Central Europe Review The International OSI Policy Fellowships (IPF) program
Vol 2, No 25
26 June 2000
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FIDESZ Sex, Lies but No Videotape
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Mid-way through FIDESZ's term of office, mud-slinging in the media has become de rigeur, as both sides of the ideological divide attempt to claim the moral high ground.

Suyumbika TowerPostcard
from Tatarstan

Derek S Hutcheson
Our intrepid Scotsman reports on Tatarstan's enthusiastic voting habits.
Who's to blame? The Buck Stops Everywhere
Slavko Živanov
Serbs, Albanians and the international community must share the blame for the messiest of Balkan bar fights: Kosovo.
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Open the Door, Ostrich
Oliver Craske
In refusing to consider the bigger picture on migration and accession, EU politicians continue to bury their heads in the sand.

Caught in the Middle
Brian J Požun
In the past ten years, the Rusyns have twice been made victims simply by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Echoes of Joachim
and Vyacheslav

Mel Huang
Support for the Baltic states' NATO entry has come from both traditional allies and newer friends alike; Germany, however, remains noticeably silent.

A First Encounter
Sam Vaknin
Part II in a series of articles looking at Balkan frictions.

Dodgy Bankers
Jan Čulík
The recent sale of the Czech bank IPB has raised serious questions about its financial propriety.

Championship Politics
Catherine Lovatt
While Romanians may excel at football, their politicians are just not good enough.

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