Prague mayor goes undercoverPRAGUE: The mayor of Prague has disguised himself as an English-speaking rock star to test the trustworthiness of the city's…Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Romanian priest on the run after alleged swindleROMANIA: Romanian police are hunting an Orthodox priest who allegedly swindled €200,000 from his impoverished parishioners…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Greece suspects bird flu in duck hunterGREECE: Greece was testing a hunter for avian flu yesterday, as the European Union reacted to its first cases of a disease that…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Croatia moves to stop wealthy foreigners buying islandsCROATIA: Croatia has moved to prevent wealthy foreigners from buying up its idyllic Adriatic islands amid fears that EU accession…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Serb army protected MladicSERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Belgrade has admitted that its army officers harboured war crimes suspect Gen Ratko Mladic until the…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Tens of thousands turn out for Rugova funeralSERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Tens of thousands of Kosovo Albanians lined the streets of the regional capital, Pristina, yesterday…Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Polish leader to meet Pope todayPOLAND: Lech Kaczynski flew to Rome yesterday on his first foreign trip as Poland's president, but may have escaped political…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Tributes to Rugova as Kosovo ponders futureKOSOVO: Thousands of Kosovo Albanians braved freezing weather yesterday to bid farewell to President Ibrahim Rugova, amid speculation…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Kosovo mourns death of 'Gandhi of the Balkans'KOSOVO: Kosovo mourned yesterday for President Ibrahim Rugova, the leader of its fight for independence, who has died just ahead…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
New vote in Poland likely if coalition talks failPOLAND: Poland's prime minister has said that the country will go back to the ballot box if the new conservative government …Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Two-month-old Polish government may call fresh electionsPOLAND: Poland's new government may call fresh elections rather than form a coalition with populist parties that oppose key …Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Poland's ruling party to consider forging new alliances over budgetPOLAND: Poland's conservative minority government said yesterday it might push through its 2006 budget by forging alliances …Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Battle in Ukraine over sacking of governmentUKRAINE: President Viktor Yushchenko demanded yesterday that Ukraine's parliament reverse its decision to sack the government…Fri Jan 13 2006 - 00:00
Sacking of Ukraine's government 'illogical and wrong'UKRAINE: President Viktor Yushchenko denounced Ukraine's parliament yesterday for sacking his government and destabilising the…Thu Jan 12 2006 - 00:00
Opposition concern at new Polish finance appointmentPoland: Poland's liberals have claimed that the government's appointment of one of its former top members as finance minister…Mon Jan 09 2006 - 00:00
Bulgarian hospital faces inquiry over alleged sale of organsBulgaria: Bulgarian officials are investigating allegations that a hospital in the capital, Sofia, was at the centre of a lucrative…Mon Jan 09 2006 - 00:00
Archaeologists and thieves vie for Thracian goldSofia Letter: The tale seems to change a little every time, but academics here love to tell it.Thu Dec 29 2005 - 00:00
Bulgaria to help set up HIV fund in LibyaBULGARIA: Bulgaria said yesterday it would help set up an international fund for the families of 426 Libyan children suffering…Sat Dec 24 2005 - 00:00
Serbs on trial for killing Bosnian MuslimsSERBIA: Five Serbs, whose alleged execution of Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica was caught on a comrade's gruesome "trophy film…Wed Dec 21 2005 - 00:00
Hope for nurses condemned to death in LibyaLIBYA : Bulgarian officials are trying to temper growing optimism that five nurses condemned to death in Libya for infecting…Tue Dec 20 2005 - 00:00
Shepherd finds 70 foetuses in forestROMANIA: A shepherd has discovered more than 70 human foetuses and three adult human skulls in the forests of northeast Romania…Fri Dec 16 2005 - 00:00
John Paul's heartbeat sought for Polish MassPOLAND: A Polish priest is reportedly trying to obtain a recording of the heartbeat of the late Pope John Paul to play to parishioners…Wed Dec 14 2005 - 00:00
Croats rally in support of war crimes suspect GotovinaCroatia: Some 40,000 Croats rallied in the Adriatic port city of Split yesterday in support of Gen Ante Gotovina who faces war…Mon Dec 12 2005 - 00:00
Poland denies permitting secret CIA prisonsPOLAND: Poland's president Alexander Kwasniewski has insisted yesterday that Poland had never played host to secret CIA prisons…Thu Dec 08 2005 - 00:00
Croatian premier tries to mollify miffed ItaliansCROATIA: Croatia sought to mollify Italy yesterday after it denounced a proposal by the country's prime minister to return property…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
