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Around the Bloc: Georgia Gets a New Government, Bishkek Reopens Journalist Murder Case

Around the Bloc: Georgia Gets a New Government, Bishkek Reopens Journalist Murder Case

Author(s): S. Adam Cardais,Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Georgia; government; Mikheil Saakashvili; elections; Alisher Saipov; murder; Serbia; Boris Tadic; Bulgaria; tax; banking; Kyrgyzstan; media; murder; Bidzina Ivanishvili; Georgian Dream; NATO; EU; Interior Ministry; Dragan Djilas; Tomislav Nikolic;

Plus, Bulgaria targets “lazy savers” and changes may be in store for Serbia’s most Western-oriented political party. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

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Editors‘ Blog: A Win for All Whistleblowers

Editors‘ Blog: A Win for All Whistleblowers

Author(s): Jeremy Druker / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Czech Republic; Libor Michalek; election; Enviromental Ministry; senator; Greens; Christian Democrats; Pirate Party; presidential election;

Libor Michalek, who publicized corruption at the Environmental Ministry, won election as a senator in a landslide victory and is wondering if he should now try for president.

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Politics: In Kyrgyzstan, Political Satire Is a Hot Ticket

Politics: In Kyrgyzstan, Political Satire Is a Hot Ticket

Author(s): Dina Tokbaeva / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Kyrgyzstan; politics; satire; repression; humor; entertainment; Dvorets Sporta; Central Asian

In the turbulent Central Asian nation, only satirists are allowed to openly joke about top officials, making political comedians and the shows that highlight them more popular than ever.

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Around the Bloc: Ukraine Polls Panned, Romania’s EU Funds Blocked

Around the Bloc: Ukraine Polls Panned, Romania’s EU Funds Blocked

Author(s): Barbara Frye,Nino Tsintsadze,Joshua Boissevain / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Georgia; investigation; observers; Serbia; media; transport; Viktor Ponta; development aid; Yulia Tymoschenko; EU; Fatherland; Communist party; death cases; Romania; Zhvania; Ukraine; elections; Party of Regions; Macedonia; birth rates; TV; OSCE; UDAR;

Plus, Georgia to take another look at suspicious deaths and Macedonia takes aim, again, at its birth dearth. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

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Around the Bloc: Berlin Unveils Romani Holocaust Memorial, Russia Remembers Dubrovka Tragedy

Around the Bloc: Berlin Unveils Romani Holocaust Memorial, Russia Remembers Dubrovka Tragedy

Author(s): Ky Krauthamer ,Andrew McIntyre,Nino Tsintsadze,Joshua Boissevain / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: terrorism; Russia; Dubrovka; Germany; Slovakia; health; medical practices; holocaust; Roma; Nord OST; Armenia; migration; Latvia; economy; Chechnya; Angela Merkel; Estonia; European Court of Human Rights; Valdis Dombrovskis; Toomas Hendrik Ilves;

Plus, Latvian officials set date for euro adoption and a Slovak firm denies shoddy testing of medical products. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

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Editors‘ Blog: Poland Leads World’s Business Reformers

Editors‘ Blog: Poland Leads World’s Business Reformers

Author(s): S. Adam Cardais / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Poland; reforms; World Bank;

Six of the top 10 reformers in Doing Business 2013 are TOL countries – and Poland is top dog worldwide .

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Politics: Ukraine’s Democratic U-Turn

Politics: Ukraine’s Democratic U-Turn

Author(s): Sergey Sydorenko / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Ukraine; election; fraud; Orange revolution; democracy; Viktor Yanukovych; Yulia Tymoshenko; parliamentary election; vote buying; OSCE; ENEMO; Freedom;

With widespread reports of shady dealings ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary polls, Ukraine’s post-Orange Revolution record of transparent elections is in jeopardy.

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Russian Unorthodox: Teachers in Double Jeopardy

Russian Unorthodox: Teachers in Double Jeopardy

Author(s): Galina Stolyarova / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Russia; crime; school; teachers; children; State Duma;

A new law to purge Russian schools of criminal offenders is destroying the careers of many valued educators.

