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13 February 2001 Ukraine

Politics: Kuchma’s Sausage-Slicing Business
Government pressure on independent media and businesses supporting the opposition continues unabated.
by Ivan Lozowy
25 March 2004


Kosovo in Crisis

Interethnic Relations: Uneasy Calm After the Storm
Kosovo’s violence last week leaves provinces interethnic relations at their lowest since the 1999 NATO intervention.
by Fatmire Terdevci
26 March 2004

Kosovo: The Tragic Death of Politics
A Kosovo Albanian newspaper publisher says his land faces a self-destructive competition between a failed politics and the violence that takes human lives. From Koha Ditore.
by Veton Surroi
24 March 2004

Serbia: Anti-Muslim Violence Rocks Serbia
Historic mosques come under attack by mobs protesting unrest in Kosovo; politicians and Orthodox leaders try to calm the crowds.
by Milovan Mracevich
19 March 2004



Column

Technicalities: A Net Full of Holes
Hungary's well-intentioned scheme to help poor students buy computers while cleaning up the bootleg-software market has accomplished neither goal.
by Judit Szakacs
25 March 2004


Albania's Past and Future

Books: An Idea in Search of a Country
'Greater Albania' can mean many things, only a few of which are treated in a new study of Albanians' political strivings through history.
by Eleanor Pritchard
24 March 2004


Week in Review: 16 - 22 March 2004

Kosovo: Black Wednesday and Thursday
Two dozen die in the worst outbreak of ethnic violence since 1999.
by Bekim Greicevci

Serbia: Out for Vengeance
Will Belgrade see the outbreak of violence in the province as a signal to change tactics on Kosovo?
by Sasha Grubanovic

Georgia: A Second Rose Revolution in Bud?
Saakashvili faces down the leader of Ajaria in an attempt to nurture a late flowering of November’s 'rose revolution.'
by TOL

Slovenia: A Symbolic End to Transition
First among the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Slovenia officially becomes a donor and not a borrower.
by Ales Gaube

Poland: The Church Semi-Militant
After 23 years leading Polish Catholics, Cardinal Glemp makes way for a Euro-skeptic, anti-pluralist from the eastern borderlands.
by Wojciech Kosc

More Week in Review reports…

The Bulgarian Television X-Files
'New Europe' Pushing for a Wider Europe
War of Chechnya Conspiracy Theories Spreads to France
Drug Trafficking, Addiction Grow in Kyrgyzstan


Our Take: A Shattered Showcase
The violence in Kosovo has shown up Western policy as a complete failure. The uncertainty over Kosovo’s future must be ended.
TOL editorial, 16-22 March 2004


Czechs and NATO

Five Years On
Czechs have at least eight reasons to be satisfied with their half-decade as one of the alliance's new boys, but one of the architects of modern Czech security policy says there were some sticky moments at the beginning. From Lidove noviny.
19 March 2004

Central Asia

Uzbekistan: Halting the Money Train
As it comes time to renew U.S. aid to Uzbekistan, it’s getting harder and harder to pretend that the country has earned it.
by David Lewis
18 March 2004

Poverty: Learning to Say the P Word [p]
How can poverty be reduced in Central Asia? A World Bank official suggests a first step.
by David Mikosz
17 March 2004

Roma in the EU

Closed-Door Policy
Slovakia's Roma have had their first taste of what their future as EU citizens may be.
by Karin Waringo
17 March 2004

Cultural Politics

Bosnia: Culture Beggars
The international community bestows another honor on Bosnia's capital for its unique cultural blend, while Bosnian politicians slash culture budgets to the bone.
by Anes Alic
17 March 2004

The Making of Putin

Putin Remembered:
The Flexible Way to Victory [p]
The future president barely stood out from the crowd at school. It may have been the making of him.
by Irina Sandul
17 March 2004


Ukraine

Media: A Question of Priorities [p]
The Ukrainian government has launched a massive campaign against opposition media. Ukrainians seem more worried about rising water tariffs.
by Ivan Kolos
12 March 2004


Russia’s Presidential Elections

The Opposition: To Vote or Not to Vote?
The biggest debate in this election campaign has not been about policy but about whether to boycott the elections
by Sergei Borisov
11 March 2004

Putin: The Passionless Campaigner
The consummate campaigner who refuses to campaign has shown his appeal to almost the entire Russian electorate.
by Peter Lavelle
10 March 2004


Column

The Deep End: The Naked Truth
Candidates who bare all, a hair-raising presidential comment, and a frighteningly large sausage.
by TOL Staff
12 March 2004



The Slovenia-Slovakia Confusion

Slovenia: They're Playing Our Tune
As Slovenia prepares to dance into the EU, it still doesn't know what glad rags to don for the occasion.
by Ales Gaube
11 March 2004


War Crimes

Bosnia: Radovan Karadzic, ‘Serbian Hero’ [p]
Efforts to capture Karadzic have been stepped up recently, but the high-profile operation seems to harden Bosnian Serb public opinion.
by Michael Logan
11 March 2004


Security in Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan: Hunting Guns [p]
Are Central Asian countries awash with guns? Kyrgyzstan, for one, is not. But the authorities’ suspicion about sharing information risks become self-defeating.
by S. Neil MacFarlane and Stina Torjesen
5 March 2004


Rywingate

Poland: A Political Reality Show [p]
A yearlong investigation into Poland’s largest political scandal of recent years is ending. Amazingly, millions of Poles have found it compelling entertainment throughout.
by Inessa Kim and Wojciech Kosc
5 March 2004


Column

EU Insider: Ready for Inaction [p]
The European Commission can be happy with its new commissioners. But was the selection process a senseless fuss and a waste of time?
by Karel Bartak
5 March 2004


Hungarian Writing

Doing Just Great
Hungarian Jewish writers employ ‘the vice of misfortune and language’ and find humor, irony, despair, and delight.
by Robert Murray Davis
5 March 2004



Business

Romania: How Not to Privatize [p]
Would you want to bid for a Romanian company after reading this?
by Razvan Amariei
4 March 2004


Civil Society and Its Discontents

Books: The 15-Year Hangover [p]
Can extremist groups be good for budding democracies? The case studies in a challenging new book suggest that sometimes the answer is 'yes.'
by Vitaly Lagvinovich
3 March 2004


Roma in the New Europe

Online Discussion
Nicolae Gheorghe, head of the OSCE's Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, was the guest at a TOL online discussion on 26 February. Readers can view the discussion transcript, or continue the debate by posting a comment on TOL's Discussion Board.