Putin accuses US of encouraging Russian protestsTHE CHILL blowing through relations between Moscow and Washington has sharpened after another icy exchange over the state of …Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Strong Irish support for Serbian bid for EU candidate statusMINISTERS HAVE pledged Ireland’s support for Serbia’s bid for official candidate status at today’s EU summit, as Belgrade seeks…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Macedonia savours legal victory in bitter dispute over nameMACEDONIA IS celebrating a rare victory over Greece in a long-running and bitter dispute over what the former Yugoslav republic…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Opposition parties set to take power in Croatia and SloveniaCROATIA AND Slovenia have punished their governments for scandals and poor handling of the economic crisis, according to exit…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Belarus death sentence criticisedBELARUS HAS sentenced two men to death for bombing a metro station in the capital Minsk, ignoring pleas for mercy from relatives…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Clashes prompt call to take down Kosovo roadblocksSERBIAN PRESIDENT Boris Tadic has urged Serbs to dismantle roadblocks in Kosovo, after clashes with foreign troops jeopardised…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Leaders ramp up rhetoric ahead of Russian electionsRUSSIA’S LEADERS are promoting national unity and robust foreign policy ahead of a general election that threatens to weaken …Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Nato peacekeepers injured in clashes with local Serbs in KosovoTWENTY-ONE international peacekeepers in Kosovo have been injured in clashes with local Serbs who stopped them dismantling one…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Progess slow in Serbia's border talksTIME IS running out for Serbia to achieve enough progress in strained negotiations with Kosovo to convince the European Union…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Ukraine's Tymoshenko to leave jail for medical treatmentTHE PRESIDENT of Ukraine has granted permission for his fiercest rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, to receive medical treatment outside…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Fewer people dying of HIV/AidsFEWER PEOPLE are being infected with HIV or dying of Aids-related illnesses thanks to improved drugs, wider access to treatment…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Ukraine should prove to be a memorable spectacleDEFYING YEARS of gloomy predictions, Ukraine has already completed its four Euro 2012 stadiums, but questions remain over how…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Jailed Tymoshenko faces further chargesUKRAINE’S OPPOSITION leader Yulia Tymoshenko is facing new charges relating to a host of financial crimes, just a month into …Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Former PM denies role in Ukraine murderJUST WEEKS after being jailed for abuse of power, Ukraine’s former prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is being…Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
Curtains up as restored Bolshoi stages gala concertAFTER A SIX-year renovation plagued by scandals, delays and a ballooning budget, Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi theatre will reopen…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Former Romanian king calls for 'faith in democracy'ROMANIA’S FORMER king, Michael I, delivered a historic pep talk to the nation’s politicians yesterday, as he marked his 90th …Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
Louth man gets 12-year jail term in Lithuania for attempting to buy armsA COURT in Lithuania has sentenced Louth man Michael Campbell to 12 years in prison for trying to buy weapons for the Real IRA…Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Serbs refuse to dismantle roadblocks in Kosovo as Nato stand-off continuesSERBS IN northern Kosovo have dug in their heels in a dispute with Nato, rejecting its demands to remove roadblocks and asking…Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