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Around the Bloc: The Czech 'Forrest Gump,' Serbia Tackles Prison Overcrowding

Around the Bloc: The Czech 'Forrest Gump,' Serbia Tackles Prison Overcrowding

Author(s): S. Adam Cardais,Nino Tsintsadze,Joshua Boissevain / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/30/2012

Keywords: Czech republic; Tajikistan; Human rights; court; marathon; sports; Serbia; prison; amnesty; European Parliament; Sergei Magnitsky; Russia; sanction; torture; Bulgaria; nuclear power; referendum; disabled; Nikola Selakovic; Bojan Djuric; Duma;

Plus, Moscow slams European 'Magnitsky list' vote and a provocative Tajik rights group is ordered to shut down. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.

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A Paradox within the Paradox: Modernity and Orthodoxy

Paradoxonba rejtett paradoxon - modernitás és ortodoxia

Author(s): Virgil Ciomoş / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: modernity; religious studies; politics; nationalism; society; tradition; orthodoxy

In this interview, Romanian philosopher Virgil Ciomoş answers to questions posed by the editors of the journal, reflecting on issues such as theoretical advances in the field of studies concerned with religion in Romania, the relationship of the Romanian Orthodox Church with political power, nationalism, historical tradition and the problems of our present society, advancing critiques of the Orthodox Church as a secular institution, while maintaining faith in the validity of the existential practice and the spirituality of orthodoxy.

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A Dialogue between Darkness and Light

A sötétség s a fény párbeszéde

Author(s): Sesto Pals / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: Romanian poetry; metaphysics; surrealism

Philosophical poem by Romanian surrealist poet Sesto Pals, translated by Imre József Balázs.

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The Blood of the Rose

A rózsa nedve

Author(s): Pál Váradi Nagy / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: Hungarian poetry; Transylvanian Hungarian literature; contemporary poets; Annamária Kinde

Review of Annamára Kinde's book of poetry "Rózsavér" ("Rose Blood").

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The Orientalism of Balázs Orbán

Orbán Balázs orientalizmusa

Author(s): Dániel Bolgár / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: Balázs Orbán; orientalism;

Study on the 1861 work "Utazás Keleten" (Eastern Journey) by Hungarian writer, historian and politician Balázs Orbán.

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The Secret of "the Stolen Letter"

"Az elveszett levél" titka

Author(s): Nicolae Steinhardt / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: Ion Luca Caragiale; "The Stolen Letter"; Romania; national identity; Romanian philosophy

Philosophical essay on Ion Luca Caragiale's comedy "The Stolen Letter", touching upon questions of Romanian national identity.

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The Rendez-Vous of Surrealists (Social Esthetics Series)

Szürrealisták randevúja (Társas esztétikák)

Author(s): Imre József Balázs / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: literary criticism; surrealism; Romanian literature; Saşa Pană

Review of Saşa Pană's work "Sadismul adevărului" (The Sadism of Truth).

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Culture and Symbol

Kultúra és jelkép

Author(s): Hajnal Tünde Katona / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: culture; Hungarian minority; Romania; dictionary

Review of Attila Benő's Romanian-Hungarian cultural dictionary.

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Learning Romanian

Románul tanulva

Author(s): Dénes Tamás / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: Mihail Sebastian; Romanian literature; journal

Review of Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist Mihail Sebastian's personal journal, translated in Hungarian and published in 2009.

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God of Small Thoughts

Kis gondolatok Istenről

Author(s): Nicolae Turcan / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: philosophy; theology; orthodoxy; God; aphorisms

Aphorisms about God by a young theologian/philosopher from Kolozsvár.

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On Education - in Hungarian

Oktatásról - magyarul

Author(s): Borbála Zsemlyei / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 08/2010

Keywords: education; bilingvism; Hungarian minority; Romania; sociolingvistics

Review of a Romanian-Hungarian dictionary of didactic terminology.

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