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
Ukraine, Belarus and Russia honour Chernobyl victims30 years after world’s biggest nuclear disaster, countries worst affected hold memorialsTue Apr 26 2016 - 18:47
Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl nuclear disasterVast area still contaminated and debate rages over long-term medical impactTue Apr 26 2016 - 08:16
Serbia's victorious PM eyes EU future as rivals cry foulAleksandar Vucic under pressure on economy as far-right returns to parliamentMon Apr 25 2016 - 18:29
Serbia’s PM Aleksandar Vucic poised for re-electionEarly projections put Progressive Party ahead, as ultra-nationalists eye a resurgenceSun Apr 24 2016 - 21:15
Serbian reporters targeted for inquiring into top-level graftJournalists who try to expose corruption among elite are now coming under attackSat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Boycott at ‘Croatia’s Auschwitz’ over fears of far-right revivalJews and Serbs see a whitewash of fascist Ustashe regime’s 1940s crimesThu Apr 21 2016 - 13:30
EU’s Macedonia crisis talks in doubt as protests growOpposition leader demands action before Friday’s negotiations in ViennaWed Apr 20 2016 - 17:04
Ultranationalism and Russia colour Serbia’s electionFar-right groups resurgent as prime minister Aleksandar Vucic seeks to cement controlWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Volodymyr Groysman approved as PM of UkraineCritics fear Groysman, a close ally of Petro Poroshenko, will extend oligarchs’ influenceThu Apr 14 2016 - 16:30
Macedonian president’s mass pardon for politicians reignites crisisEU and US question country’s commitment to law after corruption scandal amnestyWed Apr 13 2016 - 16:26
Ukraine impasse raises spectre of snap electionRuling parties fail to form a new government as western backers await key reformsTue Apr 12 2016 - 18:27
Poroshenko’s protégé set to become Ukraine’s premierVolodymyr Groysman likely to replace Arseniy Yatsenyuk following his resignationMon Apr 11 2016 - 18:03
Greece lambasts Macedonian police over migrant clashesAid groups say dozens seek treatment after tear gas and rubber bullets allegedly usedSun Apr 10 2016 - 17:43
Deadly fire continues amid Russian-led talks on Nagorno-KarabakhMoscow vows to seek Azeri-Armenian peace, and to keep selling arms to both sidesFri Apr 08 2016 - 19:00
Czechs halt Iraqi refugee scheme after group leaves for GermanyCzechs angry after Iraqi Christians reject asylum and rent a bus to leave the countryThu Apr 07 2016 - 15:20
Nagorno-Karabakh truce holds as Russia boosts diplomatic roleTurkey accuses Moscow of backing Armenia as tension simmers around Caucasus regionWed Apr 06 2016 - 18:47
Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire as diplomats seek to quell violenceAzerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists trade blame after dozens killed in heavy fightingTue Apr 05 2016 - 17:00
‘Full-scale war’ looms if Nagorno-Karabakh clashes worsenInternational envoys enter crisis talks over Azerbaijan and Armenia after 36 people dieMon Apr 04 2016 - 17:12
World powers call for Azeri-Armenian ceasefireAt least 30 killed in worst fighting since 1994 over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh regionMon Apr 04 2016 - 07:43
Turkey poised to take first migrants back from GreeceEU pins hopes on controversial ‘swap’ scheme despite warnings from rights groupsMon Apr 04 2016 - 01:00
In the zone: Chernobyl still dying after 30 yearsAs new shield for wrecked nuclear reactor in Ukraine nears completion, some people who lived or worked in contaminated zone find themselves unable to stay awaySat Apr 02 2016 - 05:00
Rights groups alarmed ahead of EU-Turkey migrant swapDespite fierce criticism, EU, Greece and Turkey set to start returns on MondayFri Apr 01 2016 - 15:20
Croatia furious as UN court acquits Serbian ultra-nationalist‘I don’t feel guilty about anything that happened in the 1990s,’ says Vojislav SeseljThu Mar 31 2016 - 15:38
UN calls on rich states to welcome Syrian refugeesUnclear whether Turkey is ready to take back migrants from next Monday under EU dealWed Mar 30 2016 - 18:51
EU hails sacking of Ukraine’s prosecutor Viktor ShokinPolitical crisis continues as deals on a new coalition and premier prove elusiveTue Mar 29 2016 - 18:41
Serbs lament Karadzic verdict as nationalism thrivesRight-wing parties and revisionism are on the rise in much of former YugoslaviaMon Mar 28 2016 - 01:00
Lawyer for alleged Russian officers murdered in UkraineGrim find of Yuri Grabovsky comes after Russia jailed Ukrainian pilot in ‘show trial’Fri Mar 25 2016 - 15:32
Radovan Karadzic judged responsible for genocide planUN tribunal sentences ex-Bosnian Serb chief to 40 years for war crimes, including genocideThu Mar 24 2016 - 20:59
Bosnia is still divided ahead of Radovan Karadzic verdictFormer Bosnian Serb leader faces UN tribunal ruling on war crimes and genocideThu Mar 24 2016 - 01:00
UNHCR scales back in Greece amid fears over EU refugee dealUN refugee agency questions ‘detention’ camps and says safeguards not in placeTue Mar 22 2016 - 16:03
Migrants still landing in Greece despite EU-Turkey dealAthens urges EU states to send promised staff and calls on Turkey to tackle smugglersMon Mar 21 2016 - 16:29
EU calls for more Russian sanctions over CrimeaDefiant Putin visits region to celebrate second anniversary of annexationSat Mar 19 2016 - 01:00
Countries brace for new turn in Balkan migration routeStates from Bulgaria to Italy fear impact if EU-Turkey summit fails to halt influxThu Mar 17 2016 - 18:31
Macedonia returns migrants to Greece ahead of summitEU officials seek support for deal with Turkey in talks this week to stem refugee crisisTue Mar 15 2016 - 18:53
Refugees’ futures remain unclear following EU-Turkey dealEurope’s controversial plan to solve crisis faces major and immediate problemsSat Mar 12 2016 - 01:00
Statues fall as Kiev strips out Soviet legacyPro-western government’s de-communisation drive resented by some UkrainiansFri Mar 11 2016 - 01:00
Tens of thousands in limbo as Balkan route is declared ‘closed’Slovenia triggers ‘domino effect’ by re-imposing Schengen zone entry rulesWed Mar 09 2016 - 18:53
Prague Letter: Czechs diverge as anti-Islam bloc taps fear of refugeesAttack on centre that helps refugees reflects vitriol in nation’s debate on refugee crisisWed Mar 09 2016 - 02:00
Greece-Macedonia border camp unfazed by closure of route to EuropeDaily deliveries of identity documents needed to continue journeys goes on near IdomeniWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Anger as Greece-Macedonia border is closed to mostSmugglers offer a covert route north to those stuck on razor-wired border near IdomeniTue Mar 08 2016 - 01:00
Greece demands urgent EU action on migrants ahead of summitAnger rising at Idomeni as Balkan states accept only a trickle of refugeesMon Mar 07 2016 - 11:48
