Kerry Skyring

Slovakia is heading for elections 3 months ahead of schedule after a junior coalition party pulled out and the minority government of Mikulas Dzurinda came close to…

A new born baby at Vienna's general hospital. The parents are relieved - it's apparently healthy. And its chances of a long life are good as it's been born into a wealthy…

A shiver went through Central Europe on Monday when the Russian energy giant Gazprom cut gas supplies to Ukraine because of a price dispute. That led to a major drop in…

Ahead of Friday's summit in Brussels the EU found itself struggling to find agreement on a new budget. But what is this budget? Well, it's almost a thousand billion euros…

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Europe this week on a visit dominated by the debate over the United States' treatment of terror suspects and the possibility…

Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, was in Budapest on Friday trying to sell new European Union member states on a plan to cut their funding by 10 percent. As the…

Leaders of 17 central, eastern and southeast European countries met in the Slovak spa town of Piestany on Friday. On the agenda of what is known as the Central European…

A major international conference on Islam, held in Vienna this last week, heard appeals for religious leaders to condemn violence waged in the name of Islam. The three day…

The Council of Europe this week opened an investigation into allegations the CIA is running secret prisons for terror suspects in eastern and central European democracies…

With just over a week to go before the European Union begins membership talks with Turkey, the campaign against Turkey has been stepped up in Slovakia. But a new report…