Welcome to Bulgaria, the world’s fastest shrinking nationRich Land, Poor Land: The EU’s poorest state is rife with corruption and inequalitySat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00
Kremlin vows to defend Russian church faithful in Ukraine disputeWarnings as Kiev set to form own Orthodox Church after centuries of Moscow ruleFri Oct 12 2018 - 17:56
Ukraine set for church independence despite Russia's warningsMoscow furious as Istanbul synod backs Kiev’s bid for national Orthodox churchThu Oct 11 2018 - 20:08
Suspect charged over rape and murder of Bulgarian journalistCountry’s PM rejects fears over press freedom after death of Viktoria MarinovaWed Oct 10 2018 - 16:16
Bosnian Serb leader eyes controversial Crimea and Srebrenica movesElections boost Kremlin ally Milorad Dodik and put Bosnian Croats at oddsTue Oct 09 2018 - 15:09
Erdogan tells Saudis to prove missing journalist left Istanbul consulateJamal Khashoggi’s disappearance overshadows Budapest talks with Viktor OrbanMon Oct 08 2018 - 19:28
Bloody history and anti-Muslim stance colour Hungary-Turkey linksErdogan to visit Orban as both leaders brush off allegations of autocratic tendenciesMon Oct 08 2018 - 02:00
Jail looms for Macedonia’s ex-premier amid row over name dealGruevski loses court appeal against corruption conviction as state debates Greece agreementFri Oct 05 2018 - 19:32
Romania under fire over referendum to ban same-sex marriageGovernment rallies its rural base amid street protests and EU criticismThu Oct 04 2018 - 19:51
In Greece and Macedonia, name deal opponents see democracy under attackSunday’s referendum in Skopje declared a success despite only 37% voter turnoutThu Oct 04 2018 - 02:00
Romania faces European Parliament grilling on anti-graft reformsThe EU and US fear Bucharest is backsliding on corruption and rule of lawTue Oct 02 2018 - 17:45
Macedonia and allies back name deal with Greece despite vote failureSkopje threatens snap elections if nationalists block pact and steps towards EU and NatoMon Oct 01 2018 - 17:12
Low referendum turnout clouds Macedonia name-deal prospectsSkopje government still likely to seek parliamentary vote on pact with GreeceSun Sept 30 2018 - 20:07
Macedonia to vote on name change that is key to EU and Nato hopesCountry’s nationalist president calls the pact with Greece ‘historical suicide’Fri Sept 28 2018 - 16:54
Slovak police detain suspects over murder of reporter and his fianceeJan Kuciak shot dead in February after finding alleged government-mafia linksThu Sept 27 2018 - 16:38
Hungary’s government under pressure on multiple frontsUse of EU funds, attacks on the media and Orban’s lavish lifestyle under fireWed Sept 26 2018 - 18:16
War’s legacy and looming elections shape Bosnia’s response to migrantsVelika Kladusa Letter: Political mudslinging over migrants contrasts with public goodwillSun Sept 23 2018 - 20:13
Russia denies meddling in Bosnia as elections loomBosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik to visit Moscow ahead of October 7th voteSun Sept 23 2018 - 18:49
Romania's de facto leader Liviu Dragnea survives party rebellionLegal travails and street protests sparked challenge to Social Democrat bossFri Sept 21 2018 - 19:21
Hungary warns of retaliation if Ukraine acts on dual citizenship spatBudapest is already blocking some Kiev-Nato co-operation over language rowThu Sept 20 2018 - 17:32
Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban hail ties and discuss energy and finance‘Illiberal’ leaders of Hungary and Russia stay close despite east-west chillTue Sept 18 2018 - 17:00
US warns of Russian meddling in Macedonian referendumDeal with Greece would help Macedonia join Nato despite Kremlin oppositionMon Sept 17 2018 - 17:28
Russian Orthodox Church warns of violence and schism over UkraineMoscow freezes ties with Constantinople patriarch over Kiev's independence bidSun Sept 16 2018 - 17:45
Kosovo’s murky politics cloud hunt for Serb politician’s killersEight months after Oliver Ivanovic was shot dead, many people suspect a cover-upSat Sept 15 2018 - 05:00
