Croatia’s killing fields now a refuge for thousands fleeing warTwenty years after independence war migrants pass through still battle-scarred eastTue Sept 22 2015 - 01:00
Hungary gives its army broad powersNew law will allow soldiers to use non-lethal force to stop illegal migrantsMon Sept 21 2015 - 19:11
Migrants surge west despite central Europe’s war of wordsCrisis meeting of EU ministers to be held as tension builds between Hungary and CroatiaSun Sept 20 2015 - 20:20
Chaos in central Europe as tempers fray over migrant crisisHungary accuses Croatia of breaking EU law at border while Slovenia halts rail trafficSat Sept 19 2015 - 06:46
Razor wire cuts routes as fence borders funnel migrants awayBarrier blocks migrants in Serbian village but is praised on Hungarian sideSat Sept 19 2015 - 01:03
Blocked migrants blaze new trail west to CroatiaZagreb opens border to refugees – and immediately struggles to cope with numbersFri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
Croatia puts army on alert as migrants re-routePrime minister criticises Hungary, but president takes tougher line on refugeesFri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
Stones and tear gas fly as migrant tension eruptsHungary says at least 20 police and several migrants injured in border clashesThu Sept 17 2015 - 08:05
Border clash intensifies criticism of Hungary’s crackdownRights groups sound alarm over Hungary’s new laws as migrants re-route to CroatiaThu Sept 17 2015 - 01:00
Hungary’s new laws make criminals of migrantsTighter border controls in central Europe risk driving refugees towards traffickersWed Sept 16 2015 - 07:23
Hungary seals border and begins crackdown on migrantsSerbia and rights groups alarmed by Hungary, as Austria reintroduces border checksWed Sept 16 2015 - 01:02
Hungary blocks migrant route as Europe tightens bordersPremier Orbán sending over 850 officers to border with Serbia to ‘defend Europe’Tue Sept 15 2015 - 01:00
EU ministers fail to agree relocation scheme for refugeesGermany shifts stance as officials try to cope with numbers crossing bordersMon Sept 14 2015 - 23:36
Migrant crisis: Refugee quota system likely to be voluntaryMinister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald calls on EU states to show solidarityMon Sept 14 2015 - 19:50
Migrant crisis: EU ministers to meet on relocationBrussels gathering comes day after German plan to introduce border controls for AustriaMon Sept 14 2015 - 08:52
Migrant numbers surge as Hungary seeks to seal border with SerbiaMove comes as Germany brings back border controls with AustriaMon Sept 14 2015 - 01:00
People smuggling is a booming business in the BalkansIt is easy for local criminals to fleece migrants along their route to Western EuropeSat Sept 12 2015 - 05:00
Hungary eyes crisis declaration as migrant pressure growsHungarian troops gather near Serb border, while Austria halts trains and prisoners build fenceThu Sept 10 2015 - 18:49
Mass migration guided by mobiles and social mediaFacebook, messaging and Google Maps help refugees cross borders and avoid policeWed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00
Central Europe resists refugee quotas as Austrian border chaos easesAustrian and German volunteers drive hundreds of migrants out of HungaryTue Sept 08 2015 - 01:00
Thousands arrive in Germany and Austria after Hungary eases travel curbsRed Cross and volunteers come out in force to welcome and help migrantsMon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
Defiant migrants surge past police in Hungary and head for AustriaPeople continue their long journey towards western Europe as darkness fallsSat Sept 05 2015 - 11:57
Migrants wary of Hungary’s promises in railway stand-offChaos as Budapest train station reopens with police attempt to take passengers to campsThu Sept 03 2015 - 20:00
Budapest: Tension mounts as migrants demand ‘freedom’Hungarian PM in Brussels for talks as parliament debates tighter border controlsThu Sept 03 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Tolerance waning as Serb villagers tire of migrantsHorgos mayor fears destruction of local economy as tens of thousands cross fieldsWed Sept 02 2015 - 01:00
