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- The Prison Cell as Petri Dish
Romania’s prisons are slowly gaining ground on tuberculosis, but the prognosis on AIDS is less encouraging.
By Petru Zoltan and Michael J. Jordan- 2 September 2010
- Conflict & Diplomacy
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Economic Pragmatism or Flirting With Moscow? Macedonia ponders the economic and political motivation behind seeking closer ties with Russia.
By BBC Monitoring- 1 September 2010
- Politics
- Still a Land of Possibilities
Ukraine may be rolling back some of the civic gains it made this decade, but it’s hardly ripe for authoritarianism. From openDemocracy.
By Ingo Petz- 31 August 2010
- Multimedia
- A Tale of Two Bakus
A threatened old building and a striking new one symbolize the split personality of development in Azerbaijan’s booming capital.
By Khanim Javadova- 31 August 2010
- Conflict & Diplomacy
- Remembering Mother Theresa
Kosovo’s Roman Catholics are dedicating a new cathedral to the revered nun. A more fitting tribute would be to carry out her visions of peace and tolerance.
By Timothy Spence- 30 August 2010
- From the Archives
- Bumpkins vs. Mafiosi
Even though non-communists have come to power in Moldova, the conflict over the future of Transdniester in some ways is a reenactment of the struggles of Soviet communism.
By Taras Kuzio- 30 August 2010
- People
- The Frustrations of Albania’s Top Criminal Judge
The chief justice of the Albanian Supreme Court says that political weakness is the main drag on much-needed reform of the country’s judiciary and insists that corruption is not the massive problem the EU and others claim.
By Bora Fezga- 27 August 2010
- Politics
- Shotgun Philanthropy
Russian businesses are taking charge of some of the country’s post-fire reconstruction, with a little prodding from the Kremlin. From Russia Profile.
By Tai Adelaja- 26 August 2010
COLUMNS
- Russian Unorthodox
- The Right to Life, With an Asterisk
For too many Russians who get sick, a piece of paper will decide their fate.
By GALINA STOLYAROVA- 2 September 2010
- The New Eu
- A Silence Broken by Horrible Explosions
- Not enough of us, either Roma or white, are talking honestly about the Roma issue, with deadly consequences.By MARTIN EHL
- 1 September 2010
- Our Take
- Killing the Future
As a new school year opens, students in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are in for more bitter lessons in propaganda, corruption, and time-wasting.
By TOL- 27 August 2010
- The Fourth Estate
- A Race to the Exit
Foreign media groups are getting out of Eastern Europe in droves. They leave behind politicized and struggling outlets.
By MARIUS DRAGOMIR- 23 August 2010
- Our Take
- When the Cat's Away
Romanian politicians and judges tend to get a lot more casual about corruption.
By TOL- 20 August 2010
- Russian Unorthodox
- A Budding Catastrophe
A Moscow court’s property ruling could threaten the future biodiversity of the world’s fruit crops.
By GALINA STOLYAROVA- 19 August 2010
- The New EU
- No Place for Heroes
The Czechs are asked to weigh the price of freedom, and the answers so far are surprising.
By KATERINA SAFARIKOVA- 18 August 2010
TOL PROMOTION
Minority Coverage in Focus
With the recent events in Kyrgyzstan, the need to improve coverage of ethnic and other minorities was again thrown into stark relief. Toward that end, TOL has launched a call for applications for a distance-learning course on the subject for media professionals and bloggers from Central Asia. Deadline: September 20th, 2010
For more information or to apply, click here.
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- Der Spiegel
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- Will Russia's Bloggers Survive Censorship Push?
- Der Spiegel
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Can This Union Be Saved?Thomas Geoghegan, a labor lawyer in Chicago, observed this today in the New York Times: Ireland was poor and helpless until the European Union came along like a fairy godmother. ..In EU Next in Line
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