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
Central Europe urges EU reform and rejects deeper tiesQuestions over whether top EU officials did enough to avert BrexitMon Jun 27 2016 - 16:43
Sweeping Ukraine’s war zone for lurking bombsHalo Trust teaches locals how to clear mines in their territory that war leaves behindFri Jun 24 2016 - 01:00
US pushes Ukraine and Russia for peace deal progressKiev and militants dispute timetable for elections and constitutional changeWed Jun 22 2016 - 16:13
Delicate balance of personal interest and peace in UkraineRinat Akhmetov has influence – and enemies – on both sides of Ukraine’s internal frontlineTue Jun 21 2016 - 01:00
French police stop fans’ bus en route to Lille after ‘gay parade’ jibeA bus carrying Russian fans in Cannes is reportedly stopped by French riot policeTue Jun 14 2016 - 10:30
Pro-Russian feeling refuses to fade among eastern UkrainiansKiev wrestles with deep Moscow ties and television propaganda at its separatist fringeThu Jun 09 2016 - 01:00
Major Nato war games seek to ease fear of Russian threatMoscow says manoeuvres in Poland are unjustified and reserves right to respondTue Jun 07 2016 - 16:11
Fear and frustration unite all on Ukraine’s dividing lineFrom vast queues to shellfire, travellers face grim ordeal when crossing the frontlineMon Jun 06 2016 - 01:00
Mob pelts customers with meat at vegan cafe in GeorgiaAttack in Tbilisi blamed on far-right group comes amid rising tensions and violenceWed Jun 01 2016 - 14:15
Ukraine’s peace prospects fizzling out as fighting flares upDivisions between pro-West Kiev and Russian-backed separatists erode ceasfireWed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
Signs of life but little hope in Ukraine’s rebel eastLess fighting but rising poverty and uncertainty in Russian-backed region of DonetskMon May 30 2016 - 01:00
Putin softens tone as West’s date for renewal of sanctions loomsUkrainian pilot’s release and softer rhetoric boost those in EU who want to mend Russia tiesFri May 27 2016 - 10:51
Greece starts clearing migrants from border troublespotEvacuation of some 8,200 people from Idomeni begins in ‘calm atmosphere’Tue May 24 2016 - 15:33
Russia lambasts Nato as Montenegro signs member dealMoscow accuses Nato of harming Europe’s security and casts doubt on proposed talksFri May 20 2016 - 14:49
EU and US urge action as Macedonia vote delayed againProtests continue over corruption and presidential pardons for powerful figuresThu May 19 2016 - 18:25
Abuse, illness and extortion await migrants in BalkansAsylum seekers are being pushed into hands of smugglers, say human rights groupsMon May 16 2016 - 20:05
UN condemns Hungary's treatment of asylum seekersRights group says Hungary wants to send migrants back to struggling GreeceFri May 13 2016 - 16:41
Hungary’s border fence frays as migrants pursue EU goalThousands of asylum seekers still reaching Austria and Germany via HungaryFri May 13 2016 - 01:00
Petro Poroshenko hails €16m art find amid criticismUkraine finds paintings stolen from Verona museum on island near Moldovan borderThu May 12 2016 - 18:00
Macedonia’s protests seek truth behind ex-leader’s ‘facades’One year after Kumanovo gun battle, many suspect a state plot to distract from scandalsMon May 09 2016 - 01:00
Central European states deride new EU refugee planPoland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia also wary of visa-free EU travel for TurksThu May 05 2016 - 16:55
Migrant aid centre bulldozed as Serbian capital plans vast urban schemeDozens of migrants still transit Serbia daily and cross ‘closed’ Balkan bordersWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Odessa marks two years since violence and blaze killed 48Anger lingers over clashes and fire that killed 48 people, mostly pro-Russian protestersMon May 02 2016 - 19:02
Macedonia’s ‘colour revolution’ over scandal-ridden eliteSupport for special prosecutor Katica Janeva as she attempts to untangle corruption casesSat Apr 30 2016 - 03:00
