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CEE: The Berlin Wall

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 16/11/2009

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall: How To Marry a Bulgarian hosts a series of readers' personal reflections: Biliana Velkova, Alexandra Grashkina-Hristova, Maria Vassileva; Hungarian Spectrum writes that “for Hungary and the Hungarians the whole thing started much earlier ...

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Ukraine: Flu Stats, Panic, Gauze Masks (and Some Lingerie)

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 10/11/2009

According to Ukraine's Health Ministry, 1,031,597 people in Ukraine have fallen ill with "flu, acute respiratory illness and their complications (pneumonia, etc.)" between Oct. 29 and Nov. 9 - and 174 of them have died. In the Ukrainian blogosphere, much of the discussion of the current medical ...

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

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 05/11/2009

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.”

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Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia: “Dumping Grounds for People”

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 29/10/2009

Dumping Grounds for People is a blog devoted to the results “of a four-months long journalistic investigation, conducted mostly undercover in ten institutions for adults with intellectual disabilities or mental illnesses in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.” A Flickr photo set, by Yana Buhre ...

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Macedonia, Bulgaria: Days of Mourning After the Lake Ohrid Shipwreck

Posted by Filip Stojanovski on 06/09/2009

Filip Stojanovski reports on bloggers' reactions to the tragic boat accident on Lake Ohrid, which took place on Saturday, claiming the lives of 15 persons.

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