Around the Bloc: Fighting Rages Despite Ukraine Truce, Romania Deploys Soft Power in Moldova

Around the Bloc: Fighting Rages Despite Ukraine Truce, Romania Deploys Soft Power in Moldova

Author(s): Timothy Spence / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/17/2015

Keywords: Moldova; Romania; ambulance; Russia; Ukraine; war; Debaltseve; Chomsky; Serbia; Ismayilova; media; Azerbaijan; Macedonia; Zaev; politics;

Plus, a jailed Azerbaijani journalist faces new charges and Serbia honors U.S. academic Noam Chomsky on Statehood Day. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

Around the Bloc: Doubts Cloud Ukraine Cease-Fire, Azerbaijani Dissident Holed Up in Swiss Embassy

Around the Bloc: Doubts Cloud Ukraine Cease-Fire, Azerbaijani Dissident Holed Up in Swiss Embassy

Author(s): Casper Frederiksen,Piers Lawson,Barbara Frye,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/17/2015

Keywords: Azerbaijan; human rights; Switzerland; Huseynov; Romania; Udrea; corruption; banks; Hungary; ERSTE; Viktor Orban; Uzbekistan; Romania; Khamidov; Ukraine; Russia; war;

Plus, another Romanian politician ends up in handcuffs and Uzbekistan gives a popular commenter early prison release. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

Around the Bloc: Critical Ukraine Talks Open, EU Pushes New Energy Agenda

Around the Bloc: Critical Ukraine Talks Open, EU Pushes New Energy Agenda

Author(s): Ky Krauthamer ,Casper Frederiksen,Barbara Frye,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/17/2015

Keywords: Roskomnadzor; twitter; Russia; EU; Bulgaria; gas; talks; Denmark; Prague; tourists; police; Poroshenko; Vladimir Putin; Minsk; Kosovo;

Plus, mixed Albanian-Serb court set for north Kosovo; Russian media watchdog slams Twitter’s frank talk. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

Education: Is Opportunity Knocking for Slovakia’s Roma?

Education: Is Opportunity Knocking for Slovakia’s Roma?

Author(s): Benjamin Cunningham / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/17/2015

Keywords: Slovakia; education; Roma; minority

The country’s most deprived minority could find new paths to work from a boost in vocational education.

Middle Europa: A Family Affair

Middle Europa: A Family Affair

Author(s): Martin Ehl / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/17/2015

Keywords: Slovakia; referendum; gay rights; human rights;

While the debate preceding Slovakia’s referendum on same-sex marriage was often harsh, the discussion should help the country in the long run.

Around the Bloc: Kosovans Flood Into Hungary, Ukraine Names New Chief Prosecutor

Around the Bloc: Kosovans Flood Into Hungary, Ukraine Names New Chief Prosecutor

Author(s): Ky Krauthamer ,Casper Frederiksen,Barbara Frye,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/17/2015

Keywords: Armenia; EU; EEU; business; economy; Kosovo; Hungary; migrants; Bosnia; federation; president; politics; wizz air;

Plus, Bosnia moves closer to a functioning government, and Hungary’s Wizz Air announces a second IPO bid. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

What is Heavier in the Ballance (II)

Ce atârnă mai greu în balanţă (II)

Author(s): S. Damian / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 04/2001

Keywords: literary critic in Romania;

Article continuating S. Damian's article from issue no. 2 / 2001 in Romania Literara. The article focuses on the issue of literary critic.

Economy & Business: Why Czech Solar Investors Feel Burned

Economy & Business: Why Czech Solar Investors Feel Burned

Author(s): Lucie Kavanova / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Czech Republic; solar power industry; market; renewable enegy; President Václav Klaus; Constitutional Court; tax; arbitration; investors; court; Office of Energy Regulation; state energy giant CEZ; electricity; the International PhotoVoltaic Investors Clu

A threat to go to arbitration over Prague’s shift on green energy should be no surprise to a country familiar with commercial claims.

Editors' Blog: A Little Bit of Justice — So Far

Editors' Blog: A Little Bit of Justice — So Far

Author(s): Jeremy Druker / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Kosovo; Balkan Investigative Reporting Network; Committee to Protect Journalists; PDK party; Infopress newspaper;

What happens when a media outlet not only refuses to defend colleagues that have run into trouble with the authorities, but actually verbally attacks them and incites threats of violence?

Editors' Blog: Literature Gets Interactive In UN Bid

Editors' Blog: Literature Gets Interactive In UN Bid

Author(s): Andrew Fenwick / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: literature; Czech Republic; Prague; UNESCO Creative City of Literature;

Prague’s Municipal Library launched Prague, City of Literature

Editors‘ Blog: Rooting for the Overdog

Editors‘ Blog: Rooting for the Overdog

Author(s): Barbara Frye / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Russia; Valentina Matviyenko; Federation Council; former KGB officer;

Her negatives were up, her positives were down, but that didn't stop plucky little Valentina Matviyenko on her path to the Federation Council.

