http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/EasternEurope.xmlen-gb The highlighted stories from the Eastern Europe category of the Spiderednews web site.Thu, 17 May 2012 12:40:11 GMT© 2010 SpideredNews.com15INDEPENDENTWed, 16 May 2012 17:00:24 GMT Ratko Mladic was a shadow of the swaggering general who once "held Sarajevo in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war as his long-awaited genocide trial opened - but he stillhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bosnian-serb-commander-general-ratko-mladic-defiant-at-genocide-trial-in-the-hague-7756665.htmlhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bosnian-serb-commander-general-ratko-mladic-defiant-at-genocide-trial-in-the-hague-7756665.htmlEastern EuropeINDEPENDENTWed, 16 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT Twenty years after he became commander of the Bosnian Serb Army for the 1992-95 war, Ratko Mladic sat in the dock of the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague yesterday chargedhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/in-the-dock-justice-catches-up-with-butcher-of-bosnia-7758070.htmlhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/in-the-dock-justice-catches-up-with-butcher-of-bosnia-7758070.htmlEastern EuropeNYTIMESThu, 17 May 2012 05:55:00 GMTRatko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander, went on trial at The Hague on Wednesday for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity in the 1990s. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c67f038b7c1e51bdaf27ec88e7f0f859http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c67f038b7c1e51bdaf27ec88e7f0f859Eastern EuropeIBTIMESWed, 16 May 2012 08:21:20 EDTDefiant former Bosnian Serby army General Ratko Mladic makes threatening gesture to survivors and realtives of Srebrenica massacre, as his trial begins for crimes against humanity.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341694/20120516/ratko-mladic-srebrenica-massacre-trial-crimes-against.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341694/20120516/ratko-mladic-srebrenica-massacre-trial-crimes-against.htmEastern EuropeFEEDSPORTALWed, 16 May 2012 05:30:51 GMTTwenty years after Serb forces unleashed a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, military commander Ratko Mladic is finally going on trial on charges of masterminding atrocitieshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/616913/s/1f6583cf/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cworldnews0Ceurope0Cserbia0C92685380CRatko0EMladic0Efinally0Egoes0Eon0Etrial0Bhtml/story01.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/616913/s/1f6583cf/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cworldnews0Ceurope0Cserbia0C92685380CRatko0EMladic0Efinally0Egoes0Eon0Etrial0Bhtml/story01.htmEastern EuropeGOOGLESun, 06 May 2012 21:19:54 GMTSERBIA'S president Boris Tadic and opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic will contest the second round of presidential elections. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/CFF16dDASTI/story-e6frg6so-1226348350223http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/CFF16dDASTI/story-e6frg6so-1226348350223Eastern EuropeGOOGLESun, 06 May 2012 21:19:54 GMTSERBIA'S president Boris Tadic and opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic will contest the second round of presidential elections. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/CFF16dDASTI/story-e6frg6so-1226348350223http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/CFF16dDASTI/story-e6frg6so-1226348350223Eastern EuropeTOPIXWed, 02 May 2012 16:46:29 GMT An EU -run Kosovo court has cleared Fatmir Limaj , a senior Kosovo politician and three of his associates of allegations, that they tortured and killed Serb detainees during the 1998 -99http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.topix.com/world/europe/2012/05/eu-kosovo-court-acquits-mp-ex-kla-commander-of-war-crime-charges?fromrss=1http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.topix.com/world/europe/2012/05/eu-kosovo-court-acquits-mp-ex-kla-commander-of-war-crime-charges?fromrss=1Eastern EuropeCHICAGOTRIBUNETue, 01 May 2012 20:36:07 GMTNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury found a Bosnian-born U.S. citizen guilty on Tuesday of planning a coordinated suicide bomb attack on New York City subways in 2009 at the behest of seniorhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/news/nationworld/~3/qnzp35GjLVw/story01.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/news/nationworld/~3/qnzp35GjLVw/story01.htmEastern EuropeGOOGLEThu, 26 Apr 2012 22:01:01 PDTRomanian Govt Falls in No-Confidence Vote. U.S. Firms Add Jobs, but Mostly Overseas. Ron Paul Wins 5 Delegates in Pennsylvania; Romney Officially Has Zero. Spanish Company Associated withhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wRh/~3/CD18oyJ6cjM/Rivero_1_042712_130000.mp3http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wRh/~3/CD18oyJ6cjM/Rivero_1_042712_130000.mp3Eastern EuropeREUTERSFri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:43 GMTBUCHAREST/PRAGUE (Reuters) - Romania's opposition torpedoed the centre-right cabinet in a confidence vote on Friday, raising the prospect of months of political turmoil and questions over ahttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/uk-centraleurope-politics-idUKBRE83Q0QC20120427?