Russians fear losing out to US in space programmePRESIDENT DMITRY Medvedev has rejected claims that Russia’s space programme is in terminal decline, amid celebrations to mark…Wed Apr 13 2011 - 01:00
Marking time with mujahideenCONFLICT: Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-1989 By Rodric Braithwaite Profile Books, 417pp. £25Sat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
Case opened against Ukrainian ex-president over journalist's murderPROSECUTORS IN Ukraine are investigating former president Leonid Kuchma for suspected involvement in the murder of journalist…Wed Mar 23 2011 - 00:00
Gaza engineer 'held in Israeli prison' following abduction from UkraineMYSTERY SURROUNDS the fate of a senior Palestinian engineer whose family says he was abducted by Mossad agents on a Ukrainian…Fri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Offer to send experts on Chernobyl crisisUKRAINE: UKRAINE HAS offered to send atomic power experts who dealt with the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl accident to Japan…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
Gadafy's Ukrainian nurse and companion returns to KievIN HIS struggle to retain control of Libya, Col Muammar Gadafy has apparently lost the woman described by US diplomats as one…Tue Mar 01 2011 - 00:00
New Kosovo government ready for early talks with SerbiaKOSOVO IS seeking an early start to long-awaited talks with Serbia after the fledgling state’s parliament reappointed Hashim …Thu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
US condemns Belarus trials and imprisoning of protesterBELARUS HAS drawn sharp criticism from the United States and human rights groups for sentencing an opposition activist to four…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Call for UN inquiry into allegations of Kosovan organ tradingSERBIA AND Russia have urged the United Nations to launch an investigation into reports that Kosovo rebels trafficked human organs…Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Witches curse as Romania spells out plans to tackle false predictionsFOR THE second time in a month, Romania’s witches are cursing its political leaders for making unforeseen moves against their…Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Thousands march in Tirana in memory of three protesters shot dead by armyA MAJOR opposition protest in Albania to commemorate three people shot dead in a rally last week has passed off peacefully after…Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Terrorism rife in a country shaping up for world sporting eventsANALYSIS: With insurgency and corruption raging in Russia, concerns have surfaced over securityWed Jan 26 2011 - 00:00
Albania leader warns of 'tough response' to protestsALBANIAN PRIME minister Sali Berisha has warned of a “tough response” to any attempt to use street protests to unseat him, as…Tue Jan 25 2011 - 00:00
Albania braced for protests after three killedALBANIA IS braced for more anti-government protests this week despite appeals for calm from the European Union and United States…Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Lukashenko sworn in for fourth term as Belarus presidentA DEFIANT Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a fourth term as president of Belarus, in a ceremony clouded by EU and US…Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
No Latvia refuge for Moscow's ex-mayorLATVIA HAS bluntly rejected a request for residency from former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov and banned him from entering the Baltic…Thu Jan 20 2011 - 00:00
Pilots blamed for crash that killed Polish presidentRUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS have blamed a host of Polish failings for the air crash that killed the country’s president Lech Kaczynski…Thu Jan 13 2011 - 00:00
Pressure mounts for punitive reply to Belarus crackdownPRESSURE IS mounting within the European Union and United States for a political punishment to be imposed on Belarus’s President…Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Lukashenko rivals charged with causing unrestBELARUS HAS charged several of the politicians who ran against Alexander Lukashenko in this month’s disputed president election…Fri Dec 31 2010 - 00:00
Poland to forge links with Estonian catsESTONIA IS preparing to send several lynx to Poland to help boost its dwindling population of Europe’s largest cat.Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00
Moscow dismisses criticism of tycoon trialMOSCOW HAS chided the West for criticising the conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, telling it to stop…Wed Dec 29 2010 - 00:00
Sanader awaits decision on extradition requestFORMER CROATIAN prime minister Ivo Sanader will spend the new year in detention in Austria awaiting a court decision on Zagreb…Wed Dec 29 2010 - 00:00
Ex-minister arrested in Ukraine on abuse of office chargeA FORMER Ukrainian interior minister has been arrested in a dramatic operation by masked security service agentsTue Dec 28 2010 - 00:00
US criticises second conviction for Russian tycoonFORMER RUSSIAN oil billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been found guilty of money laundering and embezzlement in a case widely…Tue Dec 28 2010 - 00:00
EU and US review Belarus relationsTHE EUROPEAN Union and the United States are reviewing their relationship with Belarus after the former Soviet state ignored …Fri Dec 24 2010 - 00:00
