Dealing in Kyiv.
It looks like the legal stalemate in Ukraine could be a little closer to a solution. Possibly related to reports about the opposition offering immunity to incumbent President Kuchma in exchange for him...
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The Warrior Audrey.
Yulia Tymoshenko2004 may be well the year of Ukraine’s warrior princesses. First, singer Ruslana managed to put Ukraine on Europe’s musical map by winning the Eurovision song contest with her Wild...
View ArticleSchr?der: early elections in Autumn.
I suppose German politics aren’t entirely predictable anymore. A few minutes ago, German Chancellor Schroeder confirmed earlier statements by Franz Muentefering, the SPD’s chairman, that the current...
View ArticleImmigration
Last week, the Swedish finance minister said that we should consider allowing immigration of labor. (Link in Swedish) This has long been demanded by the right-wing opposition, but the Social Democrats...
View ArticleHow do you say ‘corporate governance’ in German?
About the bombings in London I have nothing useful to say, beyond expressing my sympathies for the wounded and bereaved and my admiration of Londoners’ stoic resolve. And as others, here and elsewhere,...
View ArticleNarinci?
Meanwhile on the borderlands, SueAndNotU sends a reminder that Azerbaijan will be holding parliamentary elections on November 6. The country’s current president, Ilham Aliyev, essentially inherited the...
View ArticleOh, yes, Macedonia
They had Parliamentary elections last week. Nobody much noticed, but, 1) The voting was conducted in good order and — according to international observers — was, for the most part, fair and without...
View ArticleThe new great game
Our next anniversary guest post is written by the the great Jonathan Edelstein. It’s starting to look like the season of referenda in the near abroad. On September 17, less than a week from today,...
View ArticleGetting Hotter in Hungary
As we have noted on Afoe in recent weeks Hungarian society seems badly divided and faces daunting economic adjustments (and here). This weekend’s municipal elections seem to have resolved nothing, with...
View ArticleElections in Serbia: Oh, Well
So Serbia had parliamentary elections yesterday. Short version: could have been better, could have been much worse. There will be a new government, but probably not much will change. A bit more below...
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