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Vol 2, No 34
9 October 2000
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Nicolae and SlobodanSeparated at Birth?
Catherine Lovatt
The revolution in Yugoslavia bears some similarity to Romania's revolution. Is Milošević, like Ceauşescu, a man without a chance?
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Delusions of Dominoes
Pat FitzPatrick
Everyone is calling Serbia the final East European domino to fall. Nonsense.
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Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Stepping up the pace? The "union of minorities" ponders enlargement.
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Memory and ForgettingMemory and Forgetting
Martin D Brown
NEW! Historical amnesia and post-Cold War attitudes in the Czech Republic. FREE ebook for CER eBookclub members.

Out of TimeOut of Time
Dejan Anastasijević (ed)
An in-depth look at Milošević's opponents. This FREE ebook is produced by IWPR and CER.

Greasing the WheelsGreasing the Wheels
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
The bribes, the theft, the orgies... Hungary's incredible oil scandal fully explained.

The Celluloid Tinderbox
Andrew James Horton (ed)
An explosive decade of Yugoslav film. This ebook is FREE.

After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
CER's controversial commentator asks: has "transition" all been for nought?

The Failure of a New History
Andrew Stroehlein
Czechs and Germans attempt to make amends. This ebook is FREE.

Damaging Discourse
Delia Dumitrica
Romania's media and Euro-Atlantic integration.

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Meta-stasis
Artur Nura
While Yugoslav elections have dominated the news, Albania has also been going to the polls.

An Empire Implodes
Sam Vaknin
Not only is Koštunica unlikely to bring any new direction to Serbia, but, ironically, Albanian Kosovars have lost their truest ally—Milošević himself.

Hard Cell Techniques
Jan Čulík
As Czechs go into denial over the inhuman brutality of their policing methods, the evidence is mounting.

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The Nation's Poet
Emilia Stere
The publication of century-old love letters sparks a new debate over poet Mihai Eminescu.

Czechoslovakia: The Velvet Revolution and Beyond
Robin H E Shepherd
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A portrait of the Czech Republic and Slovakia ten years after the Velvet Revolution.

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letters
The outside media looking into the region:

Great Britain: Time Regained
Oliver Craske
The British press compares the Yugoslav revolution of last week with those of 1989.

Germany:
Celebrations and Desecrations

Andrea Mrozek
The day marking ten years of German unification is marred by violence.

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