Serbia's pro-EU parties defy forecasts to win electionSERBIA: SERBIA'S pro-European Union alliance defied predictions to win yesterday's general election, according to early predictions…Mon May 12 2008 - 01:00
Serb nationalists narrowly ahead of pro-EU liberals on eve of key electionSERBIA: A DEEPLY divided Serbia will choose in a general election tomorrow between western-backed liberals who want to move …Sat May 10 2008 - 01:00
Belarus offers olive branch to US in diplomat spy rowBELARUS: BELARUS, DESCRIBED by the United States as the "last dictatorship in Europe", has offered a slender olive branch to…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Kosovo Serbs vow to form own assembly after Sunday electionKosovo: LEADERS OF the Serb community in Kosovo have pledged to form their own political assembly after elections on Sunday…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
EU hopes offer of visa-free travel will sway SerbiansSERBIA: SEVENTEEN EUROPEAN states have offered visa-free travel to Serbians just days before they vote in a general election…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Greece bans lamb in dispute over Macedonia nameGREECE: MACEDONIAN LAMB has become the latest victim of Greece's demand that its Balkan neighbour change its name, after Athens…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Serbia's leaders clash over deals with Russia and attitude to EUSERBIA: MAJOR DEALS between Serbia and the European Union and Russia are becoming hostage to a battle between Serb president…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Balkan criminal's starving bear released for new life in FranceBOSNIA: A BOSNIAN bear that almost starved to death after being kept as a pet by a local gangster was heading for a new life…Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Kosovars reject organs trade claimKOSOVO: SENIOR FIGURES in Kosovo and Albania have angrily rejected allegations by former chief UN war crimes prosecutor Carla…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Bulgarian cabinet to be reshuffled as key minister resignsBULGARIA: BULGARIA'S PRIME minister Sergei Stanishev is poised to reshuffle his cabinet after interior minister Rumen Petkov…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Reform in Bosnia paves way to EU entryBOSNIA: INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS hailed Bosnia's decision to implement long-awaited police reform as a step towards European …Sat Apr 12 2008 - 01:00
No-confidence vote in Bulgarian government takes place todayBULGARIA: THE PARLIAMENT of Bulgaria will hold a vote of no-confidence in the government today, amid a spate of lurid murders…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Slovakia ratifies Lisbon Treaty despite media law rowSLOVAKIA: SLOVAKIA'S PARLIAMENT ratified the EU's Lisbon Treaty last night, after a small ethnic-Hungarian party split with …Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Bush flies in to Ukraine to extend last-minute support for its Nato bidUKRAINE: PRESIDENT GEORGE Bush flies to Ukraine today to offer last-minute US support for its bid to be invited to join Nato…Mon Mar 31 2008 - 01:00
Croatia hunting ex-general over grisly murdersCROATIA: CROATIA IS hunting a one-armed retired military general after the gruesome murder of four people, including his former…Sat Mar 29 2008 - 00:00
Slovak media attacks Bill it says will curtail freedomSLOVAKIA: SLOVAKIA'S MAIN newspapers devoted yesterday's front pages to a scathing attack on a proposed new media law they say…Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
Bucharest braces itself to host fraught Nato summitROMANIA: AS SECRET service agents swarm into Romania to prepare for the attendance of dozens of world leaders at next week's…Thu Mar 27 2008 - 00:00
Serbs say Kosovo is illegal 'Nato state'SERBIA: NINE YEARS after western powers started bombing Belgrade's forces out of Kosovo, Serb leaders yesterday denounced the…Tue Mar 25 2008 - 00:00
Serbia denies plan to partition KosovoSERBIA: PRESIDENT BORIS Tadic has denied that Serbia wants to partition Kosovo along ethnic lines and has denounced a senior…Sat Mar 22 2008 - 00:00
Russian security services arrest two brothers for espionage in oil industryRUSSIAN SECURITY services have arrested two Russian-American brothers for industrial espionage in the oil industry, in a move…Fri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
UN accuses Serb leaders and police over Kosovo riotsSERBIA: UNITED NATIONS officials have blamed Serb leaders and police for this week's deadly riots in Kosovo, as Belgrade railed…Thu Mar 20 2008 - 00:00
Kosovo Serbs clash with Nato and UN in MitrovicaKOSOVO: KOSOVO SERBS attacked United Nations police and Nato troops with guns, grenades and petrol bombs in the ethnically divided…Tue Mar 18 2008 - 00:00
Death toll mounts after explosion at Albanian depotALBANIA: THE DEATH toll is rising from a huge explosion at an Albanian arms depot, which injured hundreds of people, damaged…Mon Mar 17 2008 - 00:00
Ex-policemen jailed for killing Ukrainian investigative journalistUKRAINE: THREE FORMER Ukrainian policemen have been jailed for the murder of investigative journalist Georgy Gongadze, whose…Mon Mar 17 2008 - 00:00
Macedonia coalition may fallMACEDONIA: MACEDONIA'S GOVERNMENT faces collapse amid a row over the rights of the country's Albanian minority and its failure…Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
