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Vol 2, No 30
11 September 2000
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lead articles
Was it just a political gaffe, or does the EU enlargement chief himself have second thoughts about the eastward expansion of the EU?
Free Filipović
Serb journalist convicted of "espionage"
CER has won the 
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Travels without My Herodotus
Martin D Brown
Greece's historical connections with Central Europe are, in fact, far closer than might be immediately presumed.
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Dejan Anastasijevic (ed)
In the run-up to the critical Serbian elections, we take a look at Slobodan Milošević's opponents. This ebook is produced by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in association with CER.
This ebook is available free.
The Celluloid Tinderbox
Andrew James Horton (ed)
A brilliant set of essays on Yugoslav cinema and society with a special introduction by Dina Iordanova.
This ebook is available free.
Greasing the Wheels
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
The ins and outs of the Hungarian oil affair, the "scam of the decade." The shady deals, the sacks full of cash, the tanker loads of illegal fuel, the fake wine, the orgies, the FBI, the UN... it's all here.
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After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
The ever-controversial Sam Vaknin sums up the fate of the region in the 1990s. Has "transition" all been for nought?
The Failure of a New History
Andrew Stroehlein
Czechs and Germans attempt to close the ugly chapters of their past.
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letters
All These Bans Just Make Me More Determined
Ray Privett
Veteran director Kamila Kytková talks to CER about Slovak intellectual life, telling the truth and why her films are so controversial.

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The outside media looking into the region:

Germany: Territorial ambitions, or lack thereof
Andrea Mrozek
Schröder distances himself from exiles, while top politicians dissociate themselves from Verheugen's referendum comments.

UK: About-faces and EU-turns
Oliver Craske
While the Germans reconsider a referendum, the UK has a change of heart on immigration policy.

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Aiming West
Michael J Kopanic
Slovakia's recent entry to the OSCE is a significant step forward. Can the country make futher progress?

Bad Timing
Mel Huang
Relations between China and Lithuania cool, as a two-day official visit is reduced to a two-hour layover.

Struggling with the Past
Joanna Rohozińska
Poland's lustration process is starting to look less and less like the cleansing it was meant to be.

The Eureka Connection
Sam Vaknin
The West has been promising the East prosperity it cannot deliver, growth it will not guarantee and stability it cannot ensure.

Ghost Train
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
As Verheugen speaks of a German referendum on enlargement, is the process still on the right track?

books
Karl Marx: A life
Reviewed by Rob Stout
Francis Wheen's new Marx biography reveals the man behind the myth.

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

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