For Georgia’s few remaining Roma, traditional music goes out of fashion.
By Eka Chitanava and Temo BardzimashviliTbilisi hopes to lure foreign high-tech companies through tax breaks and cheap labor. From EurasiaNet.
By Nino PatsuriaAfter decades of neglect and abuse, Prague's river begins to attract developers and residents.
By Lucie Kavanova
The Other Side of the Latvian CoinLatvian politicians who misinterpret the Soviet past risk falling into the same trap as Ukraine’s Yushchenko, a Russian-Latvian commentary argues.
By BBC MonitoringThe strange tale of how the 20th century’s “most sinister monument to the absurd” still possesses transformative power in the Romanian capital.
By Razvan Amariei
The Maker of a Modern Magyar CityJozsef Finta, one of the creators of contemporary Budapest, has been called many things. Timid is not one of them.
By Peter MurphyA bold plan aims to take Sofia from a car-choked city starved of major meeting points to a pedestrian-friendly social hub.
By Boryana DzhambazovaThe status quo is bad for all parties interested in resolving the Azeri-Armenian conflict, but the will to change it is lacking.
By TOLA recent court decision gives a chilling glimpse into how Russian society handles the most provocative art.
By GALINA STOLYAROVAYou could put it down to sunstroke, but, no, for Hungarians, credulous paranoia is a year-round affliction.
By BALINT SZLANKO
Is a reset possible when Moscow and Washington continue to have profoundly different ideas about a fundamental issue?
By TOL
When your When your team’s not in the World Cup, picking a favorite is a witch’s brew of politics, prejudice, pride, and play.
By BOYKO VASSILEVPhotojournalism Workshop
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Course starts August 2.
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Russia's nutty neighborhoodWhat is going on with Russia’s European neighbors? Nearly seven years ago, Mikhail Saakashvili led a wave of revolutions that looked set to loosen Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s grip ..In Steady State
Drugs – A lifestyle of for Choice ..Drugs, alcohol and gambling are major problems that have already destroyed many families in the Czech Republic. Their stories are so tragic. This is an issue that also touches Roma..In Roma
Can This Union Be Saved?Thomas Geoghegan, a labor lawyer in Chicago, observed this today in the New York Times: Ireland was poor and helpless until the European Union came along like a fairy godmother. ..In EU Next in Line
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