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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
18 January 2012
Language Referendum Looms in Latvia, Bulgaria Restricts Fracking
Plus, Kosovans look to visa-free European travel and an Albanian politician escapes bribery charge.
By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Kelly Klein
16 January 2012
The Digital Counter-Revolution
Digitization, hyped as the savior of Eastern European TV, instead is bringing us more of the same old thing.
By Marius Dragomir
13 January 2012
Road to Ruin
An unnecessary highway in Kosovo could bankrupt Europe’s poorest state.
By Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
2 January 2012
Another Russia-China Hookup, More Pressure on Political Prisoners in Belarus
Plus, heads start to roll after Kazakhstan violence and minorities sue Tirana for the right to be counted.
By Barbara Frye and Ioana Caloianu
21 December 2011
Bringing Together Mitrovica’s Sonic Youth
A school for rock ’n’ roll chips away at ethnic barriers in Kosovo’s divided city.
By S. Adam Cardais
18 November 2011
Ukraine to Stop Euthanizing Stray Dogs, Bosnian Leaders in for Criticism
Plus, Belarus deports foundation workers and drug use up sharply in Romania.
By S. Adam Cardais and Joshua Boissevain
17 November 2011
Krakow Gets Tough on Graffiti, Chechen Poet Slain in Moscow
Plus, St. Petersburg pols mull gay "propaganda" ban and crafty Kazakh president calls snap elections.
By S. Adam Cardai and Joshua Boissevain
11 November 2011
Authori-Tourism: Dictators on Display
Eastern bloc countries look to their recent, troubled pasts for a possible tourism future.
By Joshua Boissevain
28 October 2011
Romania's ‘I Am a Roma’ Campaign, Kyrgyzstan's Bold Border Reopening
Plus, Lithuania rejects new CIA prisons probe, and a reconstructed Bolshoi makes its debut.
By S. Adam Cardais and Natasha Kirshina
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