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- 9 April 2013
- The Heat is On
- Can we expect another government to follow Bulgaria's and fall over heating costs?
- By Martin Ehl
- 20 March 2013
- Orban’s Naked Tyranny
- Hungary’s prime minister uses a misbegotten constitution to strangle constitutional democracy.
- By Balint Szlanko
- 19 March 2013
- Russia Slams Cyprus Bank Levy, Ex-Romanian Premier Nastase Leaves Prison
Plus, Hungary’s government hands a prestigious award to far-right figures and Balkan consumers struggle to avoid the debt whirlpool.
- By Ioana Caloianu, Ky Krauthamer, Richard Parrish, and Connor Zickgraf
- 19 March 2013
- The Master Calculator
- Viktor Orban may still be unwelcome in parts of Europe, but his strategy to increase his party’s popularity at home is working.
- By Martin Ehl
- 18 March 2013
- Russian Pol Faces Probe for U.S. Talk, Polish Court to Hear About Secretive Church Property Claims Board
Plus, Hungary will fight EU in court over taxes on homemade brandy, and a Romanian director trains a spotlight on a wartime atrocity.
- By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Richard Parrish
- 12 March 2013
- Hungarian Lawmakers Vote to Weaken High Court, Bulgaria Admits Holocaust Role
Plus, Russia and the EU again talk of easing visa rules and Uzbek pundits see an Islamist threat to Central Asia.
- By Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, Ky Krauthamer, Richard Parrish, and Connor Zickgraf
- 11 March 2013
- Hungarian Constitutional Amendments Get Red Card, Armenian Challenger Launches Hunger Strike
Plus, camp settlements, cheap stoves, make Ulaanbaatar’s air dangerous, and another scandal over the meat supply erupts in Poland.
- By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Richard Parrish
- 5 March 2013
- The Nationalist Paradox
Even the region’s nationalists need foreign investment to make ends meet.
- By Martin Ehl
- 26 February 2013
- Return of the Young Dinosaurs
As long as we leave the field to them, the same old career politicians will keep trying to come back.
- By Martin Ehl
- 19 February 2013
- Has Budapest Stuck Its Finger in the Socket?
How the government’s ‘unorthodox’ approach to energy prices will turn out is anyone’s guess.
- By Martin Ehl
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