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/uk-centraleurope-politics-idUKBRE83Q0QC20120427?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeNYTIMESWed, 25 Apr 2012 05:01:07 GMTBosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro said Tuesday that they had raised about $395 million to help refugees from the wars in the former Yugoslavia. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ab728339d8fd80daa484bd7dd382b6afhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ab728339d8fd80daa484bd7dd382b6afEastern EuropeGUARDIANSat, 21 Apr 2012 23:05:14 GMT Ed Vulliamy's intelligent analysis of the Bosnian war and its aftermath does not linger on the horror but tries to explain it The wars that followed the collapse of the Yugoslavhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/22/vulliamy-war-dead-bosnia-reviewhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/22/vulliamy-war-dead-bosnia-reviewEastern EuropeGUARDIANSat, 21 Apr 2012 23:08:03 GMT BBC veteran apologises for backing magazine that claimed exposé of Serb-run camps was false John Simpson, the BBC's world affairs editor, has admitted for the first time that he washttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/john-simpson-wrong-side-bosnia-libel-trialhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/john-simpson-wrong-side-bosnia-libel-trialEastern EuropeINDEPENDENTFri, 20 Apr 2012 14:11:14 GMT Nazi-hunters from the Simon Wiesenthal Center have named 95-year-old Hungarian Laszlo Csatary as their most wanted war crimes suspect and have asked Hungary to prosecute him, an expert athttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nazihunters-ask-hungary-to-try-1944-war-crimes-suspect-7665551.htmlhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nazihunters-ask-hungary-to-try-1944-war-crimes-suspect-7665551.htmlEastern EuropeREUTERSThu, 19 Apr 2012 16:39:30 GMTSARAJEVO (Reuters) - Eight Bosnian Muslim wartime officials went on trial on Thursday accused of the torture and abuse of Serbs in detention camps near the Serb-besieged capital Sarajevo, 20http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/19/uk-bosnia-warcrimes-idUKBRE83I13D20120419?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/19/uk-bosnia-warcrimes-idUKBRE83I13D20120419?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeREUTERSFri, 13 Apr 2012 14:39:25 GMTAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the United Nations cannot be prosecuted in the Netherlands for failing to prevent genocide against Bosnian Muslims inhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/uk-srebrenica-netherlands-un-idUKBRE83C0WJ20120413?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/uk-srebrenica-netherlands-un-idUKBRE83C0WJ20120413?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeNYTIMESThu, 12 Apr 2012 05:10:14 GMTThe Serbian police have detained nine people accused of setting fire to the United States Embassy in Belgrade in 2008 during riots against Kosovo’s independence. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f95dc620efeee938c205450cb2234460http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f95dc620efeee938c205450cb2234460Eastern EuropeNYTIMESThu, 12 Apr 2012 05:10:14 GMTThe Serbian police have detained nine people accused of setting fire to the United States Embassy in Belgrade in 2008 during riots against Kosovo’s independence. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f95dc620efeee938c205450cb2234460http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f95dc620efeee938c205450cb2234460Eastern EuropeIBTIMESFri, 06 Apr 2012 18:01:08 EDTBosnia-Herzegovina commemorated on Friday the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the longest siege in history: the siege of Sarajevo, which defined the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/325080/20120406/bosnia-herzegovina-serbs-croats-bosnian-war-anniversary.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/325080/20120406/bosnia-herzegovina-serbs-croats-bosnian-war-anniversary.htmEastern EuropeREUTERSFri, 06 Apr 2012 15:47:05 GMTSARAJEVO (Reuters) - With row upon row of empty red chairs, one for each of the 11,541 victims of the siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday remembered when war broke out 20 years ago and thehttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/06/uk-bosnia-war-idUKBRE83508620120406?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/06/uk-bosnia-war-idUKBRE83508620120406?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeBBCFri, 06 Apr 2012 08:27:05 GMTAllan Little recalls horrors of Bosnia war, 20 years onhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17636221http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17636221Eastern EuropeBBCFri, 06 Apr 2012 17:46:05 GMTCeremonies in Sarajevo mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina, in which 100,000 died and millions were displaced.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17636640http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17636640Eastern EuropeIBTIMESThu, 05 Apr 2012 11:15:59 EDTCheck out this slideshow that gives you glimpses of the Bosnian War, ravaged country it left behind and the new world the Bosnians are creatinghttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324573/20120405/bosnian-war-anniversary-sarajevo-rebels.