
Your search for "Eastern Europe" produced 234 items.
| 1. If in doubt, blame those meddling foreigners | December 1, 2011 |
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Many Hungarians believe that because their language is complex, no outsider can understand them. They are wrong. Many Hungarians may think it, but only one has made the... | |
| 2. A worrying increase in infections | December 1, 2011 |
HIV infection rates in Europe remain low by global standards, but there has been an alarming growth in eastern Europe in the past decade. At the end of 2009, around 820,000... |
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| 3. Cross-border banking in the balance | November 24, 2011 |
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Europe's integration of the banking systems of central and eastern Europe has been hugely beneficial – and is now at risk.
The gravity of the eurozone crisis has finally... | |
| 4. Cross-border banking in the balance | November 19, 2011 |
Europe's integration of the banking systems of central and eastern Europe has been hugely beneficial – and is now at risk. The gravity of the eurozone crisis has finally... |
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| 5. Talking about an out-of-date term in an up-to-date city | November 3, 2011 |
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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.... | |
| 6. Why no riots in central and eastern Europe? | October 20, 2011 |
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Some countries find it easier than others to fantasise about a world in which private profit gives way to the common good. Capitalism sucks, particularly if you don't know... | |
| 7. Pay your debts, and play to your strengths | October 6, 2011 |
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What would central and eastern Europe look like if each country focused on what they do brilliantly? England to Greece: “Pay your debts and you get your weather back.” As... | |
| 8. An inflated sense of importance in the east | September 15, 2011 |
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Western Europe and the US have plenty of problems of their own without worrying about events in eastern Europe. Who wants to be at the periphery when you can be at the... | |
| 9. Brickbats and bouquets after a summer of reflection | September 1, 2011 |
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A quiet, tranquil August gives our columnist a chance to assess the situation in Europe's eastern states Nothing much happens in August, supposedly, which is why European... | |
| 10. The political benefits of having royal ancestors | July 14, 2011 |
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And why Otto von Habsburg deserves to be recognised as one of the European Union's founding fathers. Dynasties have a bad press the farther east and south you go. The... | |
| 11. European reflections on north African revolutions | May 19, 2011 |
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The Arab world is being patronised by the West in the same way that central and eastern Europe once was. A long period of economic, political and cultural failure is... | |
| 12. The false economies of central and eastern Europe | May 12, 2011 |
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Europe can no longer free-ride on the back of US taxpayers, a lesson NATO's eastern member states should learn now. Defence spending in the new member states of NATO is... | |
| 13. Corruption, a disease shared by east and west | April 28, 2011 |
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Why bash eastern Europe for a problem imported by their tutors in Western-style capitalism? My recent article in The Economist called “From Bolshevism to backhanders”... | |
| 14. A meeting of Don Quixotes leads to nostalgic reflection | April 7, 2011 |
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Circassians are picking up the lance relinquished by those successful Don Quixotes, the Balts. The US has a lot on its plate right now. But I have just come back from a few... | |
| 15. Ten topics that are vexing the EU's eastern half | March 10, 2011 |
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A trip to Bratislava brings to the surface some of the principal undercurrents in central and eastern Europe. The Globsec security conference in Bratislava is carving out... | |
| 16. Saving a flagship from hitting the rocks | February 3, 2011 |
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The EU will have a tough time becoming a ‘resource-efficient society'.
Your article “EU's natural resources ‘being wasted'” (20-26 January) was right to... | |
| 17. Important lessons from another time of revolution | February 3, 2011 |
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The experience of 1989 has some happy lessons for the Middle East – and some worrying parallels. The message from the superpower was clear. You are our allies. We... | |
| 18. Pipeline project would boost energy security | November 4, 2010 |
All pipelines in the ‘southern gas corridor' must be considered on a level playing-field.
Your article “Pipeline projects vie for gas and for cash” (28 October-3... |
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| 19. Relief fund would not be enough to avert industrial disasters | October 28, 2010 |
The toxic sludge spill could be just the first of many such disasters. Writing in response to the recent toxic sludge spill at Ajka in Hungary, Edit Herczog called on your... |
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| 20. Awakening the (fictional) ghosts of eastern Europe | October 28, 2010 |
While eastern Europe's literary landscape looks less imposing than it did under communism, gems are still being produced. Communism's horribleness produced great literature.... |
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