Moscow attitude may draw Belarus closer to EUPRESIDENT ALEXANDER Lukashenko told Belarusians yesterday they could no longer rely on Russia and must seek new allies, in comments…Sat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Runaway bus in Bulgaria kills 16 peopleAT LEAST 16 Bulgarians were killed and 15 injured yesterday when a bus ploughed into a group of people making their way to a …Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Biden ends Balkan tour on high note in Kosovo despite Serb protestsTHE US vice-president, Joe Biden, hailed Kosovo’s first year of independence yesterday and received a rapturous welcome in the…Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
Lithuania's new president calls for tough budget cutsLITHUANIA’S FIRST female president urged ministers to cut the recession-hit country’s budget and warned that some of them may…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Ukrainian minister offers to resign over airport eventsUKRAINE’S INTERIOR minister offered to resign yesterday over allegations that he was prevented from boarding a flight at Frankfurt…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Czech Eurosceptics allied to president plan another Lisbon Treaty challengeCZECH EUROSCEPTICS allied to President Vaclav Klaus plan to launch another challenge to the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty in…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Georgian president agrees to crisis talksGEORGIA’S PRESIDENT has agreed to meet opposition leaders today to seek an end to a political crisis that has triggered weeks…Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
Talks urged as Georgia violence eruptsEUROPEAN UNION officials have called for talks between Georgia’s opposition movement and President Mikheil Saakashvili, after…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Czech president to delay signing treaty until after Irish voteTHE EUROPEAN Union’s embattled Lisbon Treaty was approved by the Czech Republic’s upper house of parliament yesterday, but arch…Thu May 07 2009 - 01:00
Georgia claims it quashed Russian-backed army mutinyGEORGIA CLAIMED to have quashed a Russian-backed military mutiny yesterday, a claim that drew scorn from Moscow and domestic …Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Inquiry told of Bosnian-Serb leaders' €660 ashtraysBOSNIAN-SERB leaders abused their power by lavishly furnishing a new local government building with a €25,000 conference table…Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Serbia jails four for 1999 killingsSERBIA HAS jailed four former policemen for between 13 and 20 years for the murder of 50 Kosovo Albanians in 1999.Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
New Czech PM pledges to guide country at EU helmSTATISTICIAN JAN Fischer was appointed Czech prime minister yesterday, and pledged to guide his country smoothly through its …Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Moldovan police take back parliament from protestersMOLDOVAN AUTHORITIES cracked down on anti-government demonstrators yesterday, arresting some 200 people, threatening to use guns…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Protests expected in GeorgiaGEORGIA’S GROWING opposition movement has pledged to launch major protests against president Mikheil Saakashvili today, on the…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Hungary accused of promoting far rightSLOVAK PRIME minister Robert Fico has stoked tension with neighbouring Hungary by accusing his country’s media of promoting Hungarian…Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00
Czech parties agree on technocrat as new PMCZECH PARTY leaders will ask President Vaclav Klaus to name statistician Jan Fischer as the country’s new prime minister, after…Tue Apr 07 2009 - 01:00
Early Ukrainian elections 'illegal'UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Viktor Yushchenko denounced as “illegal” a parliament decision yesterday to hold presidential elections on…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Czechs close to creating 'government of experts'MIREK TOPOLANEK dropped his demand to be reappointed as the Czech Republic’s prime minister yesterday, as the country’s main …Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Outgoing Czech PM in treaty plea over Lisbon voteOUTGOING CZECH prime minister Mirek Topolanek says he will “plead” with his largely Eurosceptic party to support the European…Mon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
Montenegro set to re-elect long-term leader as economic crisis deepensMONTENEGRO IS poised to re-elect the coalition of long-term leader Milo Djukanovic tomorrow, as the economic crisis takes hold…Sat Mar 28 2009 - 00:00
EU presidency in disarray as Czech prime minister resignsTHE PROSPECT of snap elections in the Czech Republic has grown after outgoing prime minister Mirek Topolanek supported early …Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Romania is third EU state to secure emergency loan from IMFROMANIA BECAME the third European Union member to secure an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday…Thu Mar 26 2009 - 00:00
Eurosceptic Klaus now occupies key positionCZECH GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE: CZECH PRIME minister Mirek Topolanek is expected to resign today, leaving Prague’s long-awaited decisions…Thu Mar 26 2009 - 00:00
Georgian opposition decries arrests of membersGEORGIA’S GROWING opposition movement has accused President Mikheil Saakashvili of persecuting its members, as it prepares to…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