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324573/20120405/bosnian-war-anniversary-sarajevo-rebels.htmEastern EuropeIBTIMESThu, 05 Apr 2012 11:15:59 EDTCheck out this slideshow that gives you glimpses of the Bosnian War, ravaged country it left behind and the new world the Bosnians are creatinghttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324573/20120405/bosnian-war-anniversary-sarajevo-rebels.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324573/20120405/bosnian-war-anniversary-sarajevo-rebels.htmEastern EuropeCNNThu, 05 Apr 2012 10:32:48 EDTTwo families scarred by the Bosnian war -- and joined by the memories of a couple who dared to love across the ethnic divide -- have the same message of peace as the nation marks the 20thhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/BbL-UecfieA/index.htmlhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/BbL-UecfieA/index.htmlEastern EuropeREUTERSWed, 04 Apr 2012 12:46:05 GMTBELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian President Boris Tadic announced his resignation on Wednesday 10 months early, in a manoeuvre aimed at keeping his Democratic Party in power and the country edginghttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/uk-serbia-president-idUKBRE8330H520120404?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/uk-serbia-president-idUKBRE8330H520120404?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeREUTERSMon, 02 Apr 2012 15:36:08 GMTMOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) - Like Bosnia, Zoran Laketa has a complicated past. Related Stories Quake strikes Mexico, no major damage reported Egyptian Copts abandon constitution talks Gunmanhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/uk-bosnia-mostar-idUKBRE8310PO20120402?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/uk-bosnia-mostar-idUKBRE8310PO20120402?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeMSNBC.MSNMon, 02 Apr 2012 13:41:47 GMTHungary's president, former Olympic gold medalist Pal Schmitt, said Monday that he would resign after being accused of plagiarism and stripped of his doctorate, according to reports.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/02/10981451-hungary-president-pal-schmitt-quits-in-plagiarism-scandalhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/02/10981451-hungary-president-pal-schmitt-quits-in-plagiarism-scandalEastern EuropeNYTIMESMon, 02 Apr 2012 15:12:05 GMTPal Schmitt resigned from his largely ceremonial post on Monday amid a storm of criticism over what he called “unfounded allegations” of plagiarism in his 1992 doctoral thesis. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cc7c6d14bfc9742f50daae69232a7096http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cc7c6d14bfc9742f50daae69232a7096Eastern EuropeBBCMon, 02 Apr 2012 14:02:36 GMTHungary's President Pal Schmitt says he is resigning, after being stripped of his doctorate over plagiarism.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17586128http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17586128Eastern EuropeFEEDSPORTALMon, 02 Apr 2012 11:35:32 GMTHungary's President Pal Schmitt resigned on Monday, after he was stripped last week of his 1992 doctorate title following claims he plagiarised most of his 200-page thesis. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2EtZ0Y4v4R26d/story01.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2EtZ0Y4v4R26d/story01.htmEastern EuropeREUTERSSun, 01 Apr 2012 16:07:31 GMTBELGRADE (Reuters) - Six people were killed in a fire that tore through a packed nightclub in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad overnight, and the owner and two others were arrested,http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/uk-serbia-fire-idUKBRE8300CF20120401?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/uk-serbia-fire-idUKBRE8300CF20120401?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeINDEPENDENTSat, 31 Mar 2012 23:00:01 GMT Dr Catalin Cirstoveanu runs a cardio unit with state-of-the-art equipment at a Bucharest children's hospital. But not a single child has been treated in the year and a half since ithttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/romanias-hospital-scandal-babies-left-to-die-as-doctors-refuse-to-work-without-bribes-7606242.htmlhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/romanias-hospital-scandal-babies-left-to-die-as-doctors-refuse-to-work-without-bribes-7606242.htmlEastern EuropeREUTERSFri, 30 Mar 2012 11:50:45 GMTBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian President Pal Schmitt cancelled appointments on his schedule on Friday, a day after being stripped of his doctorate following a months-long plagiarism row whichhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/uk-hungary-president-idUKBRE82T0JS20120330?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/uk-hungary-president-idUKBRE82T0JS20120330?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern EuropeBBCThu, 29 Mar 2012 23:12:06 GMTA university in Hungary strips President Pal Schmitt of his doctorate after ruling that large parts of his thesis were plagiarised.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17558166http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17558166Eastern EuropeINDEPENDENTMon, 19 Mar 2012 13:21:07 GMT Spanish police say they have made 11 arrests as they broke up two gangs that allegedly forced young Romanian women to work as prostitutes and arranged marriages for them to non-EU citizens. