Georgia enlists international help to investigate cyber attackTV stations knocked off air and thousands of websites hacked in wave of disruptionTue Oct 29 2019 - 17:27
Balkan leaders head for Brussels with EU hopes under a cloudSerbia boosts ties with Moscow amid doubts over EU commitment to the regionSun Oct 27 2019 - 18:00
Erdogan’s enemies in the Balkans fear Turkey’s growing reachAnkara unleashes global dragnet to catch Gulenists it blames for 2016 coup bidSat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00
Nato reassures North Macedonia after EU setback triggers electionFrench-led block on accession talks puts pressure on leaders in Skopje and TiranaMon Oct 21 2019 - 19:07
Blocking of Balkan states’ accession talks ‘historic mistake’, EU saysFrance leads opposition to start of negotiations with Albania and North MacedoniaFri Oct 18 2019 - 19:26
Bosnia warned squalid migrant camp could face ‘humanitarian emergency’City of Bihac sends migrants to ‘deplorable’ former rubbish dump near minefieldsThu Oct 17 2019 - 17:49
Hungary hopes Turkey’s invasion of Syria will stop migrants reaching EUBudapest ready to help settle migrants in Syria if Ankara creates a ‘safe zone’Wed Oct 16 2019 - 18:33
‘Poisoned ballots’ furore in Kosovo angers SerbiaBelgrade warns of ‘catastrophe’ if its allies in Kosovo are sidelinedTue Oct 15 2019 - 18:10
Fears over crime and press freedom cloud Albania’s hopes for EU accession talksJudicial reform wins praise but corruption and drug trade worry some EU statesMon Oct 14 2019 - 20:00
Hungary’s opposition takes Budapest in blow to Orban’s powerRuling Fidesz party still dominates in the provinces but loses several large citiesMon Oct 14 2019 - 13:18
Romanian president set to name new premier after government fallsPopulist Social Democrats ousted after controversial reform plans backfireSun Oct 13 2019 - 18:00
Albania braced for another setback on long road to European UnionPM Edi Rama sees his country as ‘collateral damage’ in debate over EU’s futureSat Oct 12 2019 - 06:00
Ukrainian president felt ‘no blackmail’ in Trump phone callVolodymyr Zelenskiy says US aid to Kiev was not tied to action on the BidensThu Oct 10 2019 - 18:01
Kosovo opposition leaders eye coalition after election shake-upAlbin Kurti rejoices but Vjosa Osmani retains dream of being nation's first female PMMon Oct 07 2019 - 19:32
Ukrainians march against president’s peace plan with RussiaVolodymyr Zelenskiy vows ‘no capitulation. No surrender of Ukraine’s national interest’Sun Oct 06 2019 - 18:46
Snap election could give Kosovo its first female prime ministerNew government will have to tackle corruption, poverty and frosty relations with SerbiaThu Oct 03 2019 - 20:00
Critics of Ukraine’s push for peace fear ‘capitulation’ to RussiaNovice leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned of Kremlin ‘traps’ in plan for war-torn eastWed Oct 02 2019 - 19:12
Orban angry as Brussels rejects his commissioner and eyes budget reformHungary's nationalist leader rejects any move to tie EU funds to the rule of lawTue Oct 01 2019 - 18:33
Kosovo Serbs brace for election in long shadow of political violenceBelgrade shields suspect in critic's murder as its allies in Kosovo are accused of dirty tricksMon Sept 30 2019 - 20:00
Ukrainian ex-prosecutor in Trump scandal tries to regain top jobTrump claims Shokin was fired at behest of Biden to shield his sonThu Sept 26 2019 - 19:23
Q&A: What is the Ukraine scandal that has endangered Trump?How a call to Kiev’s new leader led to an impeachment inquiry against the US presidentWed Sept 25 2019 - 20:07
‘Absurdistan’: Migrants face dangerous winter in BosniaPolitical inaction leaves hundreds living on former dump amid snake-infested minefieldsMon Sept 23 2019 - 20:00
Ukraine’s leader faces tricky Trump talks as storm swirls over ‘Biden call’Kiev says ‘no pressure’ was exerted during Trump’s July conversation with ZelenskiyFri Sept 20 2019 - 21:00
Slovak protesters denounce government response to double murderInvestigation into 2018 killing of reporter and fiancee continues to prompt resignationsFri Sept 20 2019 - 20:38
Ukraine urged to act over ‘attacks’ aimed at ex-central bank chiefFiery incidents throw spotlight on President Zelenskiy's ties to oligarch Ihor KolomoiskyTue Sept 17 2019 - 17:52
