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CEE: “20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall” - a Poll

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:42:17 +0000

Foreign Policy Association's Russia blog writes about the results of a Pew Research Center's poll on poverty, wealth and attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe “20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

CEE: A Travel Roundup

Veronica Khokhlova — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:59:44 +0000

A selection of travel posts - Belgraded: travel from Belgrade to Sarajevo by train for the first time in 17 years, ‘Red Star' stadium possibly to be renamed ‘Gazprom Arena', the Avala TV Tower rebuilt; Croatia-Expert.com: travel to Trogir; MoldovAnn: Ukrainian village museums; The Czech Daily Word: industrial architecture and decay in Brno; The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks: travel to Břeclav and to Třeboň; The Foreigner's Guide to Slovakia: “Slovak Impressions of America.”

Slovakia, Hungary: “Linguistic Discontents”

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:32:21 +0000

Edward Lucas writes about the Slovak-Hungarian relations, including the “linguistic discontents.”

Hungary: Dual Citizenship

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:19:31 +0000

Hungarian Spectrum writes about “a recurrent theme in Hungarian politics”: dual citizenship.

CEE: History, Nationalism and Identity

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:13:55 +0000

Marietta Le of Remainder of Budapest writes about issues of history, nationalism and identity in Hungary and other states of Central and Eastern Europe.

Eastern Europe: WWII and the Jews

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:35:09 +0000

The Foreigner's Guide to Slovakia writes about WWII and the Jews of Slovakia. CzechFolks.com writes about the rescue of hundreds of Czechoslovak Jewish children by Sir Nicholas Winton in 1939. Polandian writes about “the crazy idea of moving Eastern European Jews to Madagascar” that was considered by Poland in 1937.

Slovakia, Hungary: More on the Tensions

Veronica Khokhlova — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:50:59 +0000

Michal Hudec of Blogactiv.eu writes about the Slovak-Hungarian tensions.

Hungary, Slovakia: Newest Tensions

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:23:08 +0000

Hungarian Spectrum (here and here) and The Reference Frame report and comment on the Slovak-Hungarian tensions.

Slovakia, Croatia: Football Fans Clash in Zilina

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:06:58 +0000

CzechFolks.com reports on clashes between Slovak and Croatian football fans that took place in a Slovak town of Zilina.

Slovakia, Hungary: New Slovak Language Law

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:37:49 +0000

Hungarian Spectrum writes about the new Slovak language law and reviews Hungarian reactions: “Is this a new effort to fuel nationalism despite, or perhaps because of, membership in the EU?”

Europe: “When East Becomes West”

Veronica Khokhlova — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:18:39 +0000

Raf Uzar is wondering whether “the definition of Western Europe [is] the same now as it was in 1945.”

Russia: Retreat of the Cold Warriors

Vilhelm Konnander — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:59:49 +0000

Gerhard Mangott discusses [GER] the recent letter by Central and East European leaders, warning the US of the consequences of a withdrawal from the region.

Czech Republic-Slovakia: Fraternal friction in Euroland

Vilhelm Konnander — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:08:49 +0000

Czechmatediary comments on a New York Times article reporting how Slovakia benefits from the introduction of Euro, whereas the Czech Republic seems to lag behind without the EU-currency.

Czech Republic: A story of engineerial ingenuity

Vilhelm Konnander — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:51:35 +0000

The Reference Frame examines the biography of ingenious Czech inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), and discusses his role for the development of science and industry.

Slovakia: Sts Cyril and Methodius Day

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:26:41 +0000

The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia writes about Sts Cyril and Methodius Day in Slovakia.