Would-be Sochi hijacker wanted Ukrainian prisoners freed
Investigators say the Ukrainian man who tried to hijack a Turkey-bound commercial flight and divert it to Sochi – the
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Month: February 2014
Bosnia quiet but tense after days of violent clashes in Sarajevo, other cities
After three days of violence that arose from protests over economic woes, Sarajevo and other cities were quiet but tense
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BSP stood up to ‘subversion’ and government is a success, Stanishev tells congress
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev has told his party comrades that the current government is working “increasingly successfully and
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Weekly review: Romania gets into the electoral mood
This week’s events in Romania have confirmed politicians are readying themselves for the two election cycles in 2014 – European
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Backtrack on penalties for media damaging ‘good name’ of election candidates
Bulgaria’s centre-right former ruling party GERB has backtracked on a proposal to include in the new election code a provision
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Dialogue, peaceful resolution of political crisis needed, UN chief tells Yanukovych
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated to Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych the urgency of ending the political crisis in
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Ukraine: EuroMaidan increases security after bomb cripples two protesters
Andriy Parubiy, the security chief of EuroMaidan, instructed the protesters on February 7 to accept no objects from people they
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Turkey: Tightening up on free speech
Turkey this week took a step toward stifling critics and limiting free speech. Parliament passed a new law Wednesday which,
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Film Review: RoboCop
Compared with Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 original, the new RoboCop does not only have better technology at its disposal but also
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