Ukraine and Russia spar over key issues before possible peace summitKiev and Moscow lay out their positions amid new push to resolve five-year conflictSun Sept 15 2019 - 15:52
Russia vents outrage over plan to move Soviet statue in PragueCzech mayor is facing death threats and compared to ‘Nazi official’ over proposalFri Sept 13 2019 - 17:22
Bulgaria charges former deputy with acting as a spy for Russian groupsSofia plays down potential row with Moscow as it also bans two Russians from entryWed Sept 11 2019 - 18:56
Ukraine eyes prisoner swap with Russia as Trump praises effortsKiev's parliament passes impeachment law after stripping deputies of immunityTue Sept 10 2019 - 18:51
Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap stokes hope for eventual peaceFrance hails ‘new state of mind’ and backs steps to repair Europe-Moscow relationsMon Sept 09 2019 - 18:35
Conservative Bosnia holds first gay pride march amid tight securityEU praises Sarajevo for joining other Balkan capitals in hosting inclusive LGBT paradeSun Sept 08 2019 - 16:39
US boosts Balkan role and calls for historic Serbia-Kosovo pact‘Both sides should lose’ something in the recognition deal, says Serbian presidentFri Sept 06 2019 - 17:23
Ukrainian court releases suspect in downing of Flight MH17Russia eyes prisoner swap while MEPs urge Kiev not to hand Vladimir Tsemakh to MoscowThu Sept 05 2019 - 16:34
Ukraine kicks off anti-graft drive by stripping deputies of immunityA Ukrainian parliament full of novices strikes major blow in just its second sessionTue Sept 03 2019 - 18:02
Czech prosecutors halt fraud investigation into billionaire premierFinal decision still pending in case prime minister Babis calls ‘politically motivated’Mon Sept 02 2019 - 17:59
Ukraine gets youngest ever PM as political novices pack parliamentPresident Zelenskiy urges new deputies to make history with sweeping reform agendaThu Aug 29 2019 - 19:34
John Bolton warns Ukraine over Chinese ‘threats’Ex-comedian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy likely to meet Donald Trump this weekendWed Aug 28 2019 - 18:08
Romania's controversial government in peril as coalition collapsesPopulist Social Democrats likely to face no-confidence vote after torrid term in powerTue Aug 27 2019 - 19:03
The Irish pub, Budapest: ‘They thought we were an IRA pub. That worked for us’Patrons of Becketts debate Irishness, homesickness and (well, it is a pub) BrexitSat Aug 24 2019 - 06:00
Eighty years on, Russia at odds with neighbours on carve-up of EuropeMoscow defends Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 as Baltic states celebrate 1989 ‘freedom chain’Fri Aug 23 2019 - 17:23
Ukraine and EU allies oppose Trump over Russia’s return to G7Issue could sour Biarritz summit as both sides of Crimea conflict eye prisoner swapThu Aug 22 2019 - 17:52
US and Russia court Serbia as pact with Kosovo remains distant prospectMoscow says Belgrade to sign free-trade deal with Kremlin-led economic blocWed Aug 21 2019 - 17:06
Merkel and Orban call for unity at border where Iron Curtain crackedHungarian leader defends anti-immigration stance denounced by EU and GermanyMon Aug 19 2019 - 18:44
A Hungarian border guard, 600 East Germans and a picnic that split the Iron CurtainHungary’s fence-building PM Viktor Orban to lead celebration of historic dash for freedomFri Aug 16 2019 - 17:00
Deadlocked Serbia and Kosovo rebuff western call for compromiseBalkan neighbours trade blame for impasse in EU-brokered talks to normalise relationsWed Aug 14 2019 - 18:25
Ukraine offers fast-track citizenship to politically persecuted RussiansFrance to join Kiev’s push for intensified peace talks with RussiaTue Aug 13 2019 - 19:54
Ukraine’s president seeks urgent peace talks after fatal shellingVolodymyr Zelenskiy urges Russian leader Vladimir Putin to rein in separatist militiaWed Aug 07 2019 - 16:39
US wants to base missiles in Asia after death of arms control pactWashington says new Russian and Chinese rockets render 1988 treaty obsoleteSun Aug 04 2019 - 15:05
Second Romanian minister falls amid anger over teenager’s murderPolice took 19 hours to find where girl was held despite three emergency callsFri Aug 02 2019 - 16:41
Von der Leyen and Orban strike positive note amid strained EU-Hungary tiesNationalist Orban favours incoming commission chief to liberal ‘ideological guerrillas’Thu Aug 01 2019 - 18:44
