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25 January 2012
Nazarbaev Opponents Arrested, Saakashvili Opponent in Court Victory
Plus, Montenegro suffers under prolonged drought and an exclusive massacre in Romania.
By Ky Krauthamer, Joshua Boissevain, and Kelly Klein
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12 January 2012
Monkey Business in Slovakia, Romania’s Stray Dogs Escape Death Row
Plus, forced marriage of Balkan immigrants troubling Germany and Central Asia’s protesters-for-hire.
By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Caloianu, Varvara Lokteva, and Joshua Boissevain
25 November 2011
The Russian Chalk Circle in the Balkans
As EU accession – and the fight against corruption – become less abstract, some pols look to Moscow for a way out.
By Koca Pavlovic
8 November 2011
Poland’s New-Look Parliament, Hope on Horizon for Romanian Economy
Plus, nationalists rally in Moscow and Georgians rush to give money to a billionaire.
By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Kaitlyn Meade
30 May 2011
For Montenegro, Statehood Might Have Been the Easy Part
Five years after its independence, the country must still tackle corruption and master the peaceful transition of power.
By Florian Bieber
11 March 2010
Silly Supermen
Want lots of power but no responsibility? Run for president in the Balkans.
By Tihomir Loza
19 November 2009
Brotherhood Was Not Enough
The regimes in Eastern Europe are not the only ones that crumbled under the weight of dissent and their own inadequacy.
By Tihomir Loza
5 November 2009
Turning on the News
Once allies in the push for Montenegrin independence, the country's prime minister and its oldest private newspaper are now locked in a nasty war of words and writs.
By Drasko Djuranovic
14 September 2009
'Poking Each Other in the Eye'
Politicians in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia find that keeping petty squabbles alive is a lot easier than actually working.
By BBC Monitoring
13 August 2009
Eastern Europe's Muppies
Once yuppies, now middle-aged, a generation of leaders learns the region’s, and their own, limitations without abandoning their ideals.
By Boyko Vassilev
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