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Poland has achieved a remarkable amount in recent years, but its sense of outrage is undimmed. Poland has been wiped off the map twice, partitioned, invaded, and shunted...

Diplomats fear nationalist backlash in Serbia. Serbia is expected to resume talks with Kosovo in Brussels next week in a bid to gain official recognition as a candidate for...

India's refusal to condemn the Syrian regime is the latest example of how it differs from the EU on major international questions.

Sweden and Finland may not be members of NATO, but the alliance should call on their help. Defending its European members used to be NATO's main task. Now it is all but...

Danes seek to opt in after opt-outs. Since Denmark took over the presidency of the Council of Ministers on 1 January, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark's prime minister, has...

Lithuania's foreign minister enjoys a scrap. One would think that, for a small country integrated into the heavyweight machinery of alliances such as the EU and NATO, foreign...

Denmark's prime minister is struggling to cope on the domestic stage. Here is some good news for European Commission stagiaires, MEPs' assistants – even for the MEPs...

A delicate understanding of national identity in the Balkans helped Kiro Gligorov keep Macedonia out of the Balkan wars. Angelina Jolie's new film, “In the Land of Blood...

Ashton moves monthly meeting of foreign ministers to 23 January. National foreign ministers have agreed to adopt tougher sanctions against Iran on 23 January, one week...

Germany leads opposition because of situation in Kosovo. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, dealt a blow to Serbia's pro-European leadership under President Boris Tadic by...

Zoran Milanovic has had a seemingly effortless rise to the top of Croatian politics. Few people become a prime minister without fighting. Yet, seemingly effortless victory is...

Germany is concerned about the country's actions toward Kosovo. National leaders are expected to postpone a decision to grant Serbia the status of a candidate for membership...

EU affairs ministers cannot reach agreement, so controversial issue will be discussed by EU leaders on Friday. National ministers for EU affairs have been unable to reach...

Breakthrough reached after two days of talks; but agreement on regional co-operation still elusive. Serbia and Kosovo have agreed new arrangements for managing border

The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor is heading for disaster in an early parliamentary election on Sunday (4 December). The conservative HDZ...

Germany is threatening to stop Serbia being made a formal candidate for membership of the European Union at next week's European Council. The leaders of the 27 member states...

Former commissioner to be economy and finance minister. Mario Monti, Italy's new prime minister, has unveiled a government of non-political experts to steer the country out...

The phrase ‘eastern Europe' should be binned. But what should replace it? Here are some alternatives. TED talks are glitzy mini-lectures, available free on the internet....

While the EU wants to change how it deals with Bosnia and Herzegovina, the fragile peace in the country is rapidly deteriorating. For close to 16 years, Bosnia and...

The international community has shown this year how mass atrocities can be averted. Good news not only sells less well than bad news, but also often seems harder to believe....