Romania says there will be no influx of migrants seeking jobs and state benefitsGovernments under pressure to justify intake as anti-immigration parties set to do well in European electionsThu Jan 02 2014 - 01:01
In the place where postwar history was made, fear abounds for Ukraine’s futurePro-EU rallies have caused alarm in Crimea, which leans towards RussiaSat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine’s leader denounces western meddling and defends Russian bailoutKremlin says Ukraine deal is simply help for a ‘brotherly people’Fri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine divided over impact of opaque Russian bailout dealEU says deal with Ukraine is still on tableThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Moscow to give Ukraine €15bn and slash price of gasProtesters suspect treachery and demand to know what was promised in returnWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine's oligarchs could have final say in political crisisSome billionaires are wary of a Putin-style crackdownTue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
Pressure mounts on Ukraine as EU halts work on historic pactAs hundreds of thousands rally in Kiev, opposition warns president over Russia tripMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine on edge as Kiev braces for rival ralliesTension soars after failure of crisis talks as thousands head to citySat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
‘Youth of the nation for Euro-integration,’ they cryTo protesters in Kiev, the EU represents freedoms threatened by ties to MoscowSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine says it will sign association agreement with European Union soonRegions Party plans huge rally at weekend to support Yanukovich and governmentFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine’s opposition rejects talks with presidentJailed ex-PM Tymoshenko urges compatriots to “rise up” against YanukovichThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:02
Ukrainians rebuild raided protest camp with revolutionary zealBy confronting protesters, riot police seem to have emboldened themThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:01
US and Europe denounce raid on Kiev protestersRiot police stormed Kiev protest camp in early morning raid, writes Daniel McLaughlin, in KievWed Dec 11 2013 - 08:14
Police storm Kiev square to break up protest campClashes come despite attempts to defuse stand-off in recent weeksWed Dec 11 2013 - 07:52
EU's top diplomat in Ukraine as tension rises on the barricadesRiot police tear down tents and barricades erected by protestersTue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
Protesters topple Lenin statue in UkraineSecond Sunday of protests in capital against closer union with RussiaMon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
US says Ukraine risks ‘chaos’ if protesters’ EU demands not metAssistant secretary of state says there should be no doubt where US stands on issueFri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00
Analysis: Kiev holds key to Putin’s hopes for a ‘Eurasian Union’Viktor Yanukovich has chosen the path that offers hope of political survivalFri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00
Solidarity warms protesters as rallies freeze heart of KievThe anger towards Yanukovich and the police is palpable in city’s main squareThu Dec 05 2013 - 01:02
Protest leaders reject prime minister’s call to end Kiev blockadeMykola Azarov survives confidence vote as protests continue against decision to halt intergration with the European UnionWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine's leader calls for calm as opposition bids to topple governmentRussian leader calls protests a “pogrom” to oust Ukrainian presidentTue Dec 03 2013 - 01:00
Ukrainian opposition calls for Yanukovich to step downOpposition leaders declare ‘revolution’ and call for national strikeMon Dec 02 2013 - 01:00
EU's Irish envoy laments Ukraine's sudden rejection of landmark dealPat Cox calls on EU to maintain ‘high level of vigilance’ over Yulia TymoshenkoThu Nov 28 2013 - 17:35
Tymoshenko on hunger strike after Ukraine rejects EU pactStudents swell anti-government protests ahead of EU summit that starts tomorrowWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
EU tells Ukraine political and trade deal still on tablePro-EU demonstrations continuingTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Yulia Tymoshenko urges Ukrainian president to sign EU dealJailed former PM vows to drop demands for her release if Viktor Yanukovich changes approachSat Nov 23 2013 - 01:00
Russia waits as Ukraine baulks at terms of EU dealUnwilling to release opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich is looking east once moreThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Tymoshenko warns arrest of lawyer endangers EU-Ukraine agreementPresident has kicked to death the EU association deal, claims former PMWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Ukrainians split over ‘gas princess’ Yulia Tymoshenko’s political futureFinal act in this extended drama of trial and retribution is about to play outTue Nov 12 2013 - 02:17
Time running out for Ukraine to seal EU trade deal by releasing TymoshenkoCan Yanukovich bring himself to free the politician most likely to oust him?Wed Nov 06 2013 - 18:02
Czech coalition talks in disarray after rift in main partySocial Democrats leader Bohuslav Sobotka accuses deputy of attempting a party ‘coup’ at behest of Czech presidentWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:00
Political uncertainty in Czech Republic following general electionSocial Democrats gain narrow victory and face tough coalition talksMon Oct 28 2013 - 01:01
Czech voters set to punish scandal-ridden right-wingersParliamentary elections like to deliver victory to centre-left Social DemocratsFri Oct 25 2013 - 01:01
Yulia Tymoshenko impasse threatens EU-Ukraine dealsEU says Kiev will only receive political association and free trade if it resolves the case of the jailed former prime ministerThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Ukraine considers law to clear Tymoshenko obstacle to EU dealsLegislation would allow jailed former prime minister to receive medical treatment abroadMon Oct 21 2013 - 18:00
Riots reveal Muscovites' anger at migrants and policeMore than 1,200 migrant workers detained in Moscow after protests follow fatal stabbingMon Oct 14 2013 - 18:17
Ukraine pushing to remove Tymoshenko obstacle to EU dealsEU envoys try to break impasse over former premier’s controversial seven-year jail sentence for abuse of powerSat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
Polyglot Dagestan speaks language of dissent as Russia struggles with its most dangerous republicDagestanis fear Vladimir Putin is hardening his line on the diverse republicMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
Bosnian census inflames festering ethnic tensionsFirst census since devastating 1992-1995 warThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Louth man’s arms conviction quashed in Lithuanian courtMichael Campbell, the younger brother of prominent dissident republican Liam Campbell, was sentenced to 12 years in jail in 2011Thu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
EU warns Ukraine that key deals depend on Tymoshenko’s release from prisonBloc takes tough stance over release of former prime ministerSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Putin’s Olympics: heading for a fall?Vladimir Putin chose Sochi as the venue and stepped in to help Russia win its bid for the 2014 winter games. But with building taking its toll on locals and the environment, and opposition to his new anti-gay laws, the president faces mounting pressureSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Fear is foundation of brave new GroznyFew openly criticise local leader Ramzan Kadyrov but many harbour hopes of revenge for the 1990s Chechen conflictMon Sept 09 2013 - 07:54
Russian security’s role in school siege still unclear nine years onThe sadness of 334 deaths lingers but cover-ups still obscure the truthFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
Five years on, breakaway regions find orientation towards Moscow a mixed blessingSouth Ossetia and Abkhazia are long spilt from Georgia. But they are left in limboMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
Bidzina v Misha: but who is Georgia’s hero and who is the villain?Georgians are gripped by a power struggle between the president who led the Rose Revolution and the billionaire prime minister who says he wants to help the countrySat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Abkhazia pursues independence dream in Georgia’s lost paradiseSince breaking away from Georgia in the early 1990s, the Abkhaz people feel poor and isolatedTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
West condemns Russia’s jailing of opposition leader Alexei NavalnyBlogger and activist found guilty of stealing from timber firmFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
New Czech cabinet sworn in amid rowCzech president Milos Zeman defies parliament with technocrat governmentThu Jul 11 2013 - 01:00
