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NEWS ABOUT: Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe stories: 29 news summaries

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Eastern Europe: Charm for Less

Prague, Poland among adventurous destinations for thrifty travelers

Mar 2, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The ever-pricier euro is sending determined travelers east, past the Eiffel Tower, to overlooked treasures like Prague's Old Town Square. Check out cheaper, Eastern European must-sees as recommended by Forbes:
  1. Peterhof State Museum-Reserve, St. Petersburg, Russia: These palaces and 18th-century gardens rival those of Versailles.
  2. Plitvice Lakes National
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Russia • travel • Eastern Europe • Poland • Europe • Czech Republic • Croatia • list • Albania • Bulgaria • Hungary • Ukraine • Slovenia • cheap travel

Poland, US Move Closer on Missile Shield

Countries agree, in principle, on military cooperation plan

Feb 2, 08 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Poland agreed, in principle, yesterday to host controversial US missile interceptors on its soil, the AP reports, after Condoleezza Rice sat down with Poland's foreign minister and agreed to help upgrade its military in return. The foreign minister told reporters in Washington that there was still a lot of negotiating... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • Poland • Condoleezza Rice • missile • missile defense system

Bomb Derails Russian Train

Authorities claim link to Chechen insurgency

Aug 14, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia suspects terrorism in a bomb that derailed a train on the busy Moscow-to-St. Petersburg line yesterday, reports Reuters. Thirty-eight people were hospitalized and more  treated at the scene, about 170 km from St. Petersburg. The bomb was planted on a bridge; the locomotive and most carriages derailed after crossing. More »

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Russia • terrorism • insurgents • Eastern Europe • Moscow • bomb • Chechnya • train • St. Petersburg

Putin Wants in on Missile Shield

Russian premier pushes plan for joint anti-missile defense system in lieu of bases in Poland, Czech Reppublic

Jul 3, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin yesterday pushed his proposal for cooperating with the US on a joint missile defense system, part of which would be built on Russian soil, the Washington Post reports. The offer, first broached in Germany last month,  was welcomed by President Bush as he and the Russian premier ... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • Poland • Vladimir Putin • Czech Republic • Kennebunkport • missile defense system • George W. Bush

Missile Defense Founders on Bush Missteps

Poles and Czechs underappreciated, Congress stiffens

Jul 2, 07 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is looking for support for his missile shield in all the wrong places, the LA Times reports. While he dallies with president Putin, an increasingly underwhelmed Congress is readying to pull the plug. Meanwhile, Poland and the Czech Republic—the designated missile-defense bases—are increasingly skeptical of American... More »

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Eastern Europe • Poland • Vladimir Putin • Czech Republic • missile defense system • George W. Bush

Bush Tries to Calm Russian Fury Over Missile Shield

'The Cold War is over,' says the president

Jun 5, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has nothing to fear from a US missile shield in Eastern Europe, President Bush insisted in a speech in the Czech Republic today aimed at smoothing Vladimir Putin's ruffled feathers en route to the G8 summit. The Russian president threatened over the weekend to aim nuclear warheads at Europe... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • missile shield • Poland • Vladimir Putin • Czech Republic • George W. Bush

Putin Rattles Nuclear Sabre

Threatens to aim nukes at European cities

Jun 4, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia is threatening to aim nuclear missiles at major European cities for the first time since the Cold War, the Daily Telegraph reports. Vladimir Putin's provocation, on the eve of the G-8 summit, was the latest in an increasingly strident string of anti-western pronouncements in response to US plans to... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • Vladimir Putin • nuclear • missile • missile defense system • Cold War

Putin Lashes
Out at Foreign Meddlers

Repeats opposition to missile shield, pledge to step down next year

Apr 26, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin threatened to stonewall a key defense treaty if the U.S. doesn't back down on anti-missile bases in Eastern Europe, and lashed out against "foreign meddlers" in Russian politics. In his annual speech to parliament, Putin also repeated his pledge to stand down when his term ends... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • anti missile bases • Vladimir Putin • missile • missile defense system

Don't Mind Us, We're British!

Rowdy brides and grooms Invade Eastern Europe for their "stag and hen dos"

Apr 10, 07 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget lap dancing at the local strip joint: British bridegrooms, brides and their wedding parties are descending on Eastern European capitals for cheap, drunken bachelor and bachelorette binges that last a week or more, the Journal reports. They're lured by low-cost air fares and rock-bottom prices on booze, but it's... More »

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alcohol • tourism • Eastern Europe • Estonia • stag parties • hen parties • United Kingdom • wedding • drinking • Britain

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