Balcony leap to protest at cutbacksROMANIA’S GOVERNMENT has survived a no-confidence vote that was disrupted by a man throwing himself off a balcony into the parliament…Fri Dec 24 2010 - 00:00
Hundreds jailed in crackdown over Belarus election dissentBELARUS HAS jailed about 600 people who protested against President Alexander Lukashenko’s election victory on Sunday, amid stern…Wed Dec 22 2010 - 00:00
Belarus poll clampdown criticised by WestBELARUS’S PRESIDENT Alexander Lukashenko has defied the West by rejecting widespread criticism of Sunday’s election, the violent…Tue Dec 21 2010 - 00:00
Former PM charged with funds misuseUKRAINIAN PROSECUTORS have charged former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko with misuse of state funds, in what she called a politically…Tue Dec 21 2010 - 00:00
Thousands protest in Minsk over election resultTHOUSANDS OF Belarusians massed last night in the centre of the capital, Minsk, to protest against an election that exit polls…Mon Dec 20 2010 - 00:00
Around the world's finest hotels to end up in St PetersburgWILDGEESE: EMIGRANT BUSINESS LEADERS ON OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD: Liam Madden, General manager, Kempinski Moika 22Fri Dec 10 2010 - 00:00
Medvedev urges Poland to open energy market to Russian firmsKREMLIN LEADER Dmitry Medvedev has called on Poland to open its energy market to Russian companies on the first day of a visit…Tue Dec 07 2010 - 00:00
Old divisions die hard as new Europe clings to ancient prejudicesBUDAPEST LETTER: Hard times in Central Europe mean it only takes the slightest scratch for historical wounds to gush anewThu Dec 02 2010 - 00:00
Medvedev warns of new arms race if missile deal failsRUSSIAN PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev has warned the West that a new arms race could result from failure to agree on a controversial…Wed Dec 01 2010 - 00:00
Moldovan election impasse could hamper EU membershipMOLDOVA’S PRO-WESTERN liberals appear to have failed to secure a big enough general election victory to break the political deadlock…Tue Nov 30 2010 - 00:00
Romania police chief sacked over alleged criminal linksROMANIA’S POLICE chief and a senior interior ministry official have been sacked over corruption scandals that have increased …Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
Major protest in Kiev at tax lawTHOUSANDS OF Ukrainian businessmen protested yesterday against a new tax law that they say will destroy their livelihoods while…Tue Nov 23 2010 - 00:00
Migrant workers cheated and threatened by bosses go homeTHE CZECH authorities have helped almost 200 Romanian workers to return home after they clashed with bosses whom they accused…Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:00
Serbia's president calls for reconciliation with CroatiaSERBIA’S president, Boris Tadic, has called for reconciliation with Croatia at the site of one of the most notorious massacres…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
'Obama of Piran' has no plans to seek higher electoral officeA GHANAIAN-BORN doctor has become the first black mayor in Europe’s former communist states, after ousting the incumbent in the…Tue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Serb leader blames mafia for soccer and anti-gay riotsSERBIA’S PRESIDENT Boris Tadic says mafia groups were behind far-right riots at a gay pride march in Belgrade and at an international…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Toxic sludge no longer poses threat to Danube, says HungarySLUDGE RELEASED by a deadly industrial accident is no longer a danger to the river Danube, according to Hungary.Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
Sludge killing fish in Danube while life in tributary 'extinguished'CAUSTIC RED sludge from an industrial plant in Hungary has started killing fish in the river Danube after wiping out all life…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Simmering ethnic and fiscal tensions as Bosnia and Latvia go to pollsLATVIA AND Bosnia vote in general elections this weekend, but while the Baltic state will mirror the rest of the European Union…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
Tajikistan clashes raise fears central Asia could be new target for Islamist militantsDEADLY CLASHES in Tajikistan have raised fears that ex-Soviet central Asia could be a target for Islamist militants moving north…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
30,000 march in Prague protestTENS OF thousands of Czechs have marched through Prague in the biggest challenge yet to the new government’s plans to cut public…Wed Sept 22 2010 - 01:00
Exiled Chechen leader back in London after Polish rulingEXILED CHECHEN separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev has returned to London after Poland declined a request from Russia to extradite…Tue Sept 21 2010 - 01:00
Russia demands return of Chechen separatistRUSSIA IS demanding the extradition of an exiled Chechen separatist leader who has been detained in Poland on its request, straining…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Anger over removal of cross erected to Polish presidentADMIRERS OF former Polish president Lech Kaczynski have denounced the removal of a cross that was erected outside Warsaw’s presidential…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Nine injured in Kosovo clashesNINE PEOPLE have been injured in clashes between hundreds of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo, just days after western powers hailed…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
