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Blog update and ouch for Bulgaria - 362 days ago

So I’ve been quite busy lately to the detriment of updating the blog.  I apologize to the readers, but this may have to be the trend for the foreseeable future with deadlines upon deadlines rolling in.  This is where the “much-needed new...
Topics: Bulgaria, Corruption, EU

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A different take on the CoA report and EU accountability - 370 days ago

After the latest EU Court of Auditors report revealed graft and corruption across institutions of the European Union, the EU Observer published a commentary by Richard Corbett, which is in effect a reply to the eurosceptics.I wanted to mention it here,...
Topics: coa report, Corruption, court of auditors, EU, eu accountability, eu corruption, Richard Corbett

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Across Eastern Europe: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine - 371 days ago

After the Fall is a Worldfocus signature series exploring four post-communist countries two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall.  If you have a comment about any of these videos, be sure to leave it on the Worldfocus site.  The staff and...
Topics: after the fall, Czech Republic, eastern europe, history, Hungary, journalism, Poland, post-communism, Ukraine, Video

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Patria scandal in Slovenia - 371 days ago

When allegations of corruption surfaced weeks before Slovenia’s election, then Prime Minister Janez Jansa denied the charges and demanded that the Finnish TV broadcaster which broke the story apologize.  Now that Patria executives are under arrest.
Topics: amv, ap, armored modular vehicle, finland, Janez Jansa, patria, Slovenia, Snjezana Vukic

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They just might pull it off in 2012 - 373 days ago

Speaking this Wednesday in Sofia, Bulgaria, Michel Platini, UEFA president, made a very simple but direct point to governments in Warsaw and Kyiv:Poland and Ukraine know that there is now a major condition (for their bid): that the stadiums in their...
Topics: Culture, euro 2012, football, International, Poland, soccer, uefa, Ukraine

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