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The phrase ‘eastern Europe' should be binned. But what should replace it? Here are some alternatives. TED talks are glitzy mini-lectures, available free on the internet....

Self-inflicted damage, as well as events, have left Hungary's and Poland's presidencies of the Council of Ministers floundering. It was meant to be the year when central...

A resolution for all Europeans to mull over during the summer holiday: east-west matters less than north-south. This column is supposedly dedicated to ‘wider', ‘wilder'...

Modern visitors find interesting, beautiful new things more attractive than sad, beautiful old ones. Imagine that you are attending a conference (call it Agenda 2010) in the...

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has Europe entered a post-post-1989 period? “I smell an overall collapse,” Nikolai Ryzhkov, the Soviet prime minister,...

Russia and the EU are two ends of a thread that binds Europe together. They should take steps to defend its perimeters. The western media often artificially juxtapose Europe...

Ex-communist countries need to stop playing the blame game and start making changes if they are to move ahead. The economic crisis is still unfolding across the ex-communist...

EU hopes funding for 26 sites will encourage further investment into tourism. The EU has earmarked around €50 million for the restoration of 26 cultural heritage...

The ex-communist states of eastern Europe have been economic success stories but political failures in recent years. Since eight former captive nations joined the European...

Conventional wisdom about eastern Europe is usually wrong. Few believed that the communist ice cap would melt so fast in 1989. Today's growth rates seemed unimaginable in the...

What makes the EU's new member states different? Old democracies have extremists nostalgic for their countries' unpleasant past (Jörg Haider), or shameless...

I recently saw a slick presentation, produced at vast expense by a very famous international consultancy, representing its distilled wisdom about outsourcing in Eastern...

It was delightful to read the last issue of the European Voice, in which you ran an article entitled “Turkey talks: what impact on the Balkans?” (European Voice, 25...

Geoff Meade takes a light-hearted look at life in the European UnionI AM standing in pre-enlargement central Europe. My ears are burning with cold. There is an icicle on the...

WHATEVER other reasons the EU may have for expanding into central and eastern Europe, one stands head and shoulders above the rest – money. The sudden appearance of ten...

THIS June's presidential election in Russia will be watched with interest across the world. Can Boris Yeltsin win? Will there be a run-off in the second round between...

The presidents of Bulgaria, Latvia and Estonia are set to visit the European Commission next week to seek reassurance that the EU will continue to include them in its...