Hungary blames European Union amid anger in BudapestViktor Orban to meet EU officials as Germany demands unity among member statesWed Sept 02 2015 - 01:00
EU split grows and rules fray as migrant crisis intensifiesGermany calls for unity as central European states seek their own tough stanceTue Sept 01 2015 - 16:40
Migrants live and die with desperation to reach EURelentless hardship and exploitation numbs many to the journey’s ordealsTue Sept 01 2015 - 01:00
Migrant crisis: Seven dead after boat sinks near LibyaHungary’s steel fence fails to deter migrants as EU ministers call for urgent meetingSun Aug 30 2015 - 18:16
Eastern Europe slams doors on refugees from Middle EastStates with history of conflict and emigration show little desire to help new arrivalsFri Aug 28 2015 - 16:48
Lviv revives Jewish past as Ukraine bids to link with IsraelThe conflict-hit country is keen to disprove Russian claims of rampant anti-SemitismFri Aug 28 2015 - 05:00
Hungary may send troops to border with SerbiaGerman and Balkan leaders to discuss migration with EU officials in ViennaThu Aug 27 2015 - 01:00
Ukraine seeks German and French alliance to isolate RussiaUkraine’s president Petro Poroshenko in Berlin for talks that exclude Vladimir PutinMon Aug 24 2015 - 19:49
Volunteers step in as Hungary tries to shut out illegal migrants‘Strange and random’ happenings await the recent arrivals in an ill-prepared EuropeMon Aug 24 2015 - 01:00
Balkan frontiers fray as migrant numbers surgeOnly traffickers profit from current border regimes in region, activists saySat Aug 22 2015 - 02:00
Serbia protests against divided Croatian town’s ban on bilingual signsMove comes as Vukovar officials shown singing ‘fascist’ songsWed Aug 19 2015 - 19:14
Vladimir Putin visits Crimea as violent clashes intensifyMoscow says clashes in eastern Ukraine resemble ‘preparations for more military action’Tue Aug 18 2015 - 01:01
Ukraine ‘explosive’ after latest shelling, says GermanyRebels call for intervention as violence around Donetsk spirals to record levelsMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
Russia on alert as US trains Ukraine’s troopsNato co-operation with Kiev set to expand despite Kremlin warningsSat Aug 15 2015 - 05:00
Croatia and Serbia in grip of new Balkan struggleBill Clinton calls for reconciliation between old Balkan enemies during commemorationFri Aug 14 2015 - 05:00
Ukraine poised to act as shelling intensifiesSeperatists deny launching what Kiev calls heaviest attack in six monthsWed Aug 12 2015 - 20:22
Macedonia’s ‘Wild District’ still scarred after battleMany believe deadly police operation was intended to ease pressure on governmentSat Aug 08 2015 - 02:00
Serbs mourn as Croats hail 20 years since Operation ‘Storm’Croatia rejects Serb claim that crushing 1995 military victory was ‘ethnic cleansing’Wed Aug 05 2015 - 19:35
Croatia’s ‘Storm’ inspires Ukraine in battle with separatistsThe similarities between the two conflicts give hope to some in embattled UkraineWed Aug 05 2015 - 01:00
Croatia marks 20 years since Operation StormCountry remembers biggest military operation in Europe since the second World WarTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
MH17 still divides the West and Russia, one year onMoscow rejects calls for international court to examine fatal Malaysia Airlines flightFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:05
‘Brics’ summit underlines China’s dominanceHowever, five-country group insists it is not trying to challenge IMF or World BankMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Ukraine security forces search for nationalist group after clashesRight Sector group says it sought to crush mafia smuggling goods into the EUMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Serbia’s PM to attend Srebrenica eventScores of dignitaries and 50,000 mourners expected at 20th anniversary commemorationSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
Calls grow for UN court on MH17 despite Russian oppositionNetherlands and Malaysia want international tribunal on who downed airliner over eastern UkraineSat Jul 04 2015 - 01:00
