Mečiar Arrested The leader of the Slovakia's most popular political party has been charged with corruption.

Real Resistance
Slavko Živanov
The regime in Belgrade has many reasons to be scared; finally, after ten long years, the opposition is on a winning road, and the ousting of Milošević may not be far off now.

CER News We are pleased to announce that Eva Hahn has joined the Editorial Circle of CER.

More films from the Neue deutsche Filme section of this year's Berlinale reviewed:

Sensual Passion, Nazi Terror
Elke de Wit
Rolf Schübel portrays the politics of the Third Reich through a ménage a trois.

Ossies on Ice
Elke de Wit
East vs West played out in a magical documentary on an ice hockey team from the former GDR.

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After the Rain
Sam Vaknin's book on offer from CER.

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Identity Crises
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Is EU membership really the magic cure-all for Central Europe's Communist hangover?

The Profits of Privatisation
Jan Čulík
Privatisation bribes paid to the Czech Civic Democrats have returned to haunt the Party.

More Myths of Yugoslavia
Sam Vaknin
Further popular misconceptions of the Balkans debunked.

Right of Admission Reserved
Oliver Craske
Is Britain the promised land for East Europeans? British chattering classes debate who should be on the country's guest list.

Lithuania's Loons Take off
Mel Huang
Lithuania's radicals used to be discounted as populist loons, but a recent electoral victory has brought them surprising new significance.

The Re-Austrianisation
of Central Europe
Ian Hall and Magali Perrault
Is a new form of far-right politics taking hold in both Western and East Central Europe?

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