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-11-arrested-in-pimping-crackdown-7577685.htmlhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-11-arrested-in-pimping-crackdown-7577685.htmlEastern EuropeBBCFri, 16 Mar 2012 05:15:24 GMTHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban launches a scathing attack on the European Union, accusing it of treating the country as a colony.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17394894http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17394894Eastern EuropeWSJTue, 13 Mar 2012 12:39:45 EDTEuropean Union finance ministers agreed to impose sanctions on Hungary because of its fiscal policies, but said they will review the decision in June.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450004577279322368129522.html?mod=fox_australianhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450004577279322368129522.html?mod=fox_australianEastern EuropeNYTIMESFri, 09 Mar 2012 13:00:48 GMTHungary could face legal action and a delay in the start of talks on a badly needed package of financial aid. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=84b5c1d74ce63a45a7f1a07cdac8e6c8http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=84b5c1d74ce63a45a7f1a07cdac8e6c8Eastern EuropeWSJThu, 08 Mar 2012 16:02:25 ESTHungary's government is working to resolve disputes with the European Union, and is trying to hasten the start of precautionary-loan negotiations with the EU and the International Monetaryhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204781804577269623123656132.html?mod=fox_australianhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204781804577269623123656132.html?mod=fox_australianEastern EuropeGUARDIANThu, 08 Mar 2012 12:15:34 GMT This HBO/BBC co-production accurately depicts the good relationship between Clinton and Blair. It's just a shame that their congeniality makes for boring viewing The Special Relationshiphttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/mar/08/special-relationship-tony-blair-bill-clintonhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/mar/08/special-relationship-tony-blair-bill-clintonEastern EuropeBBCWed, 07 Mar 2012 17:26:11 GMTProsecutors in the war crimes trial of Serb nationalist Vojislav Seselj at The Hague call for him to be jailed for 28 years.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17289960http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17289960Eastern EuropeECONOMISTFri, 02 Mar 2012 15:28:25 GMTWHEN they have chosen a new pope, the cardinals gathered in the Sistine chapel burn their ballots and send out a puff of smoke from the chimney to alert the world that they have made ahttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/03/serbias-eu-bid?fsrc=rsshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/03/serbias-eu-bid?fsrc=rssEastern EuropeECONOMISTFri, 02 Mar 2012 17:48:11 GMTAS regular readers will know, we carry quite a few articles saying that "Eastern Europe" is an out-of-date term. But a new publication in Warsaw is boldly adopting the label. Called Newhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/03/gazprom-trouble?fsrc=rsshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/03/gazprom-trouble?fsrc=rssEastern EuropeIBTIMESFri, 02 Mar 2012 09:55:11 ESTThe EU's decision was taken at a summit in Brussels late Thursday night, and launched the former pariah state on what will be a lengthy process towards full blown membership of the Union.http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/308055/20120302/serbia-eu-kosovo-membership-candidate.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/308055/20120302/serbia-eu-kosovo-membership-candidate.htmEastern EuropeWSJThu, 01 Mar 2012 21:50:53 ESTSerbia won official candidate status for membership in the European Union, strengthening the hand of the Balkan nation's pro-Western government in its increasingly heated struggle with ahttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204571404577255671059771442.html?mod=fox_australianhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204571404577255671059771442.html?mod=fox_australianEastern EuropeFEEDSPORTALFri, 02 Mar 2012 05:42:10 GMTSerbia took a "milestone" leap towards EU membership when Europe's leaders granted Belgrade candidate status Thursday, opening a new chapter in the troubled history of the Western Balkans. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2EtZ0X1J8k1uY/story01.htmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2EtZ0X1J8k1uY/story01.htmEastern EuropeUSATODAYThu, 01 Mar 2012 22:31:26 GMTEuropean Union leaders formally made Serbia a candidate for membership in the bloc in a remarkable turnaround. http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/akMgyNKPbyE/1http://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories/~3/akMgyNKPbyE/1Eastern EuropeREUTERSThu, 01 Mar 2012 22:23:12 GMTBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union gave Serbia the status of candidate for membership on Thursday in an attempt to promote better government in the western Balkans as the regionhttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/01/uk-serbia-eu-draft-idUKTRE82028W20120301?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewshttp://www.spiderednews.com/EasternEurope_I.php?url=@http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/01/uk-serbia-eu-draft-idUKTRE82028W20120301?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsEastern Europe