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- 6 September 2012
- Poland Responds to Allegations of CIA Black Sites, Feminist Activist Flees Ukraine
Plus, Hungary gets nationalization-happy and Putin shows birds how to migrate.
- By Jeremy Druker, Joshua Boissevain, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 5 September 2012
- EU Opens Gazprom Probe, Bulgaria and Poland Back Away From Euro
Plus, a new round of arrests hits Belarusian opposition and Latvian Russians mount another drive for citizenship rights.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Joshua Boissevain, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 4 September 2012
- Journalists Protest at Kyiv Media Convention, Russian Duma May Expel Opposition Member
Plus, Serbia backtracks on opposition to sitting around the same table with Kosovo, and Kyrgyzstan’s major parties aim to form a new government in record time.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Joshua Boissevain, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 3 September 2012
- Azerbaijan Pardons Armenian’s Killer, Russian Gas Field’s Future in Doubt
Plus, Bosnia’s Croats and Bosniaks might study together, and a reported UK visa blacklist of Russian officials kicks up a row.
- By Barbara Frye, Jeremy Druker, Joshua Boissevain, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 31 August 2012
- ‘Free Pussy Riot’ Scrawled at Murder Scene, Slovak Leader Handicaps Euro Collapse
Plus, Uzbekistan bans foreign bases and will there be a St. Petersburg “March of Millions?”
- By S. Adam Cardais and Ernad Halilovic
- 30 August 2012
- Suicide Killing in Dagestan and Shootout on Georgia Border Raise Tensions in North Caucasus
Plus, Ukrainian judges reject an appeal from Tymoshenko and Roma parents in the UK worry about losing their children.
- By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Ernad Halilovic
- 29 August 2012
- Kyrgyz Crowd Assaults Belarusian Embassy, Ethnic Rift Rocks Macedonia’s Government
Plus, a Polish IT company looks for new business in Russia and the video game that could heighten tensions over Nagorno-Karabakh.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Ernad Halilovic
- 28 August 2012
- Fires Ravage Balkans, Eight-Year Sentence for Russian Activist
Plus, Albania debates garbage imports and Bulgaria looks to diversify its energy supply.
- By Ky Krauthamer, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Ernad Halilovic
- 27 August 2012
- Neo-Nazis March in Hungary, Belgrade Moves to Halt Kosovo Privatizations
Plus, a top fugitive from Kyrgyzstan surfaces in Minsk and Ukraine’s president looks to work the Russian angle ahead of elections.
- By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Ernad Halilovic
- 24 August 2012
- Russia Wants to Extradite 'Merchant of Death,' Fire Erupts at Kazakh Murder Site
Plus, Montenegro struggles with Roma refugee housing, and Europe marks its totalitarian past.
- By S. Adam Cardais and Ernad Halilovic
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