Kosovo Serbs storm UN courthouseSERBIA: HUNDREDS OF Serbs stormed and occupied a United Nations courthouse in the flashpoint Kosovo town of Mitrovica yesterday…Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
Serbs remember murdered leaderSERBIA: THE UNITED States and top EU officials urged Serbs to follow the political path of pro-western former prime minister…Thu Mar 13 2008 - 00:00
EU urges Serbs to back liberals as Kostunica dissolves governmentSERBIA: NATIONALIST SERB prime minister Vojislav Kostunica formally dissolved his government yesterday and asked president Boris…Tue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Serbia set for snap election as government fallsSERBIA: SERB PRESIDENT Boris Tadic is poised to call a snap general election after a government comprising his allies and those…Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
Bittersweet homecoming for forgotten victims of warKOSOVO: Forced into exile after the Balkans war, Roma people are returning to what's left of their Kosovo homesSat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00
Serb government split over EU view of KosovoSERBIA: THE SERBIAN government lurched closer to collapse yesterday as its coalition partners clashed over whether to freeze…Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
EU gas supply may be threatened againEU: UKRAINE WARNED yesterday that a deepening row over gas with Moscow could force it to cut supplies to the European Union, …Wed Mar 05 2008 - 00:00
West responds cautiously to Russian resultRUSSIA: EUROPE AND the United States gave a guarded welcome to Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev yesterday, amid complaints…Tue Mar 04 2008 - 00:00
Serb police officers in Kosovo refuse to work with Albanian colleaguesKOSOVO: SERB POLICE in Kosovo are refusing to work alongside their Albanian colleagues, in the latest stage in a Belgrade-led…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Kosovo PM pledges to defend 'territorial integrity'KOSOVO : KOSOVO'S PRIME minister has denounced Belgrade's suggestion that it will control parts of his new country, effectively…Wed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
Serbia signals support for partition of KosovoSERBIA: SERBIA GAVE a clear indication yesterday that it favours the de facto partition of Kosovo, and received resounding support…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
EU and US urge Serbia to protect their embassiesEU: The European Union and the US demanded yesterday that Serbia protect western embassies in Belgrade after several were attacked…Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00
Historic neglect threatens Kosovo's futureKOSOVO: The town of Mitrovica is a grim emblem for newly independent Kosovo - divided along ethnic lines, braced for possible…Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00
Charges filed against Kosovan leadersSERBIA: Serbia has filed criminal charges against Kosovo's leaders in retaliation for their declaration of independence from…Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
Serbia and Russia calm fears of Kosovo reprisalsKOSOVO: Serbia and Russia denounced Kosovo's apparently imminent declaration of independence yesterday, while toning down threats…Fri Feb 15 2008 - 00:00
Yushchenko vows not to allow Nato bases on Ukraine soilUKRAINE: President Viktor Yushchenko vowed yesterday that Ukraine would never host Nato bases on its territory, after his Russian…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
Russia will not cut Ukraine's gas but issues threat over Nato roleRussia: Russia agreed last night not to cut gas supplies to Ukraine over unpaid fuel bills, but then warned its neighbour that…Wed Feb 13 2008 - 00:00
Serbia vows to annul Kosovo 'fake state' moveSerbia: Serb leaders met yesterday to discuss retaliatory measures against Kosovo after its expected declaration of independence…Wed Feb 13 2008 - 00:00
Ukraine moves to solve gas row with RussiaRUSSIA: Ukraine is rushing to resolve a dispute over alleged gas debts to Russia, after Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom…Mon Feb 11 2008 - 00:00
Kosovo to declare independence 'next week'Serbia: Kosovo will declare independence a week from tomorrow, Serbia's minister for the restive province said yesterday, amid…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Gazprom threat to cut gas supply to UkraineUkrainian officials held emergency talks in Moscow yesterday after Kremlin-controlled Gazprom threatened to cut gas supplies …Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Tadic re-election may precipitate crisis in SerbiaSerbia: Widespread relief at the re-election of Serbia's pro-EU president Boris Tadic was tempered yesterday by fears that the…Tue Feb 05 2008 - 00:00
Tadic on course to win election in SerbiaSERBIA: Serbian president Boris Tadic was on course last night to narrowly win an election that was expected to push the country…Mon Feb 04 2008 - 00:00
Russia accuses election monitorsRUSSIA: Russia accused Europe's main democracy watchdog yesterday of trying to sabotage next month's presidential election, …Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Slovakia postpones vote on treaty againSLOVAKIA: Slovakia's ruling coalition postponed a vote to ratify the new EU treaty for a second time yesterday, after opposition…Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
