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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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Life after Death
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
One year after the Tisza disaster, CER interviews the head of the local authority charged with protecting the river—or what's left of it.
Mythmaking and Czech Politics
Jan Čulík
It's not what you do; it's the way that you spin it.
The Sweet Turns to Sour
Mel Huang
The increasingly dirty game of privatisation in the Baltic states.
Almost There
Bernhard Seliger
Ten years after reunification, unemployment is still a problem in East Germany.
Unemployment:
The case of Macedonia
Sam Vaknin
Part two of this series exploring the social scourge of post-Communist transition.
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Lithuanian Literature
Forms of Hope
Reviewed by Juras T Ryfa
Literary and political essays by accomplished Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova.
Lithuania Independent Again
Reviewed by Mel Huang
An autobiography by Vytautas Landsbergis, the man behind momentous events.
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The outside media looking into the region:
Great Britain: Not Such a
Soft Touch, Sadly
Oliver Craske
To the consternation of the right-wing press, the UK becomes the most popular EU destination for asylum seekers.
Germany: Coalitions Lost, Partnerships Gained
Andrea Mrozek
The German press looks at international and internal relations in Central and Eastern Europe.
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