Dispute over $3bn ‘Irish’ bond heads for UK supreme courtUkraine and Russia locked in dispute over whether borrowings should be repaidFri Sept 14 2018 - 15:33
Prague and Warsaw back Hungary over threat of EU censureViktor Orban to visit Russia next week after bruising European Parliament defeatThu Sept 13 2018 - 18:15
Russia accuses Ukraine of Islamic State links as tensions riseAllegations between Moscow and Kiev over warlord’s murder, religion and water supplyMon Sept 10 2018 - 18:38
Serbian leader sees no end in sight to Kosovo stand-offAleksandar Vucic vows to defend Kosovo Serbs as roadblocks disrupt visitMon Sept 10 2018 - 11:44
Macedonia faces divisive vote on ‘treasonous’ deal with GreeceNationalists reject ‘North Macedonia’ name change that would open Nato and EU pathsSat Sept 08 2018 - 05:00
Kosovo-Serbia talks to resume amid tensions over land swap dealCritics fear a proposal to change borders could have violent consequencesFri Sept 07 2018 - 01:00
Russia commits to more talks on Ukraine in wake of separatist leader’s assassinationGermany and France urge calm amid fears Moscow could abandon diplomacyMon Sept 03 2018 - 17:36
Assassinated separatist leader Zakharchenko buried in UkraineRussian foreign minister calls bombing of Donetsk restaurant ‘provocation by Ukraine’Sun Sept 02 2018 - 17:51
Beaches of the World: A 30-year Balkan border rowSlovenia and Croatia mostly get along, but can’t agree on beautiful Bay of PiranSat Sept 01 2018 - 07:00
Land-swap fears unite many of Kosovo’s Serbs and AlbaniansBroad multi-ethnic opposition in Kosovo to talk of border changes with SerbiaSat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
Hungary under fire over migration as college halts courses for refugeesBudapest summons Swedish ambassador after criticism from StockholmThu Aug 30 2018 - 18:28
Kosovo premier warns border change with Serbia ‘would mean war’Ramush Haradinaj says land swap would help Russia destabilise the BalkansWed Aug 29 2018 - 19:58
Migrants in Bosnia risk all to complete ‘the game’ before winter bitesCroatian police violence and looming Bosnian elections add to migrants’ woesTue Aug 28 2018 - 01:00
EU, US open to change of borders as part of Kosovo-Serbia dealMove has long been ruled out as dangerous and destabilising for the BalkansSun Aug 26 2018 - 18:00
Ukraine targets EU and Nato place on independence dayUS national security adviser John Bolton attends multinational military parade in KievFri Aug 24 2018 - 16:00
Czechs lambast their leaders 50 years after Soviet invasionPremier’s communist-era ‘agent’ past and president’s pro-Russian views stir angerTue Aug 21 2018 - 18:03
Russia casts long shadow as Czechs mark 50 years since invasionPro-Kremlin president will not make a speech in memory of the Prague SpringTue Aug 21 2018 - 01:00
Former comedian approved as Slovenia's new prime ministerMarjan Sarec forges coalition to keep populist Orban ally Janez Jansa out of powerFri Aug 17 2018 - 17:33
Serbs’ Srebrenica denial fuels fears ahead of Bosnian electionsUS condemns Republika Srpska’s annulment of report on 1995 genocideThu Aug 16 2018 - 18:49
Gender studies and Kahlo under fire as Orban eyes new ‘cultural era’Hungary’s government is to end funding for course it sees as ‘liberal ideology’Wed Aug 15 2018 - 18:05
Bosnians protest in Bihac as migration strain growsCroatian police say rock fall killed two migrants found dead in forestMon Aug 13 2018 - 17:13
Protesters and president pile pressure on Romanian governmentPolice and officials defend actions after 450 people hurt at Bucharest rallySun Aug 12 2018 - 18:42
Macron leads western appeals to Putin over Ukrainian filmmakerFears grow for Crimean native Oleh Sentsov after 89-day hunger strike in Arctic jailFri Aug 10 2018 - 18:41
US joins condemnation of media crackdown in BelarusRaids target press that criticise veteran autocrat Alexander LukashenkoThu Aug 09 2018 - 17:10
Slovakia suspected of role in abduction of Vietnamese officialTrinh Xuan Thanh jailed for life after being snatched in BerlinWed Aug 08 2018 - 17:21
Georgia and Russia trade blame on 10th anniversary of warMoscow says Georgian accession to Nato could spark ‘terrible conflict’Wed Aug 08 2018 - 02:00
