5 June 2000
The Iron Lady of Bosnia
Our profile of Biljana Plavšić, now at The Hague court facing war crimes charges.

26 July 1999
The Dark Clouds of NATO
The dangers of depleted uranium in the aftermath of the NATO bombing in Yugoslavia.

Czech TV Crisis
The Death of Public TV
Jan Čulík
The striking Czech TV journalists have won their battle... but it is a Pyrrhic victory.

If You Fear the Devil,
Why Call on Satan?
Anna-Britt Kaca
The Czech TV crisis has moved to Brussels. But since when has the EU been a champion of free speech and strong journalism?

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Sow and Reap NEW!
Štěpán Kotrba
The Czech Social Democrats have been a success. Why is it the public can't stand them?

Slovenia's Success
Brian J Požun
How Slovenia went from the brink of war to star student of the EU in just a few short years.

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

Memory and Forgetting
Martin D Brown
Historical amnesia and post-Cold War attitudes in the Czech Republic. FREE ebook for CER eBookclub members.

The Celluloid Tinderbox
Andrew James Horton (ed)
An explosive decade of Yugo film. FREE!

After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
Has "transition" all been for nought?

The Failure of a New History
Andrew Stroehlein
Tense Czecho-German relations. FREE!

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1+1=3
Eva Sobotka
The Slovak educational system is failing the Roma.

See You, Jimmy
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Working-class singer Imre "Jimmy" Zámbó is silenced forever.

Ten Years After, Part II
Bernhard Seliger
How institutional change was achieved in Germany after 1989.

Conflicts and Celebrations
Brian J Požun
This year's celebrations of Orthodox Christmas were muted by many open and simmering conflicts.

Understanding the Other
Elena Gapova
Taking issue with Tiffany Petros's article on Czech feminism.

Carving Out a New Estonia
Mel Huang
Estonia is gerrymandering its way into mapping new districts.

Women in Transition
Sam Vaknin
Communism has left a legacy of inequality for women in Central and Eastern Europe.

Ministry Knew of Cancer Risk
Richard Norton-Taylor
From our partner, The Guardian: UK Army doctors warned four years ago that exposure to depleted uranium increased the risk of developing lung, lymph and brain cancer.

Lenin: A Biography
Robert Service
Reviewed by Rob Stout
Recently opened Soviet archives provide another look at Lenin.

The Meaning of Liberalism
Zdeněk Suda & Jiří Musil, eds
Reviewed by Andrea Mrozek
Discerning the fate of one of our time's great "isms."

The outside media looking into the region:

Great Britain:
Depleted Coverage
Oliver Craske
NATO soldiers take precedence over local populations in the UK press.

Germany:
Playmates or Politicians?
Andrea Mrozek
The German media is put out by the conduct of their chancellor in Moscow.