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 The Edge of Chaos
Roman Didenko
A journalist disappears,
leading politicians are blamed,
and Ukraine faces its deepest
crisis since independence.
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2000: The Year in Review
From the night when we partied with Prince to the day of an odyssey of references to Arthur C Clarke, the year 2000 brought out the best and worst in Europe. |
Clinging On
Robin Sheeran
In Slovakia the President battles with his health, and the PM struggles to remain in power. |
Bitter-sweet Symphony
Sarah Whitmore
Even with a pro-reform government and economic growth, Ukraine still faced its share of problems in 2000. |
Out of Step
Slavko Živanov
Triumphant abroad, Serbia faces serious trouble at home. |
All Change?
Catherine Lovatt
The Balkans have been a hive of electoral activity, but has anything really changed? |
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Everybody Had a Hard Year
Dan Damon
For the people of Kosovo, just surviving the winter was a welcome victory in itself. |
Blissfully Boring
Brian J Požun
Compared with its turbulent and troubled neighbours, Slovenia has had a mercifully stable and unexciting year. |
Post King Kohl
Jens Boysen
The chancellor of national unity is truly gone. Has Germany been able to escape his shadow? |
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Living Dangerously
Magali Perrault
The divisions of 2000 will weigh on Austria's political landscape for years to come. |
Playing Catch-up
Mel Huang
Lithuania spent the year watching its neighbors make progress. |
Who Cares?
Mel Huang
As prosperity spreads, Estonians couldn't care less about politics. |
Scars Run Deep
Brian J Požun
The quick end of Bosnia's
ethnic politics does not mean they are easily forgotten. |
Confronting Legacies
Dan Damon
Tuđman left Croatia with an isolated economy and a frustrated population. |
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Anything for a Quiet Life
Wojtek Kość
Poland came closer to its goal of normalcy, but there was still plenty to rock the boat. |
Rebuilding Europe
Ivana Gogova
Though economic and political union is within reach, the European Union's greatest challenge remains. |
Identity and Integration
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
2000 has made Hungarians reconsider identity, vulnerability and mutual dependence on neighbours. |
Two Steps Forward...
Tiffany G Petros
While the Czech Republic had a stable government and economy, it did not perform as well as its neighbours in the EU's eyes. |
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 Shedding the Balkan Skin
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 Wheels
Gusztáv Kosztolányi
The bribes, the theft, the orgies... Hungary's incredible oil scandal fully explained. |
 Memory and Forgetting
Martin D Brown
Historical amnesia and post-Cold War attitudes in the Czech Republic. FREE ebook for CER eBookclub members. |
 After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
CER's controversial columnist takes on the question: Has "transition" all been for nought? |
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