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People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: People-Power, Nonviolence, Berlin Wall, Germany, Eastern Europe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Triumph, World News
Sarah van Gelder

Some argue that the Cold War was just too costly for the Soviet empire to maintain. But the wall couldn't have come down without a nonviolent people power uprising.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: 20 Years Later, Europe Must Address Divisions And Mistrust

nytimes.com | MIKHAIL GORBACHEV | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev Europe, Mikhail Gorbachev 20 Year Anniversary, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Eastern Europe, 20 Years Berlin Wall, Mikhail Gorbachev Oped, Mikhail Gorbachev, World News

The year 1989 was a turning point for Europe and for the world, a time when history went into high gear. This acceleration was symbolized by the fall ...

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Orhan Pamuk's New Book, The Museum of Innocence

The New York Review of Books | Pico Iyer | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, The Museum of Innocence, Museum of Innocence, Istanbul, Ohan Pamuk, Turkish Authors, Book Review, Turkey, Books, Eastern Europe, Snow, Orhan Pamuk Snow, Orhan Pamuk Museum of Innocence, New Orhan Pamuk Book, Pamuk, Nyr, Books News

Secret Love in the Lost City Pico Iyer The New York Review of Books The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk, translated from the Turkish by Maureen...

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Women at Work: Insights From Women on the Front Lines of Polish Design

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Furniture, Design, Lighting, Women in Business, Innovation, Gender, Culture, Polish Design, Emerging Economies, Communism, Design Fairs, Eastern Europe, Style, Poland, Eastern-Bloc, Designer-Maker, New Business, Female, Gallery, Soviet Union, Entepreneurship, Style News
Chauncey Zalkin

Design is about people -- the handiwork of the creator, human ingenuity, and the social ramifications of design in use.

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Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A., Holistic, Disposable, Children, Green Parenting, Babysitter, Waldorf Education, Diapers, Neuroscience, Strollers, Mothering, Eastern Europe, Actress, Medicine, Sitcom, Trend, Family, Research Professor, Materialism, Replacement Level, Nanny, Home-Schooling, Body, Nbc, Caregiver, Planet, Husband, Los Angeles, Sierra Magazine, Sustainable, Ucla, Reform Judaism, Health, Judaism, Population, Vegetarian, Homemade Hygiene Products, Bedsharing, Discipline, Earth, Liberal, Potty-Training, Cleaning Products, Cloth, Tolerance, Holistic Moms Network, Cats, Acting, Southern California, Kids, Celebrity, Stay-at-Home Mom, Mayim Bialik, Hollywood, Elimination Communication, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Religion, Water, Fast Food, Slings, Environment, Mom, Shtetl, Blossom, Green News
Avital Binshtock

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

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Full Throttle to Hyperlocal News in Czech Republic

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Petr Sabata, World Association of Newspapers, Bertrand Pecquerie, Newsroom, Roman Gallo, Nase Adresa, Central Europe, Northern Bohemia, Online Publishing, China, News Café, Paris, Social Media, Web, World Editors Forum, Vietnam, Prague, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Hyperlocal News, 2015 Newsroom, Czech Republic, Futuroom, Death of Newspapers, Usti, Ppf, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

In the Czech Republic, "news cafés" are springing up, where people can relax, meet, down some brew, see their local paper being produced, mingle with editors and contribute copy.

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Remembering 1989, Diversity in Post-Communist Europe

Barry D. Wood | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, 1989, Missile Defense, Eastern Europe, Igor Shuvalov, Globalization, Vaclav Klaus, Cold War, World News
Barry D. Wood

Today, nearly 20 years after the Berlin Wall came down, freedom and diversity are the realities in post-communist Europe.

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Eastern Europe Feels Neglected By Obama

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: Obama, Obama Approval Rating, Eastern Europe, Europe, Obama Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe Obama, World News

Czechs feel betrayed, Poles irked, Romanians slighted. Ask them who's to blame, and the answer may come as a surprise: President Barack Obama. George...

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Eastern European Cyber Criminals Prey On U.S. Businesses

washingtonpost.com | Brian Krebs | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: American Express, Morgan Stanley., Eastern Europe, Cyber Criminals, American Finanacial Institutions, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Hackers, Citigroup, Business News

Organized cyber gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-sized companies in the United States, setting off a multi-million do...

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Never Again: Rembering the Balkans

Zainab Salbi | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Bosnia, Ethnic Cleansing, Eastern Europe, Ethnic Tensions, International, Economic Development, World, War Crimes, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Zainab Salbi

I wonder how we have allowed ourselves to forget Bosnia and Herzegovina when it is still as fragile as an eggshell.

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Moldova Elections: Communists Lose

Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: Moldova Europe, Russia, Moldova Protests Twitter, Moldova Reelctions, Soviet, Communists, Elections, Eastern Europe, Moldova Communist Party, Moldova Parliament, Moldova, Moldova Vote, Moldova Communism, Moldova Protests, Voting, Moldova Elections, World News

Moldova's pro-Western opposition parties have defeated the Communist Party in repeat parliamentary elections. With most of the votes tabulated, the C...

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US-Russia Thaw Worries Eastern European Countries

AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, US Russia Relations, US-Russian Relations, Us Russia Nuclear Talks, US-Russia Relations, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Obama Medvedev, Obama Putin, Europe, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Nato, World News

WARSAW, Poland — A group of prominent former Eastern European leaders wrote to President Barack Obama on Thursday that their region is gripped b...

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Diminishing Returns for Obama's Summiteering?

