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Vol 2, No 20
22 May 2000
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Suicidal Tendencies
Brian J Požun
Slovenes have abandoned the shame surrounding their high suicide rates and have begun to discuss the problem.

One Hundred Days of Solitude
Magali Perrault
The first three months of Austria's new government.
Boiling Point
  Slavko Živanov
The opposition is in the streets, and Serbia is now in full crisis.
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Pogo Frenzy
Elke de Wit
Does the disturbingly popular Oi! Warning glamourise skinhead violence?

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Standing out from the Pulp
Wojtek Kość
A revered writer dies and an incisive Polish film masterpiece that Poles don't want to see.

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The Union of Death
Sam Vaknin and Židas Daskalovski
More discussion of Balkan violence. This week, Macedonia's IMRO examined.

On PR and Extremism
Frank Glodek
Continuing the debate over the pros and cons of proportional representation.

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

 

interview
Václav BělohradskýVáclav Bělohradský
Philosopher Václav Bělohradský talks to CER about Czech political culture, capitalism, globalisation and Central Europe's place in the post-modern world.

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Parisian Scandal
Catherine Lovatt
The biggest political scandal since Communism is now rocking Romania.

Finding a Role in an Enlarged EU
Andrew Cave
The EU must encourage national identities in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Politics of Smear
Jan Čulík
By embracing smear tactics, maybe the Czech Republic has entered the mainstream of Western democratic politics.

Head Count
Mel Huang
The first census in independent Estonia will shape policy decisions for years to come.

Keeping the Faith
Oliver Craske
The UK press on the 80th birthday of the world's most famous Pole.

Stop Press
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Part four of our examination of the Juszt affair and censorship in Hungary.

Gusztáv Kosztolányi on Air
CER's popular commentator on Deutschlandfunk, 28 May 2000. Details here.

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Little Czechs, Big Europe
Jiří Brodský
Czechs accept entry into the European Union in the same manner as they accepted democracy ten years ago: messianically.