Society

In Uzbekistan, It’s A Soldier’s Life for Me

Life in the army comes loaded with perks and free from the bullying in other post-Soviet armies.

By EurasiaNet.org

22 May 2012

Around the Bloc

Putin Consolidates Power, Nikolic Seeks Western Allies

Plus, NATO’s Baltic strategy and a new political opening for Georgian opposition leader Ivanishvili.

By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Joshua Boissevain

22 May 2012

Environment

Healing Waters, Roiling Fights

TOL Special Report: Kremlin plans to ramp up tourism in the North Caucasus raise fears of damage to a famed spa zone.

By Nikolay Protsenko

21 May 2012

Environment

From Smokestacks to Tree Huggers

TOL Special Report: Russia is on its way to undoing the dreadful environmental legacy of the Soviet Union, if prosperity doesn’t get in the way.

By TOL

21 May 2012

Around the Bloc

Nikolic Ousts Tadic, Russians Step Up Protest Walks

Plus, U.S. honors jailed Belarusian human rights activist and Belgrade plans a shelter for gay people.

By S. Adam Cardais, Joshua Boissevain, and Ioana Caloianu

21 May 2012

Around the Bloc

Serbian Media Silent on Mladic Trial, Nabucco-lite Proposed

Plus, anti-homophobia demonstrators are attacked in Tbilisi and a Serbian base on the Kosovo border comes under fire. By S. Adam Cardais and Joshua Boissevain

18 May 2012

Politics

The Con of Rath

The arrest of a top-ranking politician suggests that Czech law enforcement and politics are finally becoming disentangled. From Respekt.

By Jaroslav Spurny and Erik Tabery

18 May 2012

Around the Bloc

Macedonia Caught in Rendition Trial, EU and Ukraine Still at Odds

Plus, Mongolian herders rail against climate change and Kazakhstan looks for a superhero. By Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, Jeremy Druker, and Anna Shamanska

17 May 2012

COLUMNS

Middle Europa

Moving the Goalposts

Are Hungarians so glum because they earn sporting success only in water polo?

By MARTIN EHL

22 May 2012

Middle Europa

On Polish Self-Confidence or a Mobile Phone as a Minesweeper 

Optimism is still alive, even in a dug-up Silesian industrial town. 

By MARTIN EHL

15 May 2012

The Fourth Estate

There Will Be Blood

The change of governments in Romania ushers in a new period of political meddling in the country’s media.

By MARIUS DRAGOMIR

14 May 2012

The New EU

Taking the Communists Out of the Closet

A Czech politician says the country should settle the argument over the Communist Party, but now could be the worst time.

By KATERINA SAFARIKOVA

9 May 2012

Balkan Eye

Figuring Out Right From Left

In post-communist politics, the leftists and rightists continue to shape-shift.By BOYKO VASSILEV

3 May 2012

Russian Unorthodox

Russia’s Iniquitous Bakers Face Crackdown

Quota-happy police feed the crime statistics with poppy-seed rolls.

By GALINA STOLYAROVA

26 April 2012

Middle Europa

Prague and Warsaw’s Misguided Food Fight

The “road salt affair” threatens to get out of hand.

By MARTIN EHL

24 April 2012