The clock is ticking for the Budapest-based International Investment Bank as its desperate search for cash or new shareholders looks increasingly hopeless. February could prove to be a defining month in the more than 50-year history of the Russian-led International Investment Bank (IIB) – one which a growing number of …

By replacing ‘Moldovan language’ with ‘Romanian’ in the country’s constitution, Moldova’s ruling party hopes to shore up its pro-European tilt. Abill to enshrine Romanian as the official language of Moldova in the country’s constitution, replacing ‘Moldovan’, is expected to pass a second and final reading in parliament on Thursday, in …

The issue of Pope John Paul II’s alleged cover-up of child abuse is likely to rally PiS’s hardcore conservative Catholic voters in what will be a make-or-break electoral campaign. In Poland the late Pope John Paul II is not only a saint, but an iconic anti-Communist hero who to some …