Central Europe Review The International OSI Policy Fellowships (IPF) program
Vol 2, No 27
10 July 2000
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Special Issue:
The Baltics
This week, we bring you a special look at Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with dozens of articles and interviews exploring the amber corner of Europe.
The Amber Coast
Mel Huang, Baltic Editor
An introduction to this special issue of CER.
CER Interviews
Latvian President Vaira Vike-FreibergaLatvian
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Estonian Prime Minister Mart LaarEstonian
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Brigadier General Jonas A Kronkaitis, Commander of the Lithuanian Armed ForcesLithuanian Military Commander Jonas Kronkaitis
Shifting Party Sands
Nerijus Prekevičius & Terry D Clark
As Lithuania heads into parliamentary elections in October, the political picture and the party system are changing so rapidly it is near impossible to predict an outcome. But our experts give it a try.
Progress without Protest
Aet Annist
Estonia has embraced the Western model, but despite the consequences for the majority of the population, there has been little opposition to the new status quo.
Baltic Bookshop
Recommended reading for Baltic beginners and enthusiasts alike... and all available from both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
 The Ups and Downs of Musical Chairs
Mel Huang
As Estonian President Lennart Meri makes yet another change in the military's top brass, issues of personnel and leadership are thrown into further chaos.
Calvin Klein and Communism
Artūras Račas
CK may no longer mean what it used to, but the Communist legacy and the Russian threat remain handy instruments for Lithuania's politicians.

Baltic Basics:
A collection of concise beginner's guides to the three countries of the Baltic coast:

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
 Changing the Rules at the Half
Mel Huang
Right in the middle of the general election campaign season, Lithuania has changed its electoral law. Has this episode turned the country into a bananos respublika?
Reflections on a Revolution
Teri Schultz
A journalist's memories of the days back in August 1991 that changed Estonia - and her - forever. A look at that dramatic time from a unique and personal angle.
Estonia's E-effort
Meelis Kitsing
Estonia seems to have the knack of the New Age: Internet penetration is much higher here than in many EU countries.		 Latvia Logs On
Arnis Gross
With Internet usage on the rise in Latvia, the potential for growth appears endless.		 Lithuanian NATO stamp
Lithuanian EU stamp Free Trade in Practice
Razeen Sally
The downside to Estonia's outstanding political and economic progress may well be EU integration.		 Defender of a Small Nation
Hubert Jakobs
Livonian folk band Tulli Lum unites modern ethno-jazz with the cultural inheritance of an almost extinct national group.
Baltic BeBop
Mel Huang
The Dainius Pulauskas Sextet is pushing the jazz envelope and gaining respect in both their native Lithuania and abroad.		 Rīga's Revenge
Artis Pabriks
Although Russia attempts to paint the Balts as pariahs trying to exact revenge, Latvia's true revenge is its democratic regime.
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Baltic Beat
Bernd Jahnke
During the Soviet days, Lithuania was held to be the "jazziest republic in the USSR," and it has proudly remained on top of the jazz scene in the region.		 Pärt of a Wider Picture
Kurt Mortensen
The roots of Estonia's art music scene run deeper than just Pärt, Tüür and Tormis.
21st-Century Schizoid Lamb
Mel Huang
Who said intelligent rock music is dead? Certainly not Latvia's progressive trailblazers: Holy Lamb.
News Reviewers Sought
Starting in September, CER will need extra help with our news reviews for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. More here...
 A Colourful Bird in a Pale Land
Howard Jarvis
Jurga Ivanauskaitė's writings on Tibet remain largely unappreciated at home but fully deserve to reach an international audience.
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Uneasy Sighs of Relief
Oliver Craske
After the landmark case in the British House of Lords last week, will all Romani asylum seekers in the UK now be sent back to face the Skinheads in the East?

Five Percent Solution
Andrew Cave
Will the collapse of Poland's coalition further fragment the political right?

The Next Balkan Conflict?
Catherine Lovatt
Montenegro may be the next obstacle in the path of Serbia.

The Communities of God
Sam Vaknin
Before the 20th century, the Balkans was an area of religious tolerance, and faith played little part in conflict.

Two Souls, Twin Realities
Wolfgang Deckers
German foreign policy in the Balkans over the last decade has been shaped by the twin spectres of re-unification and the Nazi past. (part 2 of 2)

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

...jak Češi jednají
Jan Čulík on Czech public debate in the new Europe.