1991: Twenty Years After: Choosing Traditions in Two Post-Yugoslav Cities

1991: Twenty Years After: Choosing Traditions in Two Post-Yugoslav Cities

Author(s): Uffe Andersen / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Balkan; cities names; war crimes; former Yugoslavia; Lazarevo; Ratko Mladic; nation; international court; Croatia; Split; Ante Gotovina; constant rewriting of history; World War II;

The names of public spaces can pronounce who we are, what we believe, and who won. In some places, that means they change all the time. Throughout this month, Transitions will present a series of articles marking the anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

1991: Twenty Years After: Creating Art, Before and After the Fall

1991: Twenty Years After: Creating Art, Before and After the Fall

Author(s): Grigore Brinza,Nino Chimakadze ,Ksenia Korzun,Irena Jurjevic / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Croatia; Tomislav Marijan Bilosnic; art; writer; poet; journalist; painter; communism; Georgia; Merab Kokochashvili; filmmaker; Moldova; Vitalie Rusu; Ukraine; Natalia Papirna; St. Petersburg Fund for Cultural Heritage; Mihai Eminescu National Theater;

Artists were unshackled by the enormous changes of 20 years ago, but that didn’t necessarily mean they thrived. Throughout this month, Transitions will present a series of articles marking the anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. As we look at how life has changed – or stayed the same – over the past 20 years, TOL correspondents in Croatia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine asked people in various professions to describe their working life today compared with conditions before 1991. This collection of interviews with artists is the first in the series that resulted.

Middle Europa: Economic Futures in a Clouded Crystal Ball

Middle Europa: Economic Futures in a Clouded Crystal Ball

Author(s): Martin Ehl / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Poland; economic prognostications; Economic Forum; Polish premier Donald Tusk; administrations in economic development; pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili; Russia; Moldova; Nikita Mikhalkov;

Tips on coming economic and political shocks abound at Poland’s “eastern Davos” talking shop – if you know how to read them

Editors' Blog: And Now Poland is Complicit As Well

Editors' Blog: And Now Poland is Complicit As Well

Author(s): Jeremy Druker / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Lithuania; Poland; Belarus; human rights activist Ales Bialatski; Prime Minister Donald Tusk; Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski; Human Rights Center;

The Polish prosecutor general’s office also passed along bank information to Minsk that led to the arrest of a human rights activist.

Balkan Eye: The Purpose of Having a Purpose

Balkan Eye: The Purpose of Having a Purpose

Author(s): Boyko Vassilev / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Bulgaria; Prime Minister Boyko Borisov; government; Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev; infrastructure; NATO; EU; euro zone; Schengen; agricultural tradition; highways;

Bulgaria needs an aspiration that takes it beyond tar and asphalt.

1991: Twenty Years After: Journalism With an Asterisk

1991: Twenty Years After: Journalism With an Asterisk

Author(s): Grigore Brinza,Nino Chimakadze ,Ksenia Korzun,Irena Jurjevic / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Journalism; Croatia; Nedjeljko Josup; Georgia; Bidzina Makashvili; public broadcaster; music journalist and editor; Moldova; Vlad Bercu; Economics Journalists Association; Communist Party; Ukraine; independent news agency BASA-press; Natalia Vasilchenko;

Though paid well and valued for the role they played, most journalists before 1991 knew which bold lines not to cross. Throughout this month, Transitions will present a series of articles marking the anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. As we look at how life has changed – or stayed the same – over the past 20 years, TOL correspondents in Croatia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine asked people in various professions to describe their working life today compared with conditions before 1991. This collection of interviews with journalists is the second in the series that resulted.

Media: Publishing Takeover Rattles the Polish Right

Media: Publishing Takeover Rattles the Polish Right

Author(s): Wojciech Kosc / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Poland; businessmen; Grzegorz Hajdarowicz; President Lech Kaczynski; air crash in Smolensk; media; advertisers; publisher; Presspublica; magazines; market;

The leading conservative daily Rzeczpospolita and a rising new outspoken weekly fall into the hands of a wealthy businessman far to their left on the political spectrum

The New EU: Hungarian Religion Law Infringes on Freedoms of Believers and Non-believers Alike

The New EU: Hungarian Religion Law Infringes on Freedoms of Believers and Non-believers Alike

Author(s): Balint Szlanko / Language(s): English / Issue: 08/23/2011

Keywords: Hungary; government; Zsolt Semjen; deputy prime minister and chairman of the Christian Democratic People’s Party; Fidesz; The Roman Catholic Church; Hungarian Catholic Church;

The Orban government reorganizes the churches – and a tiny Christian-oriented party flexes its disproportionately large muscles.

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Az ábrázolásmód rekonstruálása: az 1956-os események és az irodalom (Nemes Péter fordítása)

Author(s): Thomas Cooper / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 10/2006