Nato peacekeepers issue ultimatum to Serbs over Kosovo border roadblocksNATO PEACEKEEPERS have given Serbs until tomorrow night to remove roadblocks on the border between Kosovo and Serbia, as a tense…Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Vodka tycoon makes a splash in Polish politicsA FLAMBOYANT vodka tycoon is shaking up Polish politics by smashing the traditionally conservative country’s taboos and confronting…Thu Oct 13 2011 - 01:00
Ukrainian opposition leader gets seven yearsTHE EUROPEAN Union and Russia have sharply criticised Ukraine after a Kiev court sentenced opposition leader and former prime…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Fresh charges filed in Politkovskaya murder case but questions remain over investigationFIVE YEARS after campaigning journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in her Moscow apartment block, Russian prosecutors yesterday…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Tymoshenko describes trial as a lynching as EU puts pressure on Kiev to free herUKRAINE’S OPPOSITION leader Yulia Tymoshenko has denounced her trial as a “lynching”, as the European Union cranks up pressure…Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Latvian election a reversal of fortune for oligarchsRIGA LETTER: AMONG LATVIANS selling Baltic Sea amber in Riga’s old town, there was little excitement ahead of an election that…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Medvedev sacks rebellious finance ministerRUSSIAN PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev has sacked long-serving finance minister Alexei Kudrin because of his disagreement with a plan…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Lithuanian verdict over RIRA weapons claim soonCO LOUTH man Michael Campbell will find out next month whether he is to serve 16 years in a Lithuanian jail for allegedly trying…Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Latvians urged to help stop 'oligarchs'PRIME MINISTER Valdis Dombrovskis has urged Latvians to reject parties linked with controversial “oligarchs” in a snap election…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Ukraine's Tymoshenko trial tests EU patienceAS UKRAINE’S glamorous opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko languishes in jail, critics of her trial grow ever louder and more …Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
43 die in plane crash outside Russian cityALMOST THE entire squad of a leading Russian ice hockey team have been killed after their plane crashed and burst into flames…Thu Sept 08 2011 - 01:00
Ex-Slovenian PM on trial for briberySLOVENIA’S FORMER prime minister Janez Jansa has gone on trial over alleged bribery in the country’s biggest defence deal…Tue Sept 06 2011 - 01:00
Tajikistan tries journalist for contacting Islamic groupA BBC journalist has gone on trial in Tajikistan for allegedly having illegal contact with an Islamist group that is banned in…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
Ukraine rejects concerns of West over trial of former PMUKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Viktor Yanukovich has rejected western concerns that the trial of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is politically…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Nato deal set to soothe Kosovo-Serbia relationsKOSOVAN SERBS are expected to remove roadblocks near the disputed border between Kosovo and Serbia after Nato brokered a deal…Tue Aug 09 2011 - 01:00
Three freed in abrupt end to spy trialsTHREE GEORGIAN photographers were convicted of spying for Russia yesterday and freed on suspended sentences, in an abrupt end…Sat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
Latvians likely to dissolve parliament in vote todayLATVIANS ARE expected to vote to dissolve their parliament today in a referendum called by Valdis Zatlers before he was ousted…Sat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
A symbol of unity that still divides Croat and Muslim MostarMOSTAR LETTER: Bosnia is going through its worst crisis since the 1992-95 war, which has left it without a government for almost…Fri Jul 22 2011 - 01:00
Last Balkan war crimes fugitive arrestedSERBIA HAS arrested the last fugitive wanted by the United Nations war crimes court at The Hague, removing a major obstacle to…Thu Jul 21 2011 - 01:00
Release of accused former KGB officer prompts protestsLITHUANIA HAS recalled its ambassador to Vienna after Austrian police released a former Soviet KGB officer accused of involvement…Tue Jul 19 2011 - 01:00
Georgia charges photographers of spying for RussiaONE OF three Georgian photographers accused of spying for Russia says they are being persecuted by Georgian president Mikheil…Tue Jul 12 2011 - 01:00
