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Conflict & Diplomacy
3 February 2012
Moscow Laments EU ‘Lecture,’ Kosovo Seeks Full Independence
Plus, Bosnia passes key census law, and Tajik forces battle drug smugglers.
By S. Adam Cardais and Joshua Boissevain
2 February 2012
U.S. Military Aid for Uzbekistan, Shelter for Roma in Albania
Plus, green activists stage a sit-in at a Romanian ministry and Yeltsin could get a statue in Estonia.
By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Kelly Klein
1 February 2012
Kazakh Human Rights Defender to Walk Free, Eastern Europe Hit by Deadly Cold
Plus, ethnic tensions flare in Macedonia and a lost account of a Nazi purge in Krakow surfaces.
By Barbara Frye and Ioana Caloianu
31 January 2012
A Partial Declaration of Human Rights
Tired of western criticism, Russia trains its sights on practices elsewhere. From openDemocracy.
By Oliver Bullough
31 January 2012
Former Romanian Premier Guilty of Corruption, EU Cuts Latvian Funding
Plus, Czechs follow through on threat to boycott EU fiscal treaty and an Azeri dream to pierce the sky.
By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Kelly Klein
26 January 2012
Out of Jail, but Still in Prison
The hellish existence of many of Russia’s former inmates is everybody’s problem.
By Galina Stolyarova
25 January 2012
Home Again, Sixty-Seven Years Later
Expelled by Stalin, one Meskhetian family finally makes it back to Georgia.
By Temo Bardzimashvili
24 January 2012
The Best of Intentions
Hungary’s man in charge of Roma integration seems to care about the task at hand, but does he have the resources to make real progress?
By Martin Ehl
24 January 2012
Romanian Foreign Minister Sacked, Gruesome Kyrgyz Prison Protest
Plus, further arrests in killings of Albanian demonstrators and EU may tighten screws on Lukashenka.
By Ky Krauthamer, Joshua Boissevain, and Kelly Klein
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