Putin ratchets up anti-western rhetoric before presidential pollRUSSIAN PREMIER Vladimir Putin is hardening his anti-western rhetoric to undermine opponents and rally support, six weeks before…Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
OSCE condemns jailing of rights activist in BelarusTÁNAISTE EAMON Gilmore, who currently chairs the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, has condemned Belarus …Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Croatia votes strongly in favour of joining EUCROATIA HAS voted strongly in favour of joining the European Union in July 2013, according to early results from yesterday’s …Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Hungarian PM backs down in dispute with European UnionHUNGARIAN PRIME minister Viktor Orban has backed down from a possible court battle with the European Union and pledged to alter…Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Putin in broadside against his critics and opponentsTHE RUSSIAN prime minister has lambasted his country’s liberal opposition, media outlets and oligarchs, with a diatribe that …Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Hungary awaits EU verdict on lawsHUNGARY AND financial markets are on tenterhooks for today’s decision from the European Commission on the legality of controversial…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Kazakh vote overshadowed by unrest despite democracy claimsTHE GENERAL election in Kazakhstan has been overshadowed by a rare bout of public unrest and denounced by government critics …Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Hungarian president denies plagiarismHUNGARIAN PRESIDENT Pal Schmitt has been accused of copying almost all his doctoral thesis, adding to the woes of the ruling …Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Czech religious orders persecuted under Communism to be compensatedSurveys show almost 70% of Czechs oppose the €5 billion payout to 17 denominationsFri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Belarus online rules criticisedMEDIA WATCHDOGS have condemned moves by Belarus’s autocratic president Alexander Lukashenko to further tighten state control …Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
US, Germany urge changes in Transdniestrian border controlTHE UNITED States and Germany are pushing for the demilitarisation of the de-facto border zone between Moldova and its rebel …Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Political asylum for husband of TymoshenkoTHE CZECH Republic has granted political asylum to the husband of Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian opposition leader who has been…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Irish envoy set to handle prisoner swapsGEORGIA AND its rebel region of South Ossetia have conducted their largest exchange of prisoners in recent years as part of trust…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Putin claims to be open to dialogue with oppositionPRIME MINISTER Vladimir Putin has said he is open to “dialogue” with Russia’s growing opposition movement, even while claiming…Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Bosnian ethnic factions find formula for governmentBOSNIA’S ETHNICALLY divided political parties have finally agreed to form a new government, after 14 months of deadlock that …Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Putin dismisses calls to rerun recent general electionRUSSIAN PRIME minister Vladimir Putin has rejected calls to rerun this month’s fraud-tainted general election and dismissed his…Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
Putin rejects Gorbachev's call for him to quitRUSSIAN PRIME minister Vladimir Putin has rebuffed calls from former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to resign in the face…Tue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
Gorbachev urges rerun of disputed Russian electionMIKHAIL GORBACHEV, the reformer who reluctantly presided over the collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago, has called for Russia…Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Medvedev criticises external influences on protestsPRESIDENT DMITRY Medvedev has warned foreign powers and “provocateurs and extremists” not to meddle in Russia’s affairs ahead…Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Belfast accord could be model for Kosovo, says Serb presidentSERBIA’S PRESIDENT Boris Tadic has identified the 1998 Belfast Agreement as a possible model for a deal on Kosovo’s status that…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Duma convenes as Moscow braces for major street protestRUSSIA’S NEW celebrity-studded parliament has convened as Moscow braces itself for another major street protest against the country…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Ireland to play peace broker in Moldovan disputeELECTIONS IN divided Moldova could help decide the success of Ireland’s efforts to end one of Europe’s longest-running conflicts…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Putin ridicules protesters during live TV sessionPRIME MINISTER Vladimir Putin has mocked Russia’s anti-government protesters and suggested they are stooges of foreign powers…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
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