More than 600 victims for burial on anniversary of Srebrenica massacreTHOUSANDS OF people are gathering in Srebrenica today to mark 16 years since Europe’s worst massacre since the second World War…Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Georgian president's photographer arrested on suspicion of spyingA PERSONAL photographer for Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested on espionage charges along with his wife…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Anti-Lukashenko protesters arrestedBELARUSIAN POLICE arrested scores of people last night at the latest protest against autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko…Mon Jul 04 2011 - 01:00
Russia cuts electricity supply to Belarus in dispute over unpaid billsRUSSIA HAS cut all its electricity supplies to neighbouring Belarus in a dispute over unpaid bills, adding to authoritarian president…Thu Jun 30 2011 - 01:00
Leaving the Celtic Tiger behind to work the Irish angle in CroatiaWILDGEESE: EMIGRANT BUSINESS LEADERS ON OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD: Paul O’Grady, Founder of the Irish Maiden Irish dancing school…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
European Union to impose more sanctions on BelarusEUROPEAN STATES are cranking up pressure on Belarus’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko as he grapples with the most…Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Reprisals feared following murder of Russian extremistTHE AUTHORITIES in Russia are on alert for a violent far-right reaction to the murder of Yuri Budanov, a notorious former colonel…Mon Jun 13 2011 - 01:00
Latvians protest against power of oligarchsTHOUSANDS OF Latvians have protested against the malign influence of tycoons in politics, after the Baltic state’s president …Fri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
Woman accelerated to heart of Moscow and St Petersburg car tradeWILD GEESE : Avril Conroy, Human resources and operational excellence director for Inchcape RussiaFri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
Ankara vetoes Austrian to take over as head of OSCEEUROPE’S BIGGEST security and democracy watchdog is racing against time to find a new chief after Turkey blocked Austria’s nominee…Thu Jun 09 2011 - 01:00
Mladic extradited to face trial in The HagueRATKO MLADIC was flown from Serbia to the Netherlands last night to face trial for war crimes allegedly committed by his ethnic…Wed Jun 01 2011 - 01:00
Mladic lodges appeal against his extraditionTHE LAWYER for Ratko Mladic has appealed against his extradition to the United Nations war crimes court at The Hague, amid disputes…Tue May 31 2011 - 01:00
Arrest made with one eye focused on EU membershipSerbia’s leaders are hoping for EU candidate status or they may see their support dwindleTue May 31 2011 - 01:00
Mladic captured by chance in lucky raidWhen agents descended upon the genocide suspect’s hideout he was carrying two armed pistols but offered no resistanceSat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Court rules Mladic fit to face genocide charges at UN tribunalA SERBIAN court has directed that Ratko Mladic be deported to The Hague as he is fit enough to face genocide charges at the United…Sat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Medvedev tries to damp down speculation of rift with PutinA CAGEY Dmitry Medvedev has refused to reveal whether he will run for another term as Russia’s president and sought to calm talk…Thu May 19 2011 - 01:00
Oligarch plans to support MedvedevONE OF Russia’s most powerful oligarchs plans to lead a liberal political party to support president Dmitry Medvedev, amid signs…Wed May 18 2011 - 01:00
Bosnian crisis sparks fears of a return to violenceBOSNIA’S CHIEF international envoy says it is facing its worst crisis since the 1992-1995 war, echoing fears from Balkan experts…Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
The liquidators: workers who cleaned Chernobyl use anniversary to appeal for helpTHE “LIQUIDATORS” who were dispatched to deal with the Chernobyl meltdown have used the anniversary of the disaster to appeal…Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Russia calls for changes to nuclear safety rulesRUSSIAN PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev has called for the introduction of new nuclear safety rules on the 25th anniversary of the …Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Ill-fated plant still casts a damaging shadow a quarter century onCHERNOBYL LETTER: The terrible impact on people of the mid-1980s nuclear disaster is all too evidentTue Apr 26 2011 - 01:00
Strident Putin says Russia must diversify its economyRUSSIAN PRIME minister Vladimir Putin emphasised the dangers of political instability, liberal “experiments” and foreign interference…Thu Apr 21 2011 - 01:00
Croatia condemns UN for convicting former generalsCROATIA HAS condemned a United Nations court for convicting two former generals of committing war crimes against Serbs during…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
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
