Elections: President by Acclamation

Author(s): Galina Stolyarova / Language(s): English Issue: 03/04/2008

When Russians go to the polls to pick a new leader, they have a choice: Dmitry Medvedev.

Montenegro: A Slow Charge Out of Mythland

Author(s): Neven Andjelic / Language(s): English Issue: 03/04/2008

"Realm of the Black Mountain" is an ambitious but far from complete history of the most isolated of the ex-Yugoslav republics.

Macedonia: A Toast to Tradition

Author(s): Ljubica Grozdanovska Dimishkovska / Language(s): English Issue: 03/04/2008

A favorite spirit may be threatened when Macedonia begins negotiating for EU membership.

Republika Srpska: Minister of Noise

Author(s): Tihomir Loza / Language(s): English Issue: 03/04/2008

The Bosnian Serb leader caters to Belgrade nationalists over Kosovo. It’s nothing to worry about.

Our Take: Fico’s Revisionist History

Author(s): Ky Krauthamer ,Timothy Spence / Language(s): English Issue: 03/04/2008

The Slovak premier takes on chroniclers of the past and present. But he’s forgetting the lessons of the '90s.

People: The Strange Tale of the Russian Blogger Who Hot-Footed It Out of Moldova

Author(s): Zakhar Koretsky / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Fugitive Eduard Bagirov says a political vendetta was behind his four-month detention.

Around the Bloc: Romania's I Am a Roma Campaign, Kyrgyzstan's Bold Border Reopening

Author(s): S. Adam Cardais,Natasha Kirshina / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Plus, Lithuania rejects new CIA prisons probe, and a reconstructed Bolshoi makes its debut. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

Middle Europa: In Hungary, the Numbers Simply Don’t Add Up

Author(s): Martin Ehl / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Is the Hungarian grand opera reaching its tragic denouement?

Around the Bloc: Croatian Lawmakers Block War Crime Probes, Walkout at Armenian Nuke Plant Ends

Author(s): Ky Krauthamer ,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Plus, Vladimir Meciar sets his sights on a return to parliament and Moscow police may find it harder to earn extra cash. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

Editors' Blog: The More Corruption Changes, the More It Stays the Same

Author(s): Ky Krauthamer / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

In political matters it is very hard for a man in office to be purer than his neighbours.

Editors' Blog: A Visit to David Cerny’s "Metalmorphosis"

Author(s): S. Adam Cardais / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

A fan of the controversial Czech artist's work in Prague, I couldn't pass up a chance to visit his spinning-metallic-human-head-water-fountain in the U.S.

Around the Bloc: Submarines in Sevastopol, Kyrgyz Election Clouded by Ethnic Rifts

Author(s): Ky Krauthamer ,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Plus, the Romanian king’s stutter-free speech and independence day gifts for happy Turkmen. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

Society: Children in Training for a Deprived Life

Author(s): Diana Lungu / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

A vicious circle of poverty, migration, and limited state resources condemns many Moldovan children to life on the fringes of society

Around the Bloc: Macedonian Mayor Likes a Little Gunfire, Turkmenistan Frees RFE Reporter

Author(s): Barbara Frye,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Plus, Azerbaijan-Turkey deal sparks hope for Nabucco and a well-respected Russian educator dies a lonely death in prison. 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 Reform Advances and Retreats in Croatia

Author(s): Irena Jurjevic / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Legislation and protests marked the latest battle in the war for control of the country's universities.

Editors' Blog: A Look at the Systems That Allow Corruption to Flourish

Author(s): Barbara Frye / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

If you were a dictator looking to siphon off some oil money, you would do well to look west for some help.

Around the Bloc: Elections in Kyrgyzstan and Bulgaria, Money to Burn in Hungary

Author(s): Kaitlyn Meade,Barbara Frye,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 11/01/2011

Plus, police investigate the gunman who opened fire at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo and Serbian liberals tell the Russian ambassador to butt out. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

Sprawozdanie: Spotkanie naukowe doktorantów Wydziału Pedagogiki i Psychologii Uniwersytetu Śląskiego pt. "Złożone konteksty rozwoju", Katowice...

Author(s): Magdalena Hyla / Language(s): Polish Issue: 41 (2)/2013

Sprawozdanie: Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa "Dylematy pedagogiki społecznej w postmodernistycznym świecie", Brno, Republika Czeska...

Author(s): Agata Rzymełka-Frąckiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 41 (2)/2013

Recenzja: "Cyberprzestrzeń i edukacja". Red. Tadeusz Lewowicki, Bronisław Siemieniecki. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek 2012

Author(s): Marcin Musioł / Language(s): Polish Issue: 41 (2)/2013