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Vol 2, No 42
4 December 2000
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Glutton for PunishmentGlutton for Punishment
Catherine Lovatt
With Romanians choosing between a former Communist and an ultranationalist for president, a new pariah of Europe may be just around the corner.
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Growing PainsGrowing Pains
Brian J Požun
Though struggling
to fit its role as a capital city, Ljubljana could be the next Prague.
Heavy on the LeitkulturHeavy on the Leitkultur
Andrea Mrozek
Is Goethe turning in his grave over the debate on German national culture?
this week's theme articles
Daniela FischerovaA New Reality with
Each New Word

CER's special focus on Czech playwright and author
Daniela Fischerová.

The Enduring Desire to Write
Madelaine Hron
Fischerová talks to CER about her plays, storytelling and the power of language.

A Letter for President Eisenhower
Daniela Fischerová
A story of a young girl's summertime initiation into love and the art of writing.
Fingers Pointing Somewhere Else
Reviewed by Madelaine Hron
Fischerová's collection of stories, recently published in English translation, recreates reality in a magical yet palpable way.
Reading Fischerová
Madelaine Hron
An extensive list of primary and secondary works in Czech and English.
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Slovenia: Shedding the Balkan SkinSlovenia's Success
Brian J Požun
How Slovenia went from the brink of war to star student of the EU in just a few short years.

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

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

The Celluloid Tinderbox
Andrew James Horton (ed)
An explosive decade of Yugo film. FREE!

After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
Has "transition" all been for nought?

The Failure of a New History
Andrew Stroehlein
Tense Czecho-German relations. FREE!

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Slashing Out
Wojtek Kość
Polish actor Daniel Olbrychski and the Minister for Culture fail to understand Warsaw's "The Nazis" exhibition.

The Fifth Horseman
Sam Vaknin
An apocalypse looms large as the Balkans misread the Serbian situation.

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Magda Vasaryova as Marketa LazarovaIs That the
Best You Can Do?

Zuzana Slobodová
František Vláčil's Markéta Lazarová has long been considered the best Czech film ever made. But why?

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Recognising outstanding Internet content throughout the region

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The outside media looking into the region:

Great Britain:
Before the Showdowns

Oliver Craske
Britain is set to press the case for EU enlargement at Nice, while Romania may be banished behind the new Lace Curtain.

Germany: Nice and Easy?
Andrea Mrozek
Prospects for EU enlargement at the Nice Summit, elections in Romania and conflict in southern Serbia hit the German press this week.

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