Politics

11 March 2010
Silly Supermen

Want lots of power but no responsibility? Run for president in the Balkans.

By Tihomir Loza
 
Raul_Khadjimba
10 March 2010
Just Another Post-Soviet Semi-Democracy Premium

The Abkhaz political establishment has its opponents, but they hardly comprise an opposition.

By BBC Monitoring
 
5 March 2010
The View from Tbilisi: Political Capital

Public service or vote-buying? Tbilisi residents debate the motives behind Mayor Gigi Ugulava’s pre-election largess. A TOL/Liberali multimedia project.

By Iago Kurashvili and Nino Kakhishvili
 
3 March 2010
Bewitched Premium

Martians, purple flames, black magic – it must be election season in Eastern Europe.

By Katerina Safarikova
 
Fahrudin Radoncic
25 February 2010
Asleep at the Wheel
Civil society needs to stand up to Bosnia’s new hate-speech demagogues.
By Ivana Howard
 

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