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| Ah, summertime, when a young CER editor's thoughts turn to getting the hell away from the computer screen and getting into therapy. |
| Yes, CER will be on summer holiday for a few weeks, but fear not, we're leaving you with a selection of articles chosen by our readers from our first year of publication: these are the best of the best from CER. |
Throughout the break, however, our media partner BlueEar.com will run e-mail discus-
sions of these and other articles. To join in, just send a blank e-mail to this address. |
| Finally, thanks to all our readers for making CER the leading journal on the region; our first year has been spectacular -- even award-winning -- because of you. Indeed, our readers' comments and encouragement have kept up our morale throughout the year. |
| Enjoy this expanded issue of your favourites, and we'll see you again on 4 September. |
| Andrew Stroehlein, Editor-in-Chief |
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Hot Spots:
Black Hole of Europe
Peter Szyszlo
Belarus is a country sealed off from the outside world; what does leak out is mostly negative.
100 Days of Solitude
Magali Perrault
The ostricised Austrian government's first months in power were a rough start. |
Barely a State
Catherine Lovatt
Unstable and economically dependent Moldova.
Threshold of Change
Sarah Whitmore
The ups and downs which faced Ukraine in 1999.
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An Honourary Baltic Country
Mel Huang
Throughout the last decade, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been the strongest international supporters of Chechnya - much to the ire of Russia. |
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 Hungarian Identity, Globalisation and
EU Accession
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
An in-depth look at how Hungarians view themselves, how they view the world and how these views are changing as EU entry approaches. |
Setting the Date
Oliver Craske
The Economist has recently declared that "The end game of  enlargement is under way." Oh, really? |
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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.
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