacy of the notorious wartime archbishop of ZagrebSat Sept 10 2016 - 06:00
Snap election in Croatia unlikely to break damaging deadlockWeak economy, Serbia tensions and migration crisis await country's new leaderFri Sept 09 2016 - 19:57
Hungary under fire over award for ‘hate-filled xenophobe’Prime Minister’s controversial friend given honour as refugee referendum loomsWed Sept 07 2016 - 12:13
Ukraine says Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ may fracture EU sanctionsPresident Petro Poroshenko says he hears ‘Russian accents’ from some EU statesTue Sept 06 2016 - 18:15
US-Russia ‘gaps of trust’ stymie hopes for Syria ceasefireObama-Putin talks fail at G20 summit as Turkey renews call for Syria no-fly zoneMon Sept 05 2016 - 19:12
Balkans tighten borders as Turkey waits for EU to meet termsAnkara warns that Europe will face ‘huge risk’ unless bloc drops visa rules for TurksWed Aug 31 2016 - 16:45
Dictator’s stroke plunges Uzbekistan into uncertaintyUnclear leadership and Kyrgyzstan bombing add to regional instability fuelled by terror threatWed Aug 31 2016 - 01:00
Angela Merkel facing discord from Central EuropeLinks with Turkey and Russia, refugee issues and Brexit all signal a divided blocTue Aug 30 2016 - 01:00
Hungary eyes ‘massive’ new fence as EU-Turkey refugee deal faltersViktor Orban wants barrier ‘capable of stopping several hundred thousand people’Fri Aug 26 2016 - 16:14
Biden tells worried Baltic states to ignore Trump’s Nato commentsLeaders of Russia, Germany and France to hold Ukraine talks next monthTue Aug 23 2016 - 18:28
Vladimir Putin visits Crimea as Ukraine warns of Russian threatKremlin leader strikes soft tone but war games continueFri Aug 19 2016 - 21:02
Hungary Letter: Steppe festival celebrates mysterious originsHungary rejects Muslim refugees but Kurultaj links it to today’s Islamic worldThu Aug 18 2016 - 01:00
EU and US call for calm as Crimea tension lingersGermany’s top diplomat Steinmeier laments Ukraine deadlock before Russia visitSun Aug 14 2016 - 17:24
Russia threat to cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine over ‘attack’Moscow deploys air defence system to Black Sea as tension escalates in CrimeaSat Aug 13 2016 - 01:00
Russia and Ukraine boost security as Crimea tension soarsWar games launched around Black Sea as UN prepares to discuss developmentsThu Aug 11 2016 - 16:10
West could ‘lose’ Turkey without more support, Ankara warnsErdogan and Putin mend ties as Turkey’s rift with EU and US grows over coup reactionThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:02
Anger at the West spurs Russia-Turkey rapprochementAnalysis: Kremlin quick to seize on Ankara’s frustration with EU and USTue Aug 09 2016 - 18:18
Ukraine claims Russian invasion possible ‘at any minute’Separatist leader recovers from bomb attack as Russia stops traffic at Crimea borderSun Aug 07 2016 - 16:17
Serbia warns EU about resurgence of far right in CroatiaRelations between the two soured by disputes over conflict from collapse of YugoslaviaTue Aug 02 2016 - 19:11
Austria preparing fences to curb refugee numbersAsylum seekers may be turned back if Vienna-imposed cap of 37,500 is reachedTue Aug 02 2016 - 11:42
Police violence adds to migrant misery at Hungarian borderHungary denies allegations of brutality and breaking legal obligations to refugeesTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
Armenia’s ‘Daredevils’ end siege after bloody weekendTwo policemen killed and scores of protesters hurt in Yerevan amid rising violenceSun Jul 31 2016 - 19:41
Putin cannot escape controversy even in remote Slovenian chapelCritics wary of Russian president’s visit to site of 1916 Russian POW disasterSat Jul 30 2016 - 03:00
Squalid camp grows as migrants mass at Hungary borderUnder strain Serbia sends troops to block ‘Balkan route’ from Bulgaria and MacedoniaFri Jul 29 2016 - 01:00
Rights groups decry abduction and torture in eastern UkraineState security, pro-Kiev fighters and Russian-backed militants all accused of abusesThu Jul 21 2016 - 15:31
Car bomb kills leading anti-corruption journalist in UkraineExplosion in Kiev an attempt to destabilise Ukraine, says President Petro PoroshenkoWed Jul 20 2016 - 14:29
Migrants brawl in Hungarian camp as border tension growsSerbia sends troops to halt people-smuggling from Bulgaria and MacedoniaMon Jul 18 2016 - 17:25
Two years on, families of Flight MH17 victims continue their battle for justice298 people died when a Russian missile brought down Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. Caught in political wrangling, victims’ families are turning to the courtsSat Jul 16 2016 - 00:00
Ukraine’s disappeared cast a long shadow over a divided nationSearch for the missing and dead could last years and hamper any reconciliation effortsFri Jul 15 2016 - 02:00
Human rights group accuses Hungary over treatment of migrants‘Cruel and violent treatment’ being used to force refugees back into Serbia, says groupWed Jul 13 2016 - 16:10
Estonia is in the vanguard of Europe’s cyber battlefieldTallinn is at the forefront of cyber defence, nine years after attacks by Russian hackersTue Jul 12 2016 - 01:00
Migrants stuck in squalor at Hungary-Serbia borderUN condemns Hungary’s border control measures as Serbian minister voices concernSun Jul 10 2016 - 19:08
Estonia welcomes Nato troops as deterrent against RussiaSecurity services monitor Kremlin influence after it stoked separatism in UkraineSat Jul 09 2016 - 03:00
Baltic volunteers guard against threat of Russian stealth invasionSummit will ramp up Nato's response to the Kremlin’s moves in eastern EuropeFri Jul 08 2016 - 01:00
Hungary tightens migrant controls ahead of referendumHuman rights groups deplore police push-back powers and squalid border conditionsThu Jul 07 2016 - 01:00
Balkan people smugglers targeted in police dragnetHundreds of migrants found as people smugglers profit from tighter bordersSun Jul 03 2016 - 18:58
Brexit shakes EU hopefuls and strengthens Russia’s handPrize of EU membership has driven 25 years of change in ex-communist EuropeThu Jun 30 2016 - 01:02