William Bradley | Posted 08.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Italy, G-8, Africa, Ghana, Barack Obama, Accra, Moscow, Sarah Palin, Copenhagen, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Un, G-20, Dmitri Medvedev, Msnbc, Media Culture, Michael Jackson, Cnn, Fox News, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Nato, Eastern Europe, Poland, Czech Republic, Media News
William Bradley

American media, especially cable TV news, is moving more into infotainment mode, stuck on a few areas. Geopolitics has never been its strong suit, and political coverage is mostly focused on food fights.

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NPR, the IMF, and the Global Savings Glut

Dean Baker | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: IMF Bailout, Bank Bailouts, Economic Crisis, Npr, Eastern Europe, Business News
Dean Baker

NPR is turning history on its head in telling listeners that more support for the IMF is the solution.

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Ukraine: Sex Tourism Now A Thriving Trade

GlobalPost | David L. Stern | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Ukraine Sex Tourism, Prostitution, Sex Tourism Ukraine, Sex, Kiev Sex Tourism, Sex Expats, Kiev Sex, Travel, Kiev Prostitutes, Kiev, World News

KIEV, Ukraine -- In the early summer evenings you see them individually and in groups: foreign men, of all ages and nationalities -- ex-Soviet, Europe...

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Free Trade

Randy Charles Epping | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Europe, Eastern Europe, World Trade Organization, Western Europe, Economy, Free Trade, Summit of the Americas, g20, Brazil, Business News
Randy Charles Epping

By getting our leaders to open the world's borders to trade, we not only help ourselves: we help developing countries of the world and become true partners in a renewed 21st century economy.

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Moldova Blames Romania For Violent Riots

BBC | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Moldova Anti-Communist Riots, Communism, Moldova Communist Party, Eastern Europe Communism, Moldova President, Moldova, Eastern Europe, Romania, Moldova Protests Twitter, Moldova Anti-Communist Protest, Moldova Communism, Moldova Riots, Europe, Moldova Protests, World News

Moldova's president has accused neighbouring Romania of stoking the protests that erupted into violence in the capital Chisinau on Tuesday....

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Moldova Students Raid Parliament In Protest Of Newly Elected Communists

BBC | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Moldova Europe, Moldova Communist Party, Communist Party, Moldova Parliament, Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe Communism, Moldova, Moldova Communism, Europe, Moldova Protests, Moldova Government, Moldova Elections, World News

Demonstrators in Moldova have attacked the country's parliament in protest at the victory of the governing Communist Party in Sunday's general electio...

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IMF Urges Eastern Europe To Adopt Euro Without Joining Eurozone

Financial Times | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Eurozone Inflation, Eu Rejects Eastern Europe Rescue Plan, Eastern Europe, International Monetary Fund, IMF Bailout, Imf, European Union, Eurozone, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, IMF Credit Crisis, Euro, Global Financial Crisis, World News

Crisis-hit European Union states in central and eastern Europe should consider scrapping their currencies in favour of the euro even without formally ...

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Ukraine: Extreme Right Rises As Economy Falls

The Telegraph | Adrian Blomfield | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Eastern Europe, Viktor Yuschenko, Extreme Right, Europe Extreme Right, Europe, Ukraine, Former Soviet Bloc, Global Economic Crisis, World News

An unexpected regional election victory by a previously marginal ultra-nationalist party is among a string of developments in Ukraine that threaten to...

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Cock Ring Ken: Dumping Western Consumer Products in Eastern Europe?

Scott Diel | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Dumping, Sweden, Samsung, Barbie, Eastern Europe, Ken, Estonia, Mattel, Nardi, World News
Scott Diel

I imagine manufacturers' warehouses full of defective appliances awaiting shipment to Eastern Europe where many customers haven't yet a clue they're supposed to be king. Does this, in fact, happen?

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Romania Becomes Third Eastern EU Country To Be Bailed Out

The Guardian | David Gow | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: International Monetary Fund, International Economic Crisis, European Economic Crisis, Romania Bailout, European Union, Romanian Bailout, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, World Bank, Eastern Europe, Romania, IMF Bailout, Imf, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, European Bailout, Romania Economy, World News

The European Union, IMF and World Bank today bailed out Romania with a €20bn (£18.5bn) loan in return for severe cuts in public spending and wages....

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Czech Government Ousted For First Time In History; Another Economic Casualty

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, EU Presidency, President Vaclav Klaus, Obama Europe, Eastern Europe, European Union, Obama Prague Visit, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Obama Europe Trip, Czech Republic, Global Financial Crisis, Czech Government, Czech, Czech Government Falls, Chech Government Falls After the Economic Crisis, World News

PRAGUE — The Czech government collapsed Tuesday after losing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over its handling of the economic crisis. It wa...

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A Brief Sweep Through Eastern Europe

Amb. Swanee Hunt | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Austria, Europe, U.N., Eastern Europe, Human Trafficking, Ukraine, World News
Amb. Swanee Hunt

The change these days isn't just an adjustment to a lower standard of living. With these economic woes, human trafficking of women and children from Eastern Europe will likely increase.

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Metropolitan Kirill Elected New Patriarch Of Russian Orthodox Church

Radio Free Europe | Jeffrey Donovan | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Metropolitan Kirill, Eastern Europe, Moldova, Russian Orthodox Church, Aleksy II, Russian Orthodox, Belarus, Ukraine, World News

The Russian Orthodox Church has overwhelmingly elected Metropolitan Kirill as its new leader, succeeding the late Patriarch Aleksy II, the shepherd of...

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