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Vol 2, No 31
18 September 2000
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Free Filipović
Serb journalist convicted of "espionage"
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Legalizing Sex Legalizing Sex
Catherine Lovatt
With elections around the corner, who will support the new law legalizing homosexuality in Romania?

Falling DownFalling Down
Kai-Olaf Lang
Why did most liberal parties in Central and Eastern Europe disappear from the political scene after a promising beginning in the early 1990s?
Twenty Years of... ?
Twenty Years of... ?
Alexei Monroe
Laibach, the politically provocative experimentalists of the industrial music scene, is 20 this year. What have they achieved?
this week's theme articles
As Czechs prepare to host the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, CER looks behind the scenes.
A Bubble Burst
Andreas Beckmann
While once hosting the IMF meeting was a source of pride, Czechs are now wishing for it all to be over before it has even begun.
Old Friends
Tiffany G Petros
The IMF and Czech politicians are largely in accordance, and this September's meeting will only seal what has been a friendly relationship all along.
For a detailed list of events, see the
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For an NGO take on things, see the
CEE Bankwatch Network homepage
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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.
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After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
Has "transition" all been for nought?
Damaging Discourse
Delia Dumitrica
Romania's media and Euro-Atlantic integration.
Greasing the Wheels
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Hungary's scandal of the decade.
The Celluloid Tinderbox
Andrew James Horton (ed)
An explosive decade of Yugoslav film.
The Failure of a New History
Andrew Stroehlein
Czechs and Germans attempt to make amends.
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Wasted Journies to the Greener Grass
Ron Breznay
Krzysztof Zanussi, a leading director of the "cinema of moral concern," advocates forgiveness in the post-Communist age.

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The outside media looking into the region:

Germany: Returning Heroes and Villains
Andrea Mrozek
Media veterans Haider and Gorbachev dominate the German press this week—with different receptions.

Great Britain: The EU Caves In
Oliver Craske
While Austria is free from sanctions, Europe is burdened by its increasing fuel troubles.

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The Sergeant and the Girl
Sam Vaknin
Does the US think the price of an American girl's life is higher than an Albanian one?

University Challenge
Brian Požun
Not everybody in Slovenia is happy that Koper might become the country's third university town.

Latvia's Shaky Scales of Justice
Mel Huang
After a year of feeble sentences, protracted trials, bungled cases and international criticism, Latvia's justice system is in shambles.

Notes from the Underground
Jan Čulík
Why are inspectors on the Prague metro so aggressive?

We Have Enough Problems
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
Viktor Orbán sets out to prove he has a social conscience.

books
The Road to War in Serbia: Trauma and Catharsis
Edited by Nebojša Popov
Reviewed by Emil Kerenji
A new collection examines the causes of war in the former Yugoslavia.

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

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Casting for the Future of Yugoslavia
The upcoming elections in Yugoslavia and Kosovo will determine the future in the Balkans