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Vol 3, No 4
29 January 2001
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Czech writer Jachym Topol CER has won the
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CER delves into the work of Jáchym Topol,
a leading figure in contemporary Czech literature.

City Sister Silver
Jáchym Topol
A look at Topol's blast onto the post-Communist, postmodern Czech literary scene.

I Can't Stop
Tomáš Weiss
Caroline Kovtun reviews a new Czech collection of interviews with Jáchym Topol.

Andel Exit, 2000Hard Stuff
Andrew James Horton
Topol's prose is translated into an extraordinary stream of hallucinogenic images in the film version of his novel Anděl.

A taste of City Sister Silver
An excerpt from Topol's epic novel about post-Velvet Revolution Prague.

Reading Topol
A list of Topol's works in both Czech and English.

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

Slovenia: Shedding the Balkan SkinSlovenia'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 WheelsGreasing the Wheels
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
The bribes, the theft, the orgies... Hungary's incredible oil scandal fully explained.

Memory and ForgettingMemory 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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Just Passing Through
Brian J Požun
Slovenia has become Europe's back door for illegal immigrants.

Cherries, Anyone?
Bernhard Seliger
From forced nationalisation to cherry picking and contested restitutions, East German privatisation was not without obstacles.

A Surprising Alliance
Wojtek Kość
The birth of a liberal-conservative platform in Poland.

Unemployment:
The case of Macedonia

Sam Vaknin
Unemployment is by far the most damaging social scourge of economies in transition. What can be done to prevent it?

CER's Content Crown Awards
Recognising outstanding Internet content throughout the region

Kinoeye
A Commercial for Czech LiteratureA Commercial for
Czech Literature

Ivana Košuličová
Strong on visuals, Kytice lacks the emotional power of the literary classic it was based on.

Press reviews
The outside media looking into the region:

Great Britain:
Charmingly Controversial

Oliver Craske
The UK press succumbs to the allure of a former revolutionary—Joschka Fischer.

Germany:
Stalin's Tears

Andrea Mrozek
Enlargement prospects draw Central and Eastern Europe to Berlin's agriculture trade fair.

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