Czech PM must step down after voteTHE GOVERNMENT of the Czech Republic lost a confidence vote in parliament last night and must step down, dealing an embarrassing…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
EU urges Ukraine's leaders to stop feudingTHE EUROPEAN Union has urged Ukraine’s leaders to end their long-running power struggle to help the country through its deepening…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
A cautionary tale of the oligarchsRussian’s tycoons have been ravaged by the credit crunch, and need state aid to stay afloatSat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Intimidation blamed for Georgian paper's closureTHE OWNER of a major Georgian newspaper critical of president Mikheil Saakashvili said yesterday that he was closing it down …Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Russia to modernise its forces in response to Nato movesRUSSIA IS to modernise radically its weapons systems and improve the combat readiness of its military in response to Nato overtures…Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
EU holds off travel ban on Belarus president and alliesTHE EUROPEAN Union offered an olive branch yesterday to the authoritarian president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, by extending…Tue Mar 17 2009 - 00:00
Ukraine payment averts gas cut-offUKRAINE PAID in full for recent deliveries of Russian gas yesterday, apparently averting the danger of another dispute between…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
Security agents raid Ukrainian state gas companyARMED AND masked security agents raided Ukraine’s state gas firm yesterday in a new twist to a long-running battle for political…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Promise of free-market utopia of eternal growth rings hollowBUDAPEST LETTER: Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, eastern Europe has found itself snared in a financial trapWed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Ex-Serb president cleared of war crimesFORMER SERB president Milan Milutinovic was cleared of war crimes charges yesterday, but five prominent compatriots were convicted…Fri Feb 27 2009 - 00:00
Latvia on brink of bankruptcy, warns PM nomineeLATVIA MUST appoint a new government and implement deep budget cuts quickly to avoid bankruptcy, the Baltic state’s prime minister…Fri Feb 27 2009 - 00:00
Kosovo celebrates first year of sovereigntyKOSOVO AND Serbia traded barbs yesterday as the mostly ethnic-Albanian state celebrated its first year of independence from Belgrade…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Czech scheme to repatriate unemployed foreignersTHE CZECH Republic is offering a plane ticket home and €500 to foreign workers who lose their jobs during the economic downturn…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Bulgaria arrests Mafia suspect and places curfew on teenagers in crime crackdownBULGARIA HAS responded to criticism from the European Union over its failure to crush crime and corruption by arresting an alleged…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Latvia minister quits in crisisLATVIA’S GOVERNMENT faced a no-confidence vote in parliament last night after the agriculture minister resigned amid public anger…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Kremlin shelves missile plan in gesture to ObamaRUSSIAN MILITARY officials say they have shelved plans to deploy missiles close to the European Union, in what analysts called…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Russia and Ukraine end dispute over gas supplyRUSSIAN AND Ukraine declared an end to their energy war last night, but an impatient European Union demanded to know exactly …Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
Russia and Ukraine to sign deal today on gas supplyRUSSIA AND Ukraine are expected to sign a deal today to end a gas dispute that has starved Balkan homes and industry of energy…Mon Jan 19 2009 - 00:00
Russian and Ukrainian leaders to meet on gasTHE PRIME ministers of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to meet tomorrow to discuss their gas dispute, as top international officials…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Russia, Ukraine trade blame as gas deal falters at final hurdleRussia refused to restart gas exports to the European Union via Ukraine last night, after accusing Kiev of making unacceptable…Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Calls for calm after Kosovo violencePOLITICAL LEADERS and international forces in Kosovo have called for calm after seven firemen were injured in the second spate…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Belarus devalues rouble in loan deal with IMFBELARUS DEVALUED its rouble currency by about one-fifth yesterday, in the wake of a deal to secure a $2.5 billion (€1Sat Jan 03 2009 - 00:00
50% chance of Ukraine gas being cut off, says RussiaRUSSIAN ENERGY giant Gazprom says there is a "50-50" chance that it will stop pumping gas to Ukraine on January 1st, due to a…Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Latvia secures €7.5bn rescue dealLATVIA HAS become the latest eastern European nation to secure a rescue package from international lenders, after the Baltic …Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Romanian parliament approves new coalitionROMANIA'S PARLIAMENT has approved a new prime minister and coalition government, in which former enemies from right and left …Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
