The Sound of Silents
Peter Hames
A Czech silent masterpiece returns with a new score. CER talks to composer Jan Klusák.

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Memory and Forgetting
Martin D Brown
NEW! Historical amnesia and post-Cold War attitudes in the Czech Republic. FREE ebook for CER eBookclub members.

Out of Time
Dejan Anastasijević (ed)
A in-depth look at Milošević's opponents. This FREE ebook is produced by IWPR and CER.

Greasing the Wheels
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
The bribes, the theft, the orgies... Hungary's incredible oil scandal fully explained.

The Celluloid Tinderbox
Andrew James Horton (ed)
An explosive decade of Yugoslav film. This ebook is FREE.

After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
CER's controversial commentator asks: has "transition" all been for nought?

The Failure of a New History
Andrew Stroehlein
Czechs and Germans attempt to make amends. This ebook is FREE.

Damaging Discourse
Delia Dumitrica
Romania's media and Euro-Atlantic integration.

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The Danish Lesson
Andrew Stroehlein
If the "big idea" of the euro is suffering, what hope is there for that other big idea: Eastward enlargement?

Almost Normal
Magali Perrault
One year after the parliamentary elections and with the EU sanctions lifted, Austria is face to face with normality.

The Christiane Way
Sam Vaknin
Why Christiane Amanpour of CNN represents a new low in reporting standards.

Driving into Uncertainty
Mel Huang
The tense political year in Lithuania reaches a climax this week as voters go to the polls.

Ridiculing the Holy Father
Wojtek Kość
Poland's presidential elections turn nasty.

Still Standing
Andrej Milivojević
Two books, The Culture of Power in Serbia by Eric Gordy and The Politics of Serbia in the 1990s by Robert Thomas, explain how Milošević has stayed in power so long.

Sex and the City
Dušan Djordjevich
A recent collection, Between the Archives and the Field, looks at daily life in Serbia.

The outside media looking into the region:

Great Britain:
Never Mind the Ballots
Oliver Craske
Belgrade, Prague and Copenhagen in the London papers.

Germany:
Fiddling while Prague Burns?
Andrea Mrozek
With riots in Prague, election tensions in Serbia and a rejection of the euro in Denmark, the German press remained remarkably unfazed.

Russia: Decrying Intervention
Natalya Krasnoboka
Why does the West want a "free Serbia"? Free from what?

CEE:
The Bunch and the Rotten Apple
CER Staff
Central and Eastern Europe reacts to the Yugoslav elections.