US denies running secret prison in Kosovo as covert CIA flights investigatedUS: The United States has denied running a covert detention facility in Kosovo, amid concerns that the CIA is holding terror…Mon Nov 28 2005 - 00:00
Bosnia remains a deeply divided stateBOSNIA : Bosnia's leaders have marked a decade of peace by pledging to overhaul their ethnically divided state, but the road…Fri Nov 25 2005 - 00:00
Status of Kosovo puts focus on restive BalkansBOSNIA: As Bosnia prepares to celebrate a decade of peace, much of former Yugoslavia anxiously awaits the start of final talks…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Libya offers deal to release nursesLIBYA: Libya has proposed swapping five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with HIV for …Thu Nov 17 2005 - 00:00
Ex-Bosnian Muslim chief-of-staff not guilty of war crimesUN TRIBUNAL: The highest-ranking Bosnian Muslim commander to be tried by the UN tribunal at The Hague was acquitted of war crimes…Thu Nov 17 2005 - 00:00
Poland may host part of US missile systemPOLAND: Poland may host part of the United States' controversial missile defence system, its new prime minister said yesterday…Tue Nov 15 2005 - 00:00
Mladic surrender talks reportedSERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Senior Serb officials are negotiating the surrender of Gen Ratko Mladic, Bosnian media reported yesterday…Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
PiS wins vote of confidence with reform pledgePOLAND: Poland's conservative minority government won a vital vote of confidence in parliament last night, after making concessions…Fri Nov 11 2005 - 00:00
Media fears censorship in BulgariaBulgaria: Bulgarian media groups warned yesterday that the state could use stringent new restrictions on television broadcasts…Thu Nov 10 2005 - 00:00
Tribunal studies case to beatify John PaulVATICAN: A council of senior Catholic clergy began examining the case for the beatification of Pope John Paul II yesterday in…Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
Law and Justice rules out Polish coalitionPOLAND: Poland's election winners ruled out the possibility of a coalition with their chief rivals yesterday, amid fears that…Fri Nov 04 2005 - 00:00
Premier tries to win support for new governmentPOLAND: Poland's new prime minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz yesterday attempted to reinforce his minority government by seeking…Thu Nov 03 2005 - 00:00
Poland's PM dogged by party's populist imagePOLAND: It is a tough first week in office for Poland's new prime minister, facing the demands of allies and adversaries and…Wed Nov 02 2005 - 00:00
Croatia, Romania confirm more avian flu casesCROATIA: Croatia and Romania confirmed more cases of avian flu yesterday while Candian government officials said several wild…Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00
Parties in Poland at odds over coalitionPOLAND: Poland was stumbling towards a potentially unstable coalition government last night as the country's two strongest parties…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00
War crime suspect urged to surrenderSERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Zoran Stankovic, the new defence minister of Serbia-Montenegro and a reputed friend of Ratko Mladic…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Latest killing a setback for Bulgarian EU hopesBULGARIA: One of Bulgaria's richest men was shot dead yesterday in the middle of its capital, Sofia, hours after Brussels warned…Thu Oct 27 2005 - 01:00
Serbia, Kosovo due for key talksSERBIA: The prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo have outlined diametrically opposed plans for the future of the mostly Albanian…Tue Oct 25 2005 - 01:00
Romania accelerates cull of poultryROMANIA: Romania is accelerating a cull of domestic poultry and tightening quarantine restrictions in the Danube delta after…Mon Oct 17 2005 - 01:00
EU is urged to expand furtherBALKANS: Heads of state from across central Europe and the Balkans urged the European Union yesterday to continue expanding …Sat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
Right-wing battle to lead PolandPOLAND: Poland's outgoing president, Alexander Kwasniewski, flew to Washington yesterday for a farewell visit, as his socialist…Wed Oct 12 2005 - 01:00
Romania, Turkey in culls to stop bird fluROMANIA/TURKEY: Romania and Turkey are culling thousands of birds to quell an outbreak of bird flu that could be the deadly …Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Annan wants early start to talks on KosovoUN: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday that he wanted talks on the future of Kosovo to start soon, pitting ethnic…Sat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
List names Serbs suspected of role in Srebrenica massacreSERBIA & MONTENEGRO: The Bosnian government has identified almost 20,000 ethnic Serbs allegedly involved in the massacre…Thu Oct 06 2005 - 01:00
Croatia thanks Austria for promoting its causeCROATIA: Croatia celebrated the start of EU entry talks yesterday and thanked Austria for fighting its corner during a bout …Wed Oct 05 2005 - 01:00
