New at TOL: Friday, 23 July 2010
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Top Stories:
1: Changing Cities: From Frog to Prince
2: Russian Unorthodox: Fine the Messenger
3: The New EU: Underwater Adventures and Other Summer Fun in Hungary
4: Media: The Tandem vs. the Godfather
5: Conflict & Diplomacy: Anxious Days and Nights for Uzbeks in
Kyrgyzstan
6: Changing Cities: Poles Apart
From the Archive:
Five years ago: Pipe(line) Dreams
Ten years ago: Who’s Pulling Russia’s Strings?
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1: Changing Cities: From Frog to Prince
A bold plan aims to take Sofia from a car-choked city starved of
major meeting points to a pedestrian-friendly social hub.
By Boryana Dzhambazova
22 July 2010
http://tol.org/client/article/21649-from-frog-to-prince.html
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2: Russian Unorthodox: Fine the Messenger
A recent court decision gives a chilling glimpse into how Russian
society handles the most provocative art.
By Galina Stolyarova
22 July 2010
http://tol.org/client/article/21650-fine-the-messenger.html
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3: The New EU: Underwater Adventures and Other Summer Fun in Hungary
You could put it down to sunstroke, but, no, for Hungarians,
credulous paranoia is a year-round affliction.
By Balint Szlanko
21 July 2010
http://tol.org/client/article/21646-underwater-adventures-and-other-summer-f
un-in-hungary.html
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4: Media: The Tandem vs. the Godfather
A Russian commentary on the Russian TV documentary about Lukashenka
and the Belarusian counterstroke.
By BBC Monitoring
21 July 2010
http://tol.org/client/article/21647-the-tandem-vs-the-godfather.html
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5: Conflict & Diplomacy: Anxious Days and Nights for Uzbeks in
Kyrgyzstan
Reported detentions and mistreatment of the region’s Uzbeks threaten
the uneasy calm in southern Kyrgyzstan.
By EurasiaNet
20 July 2010
http://tol.org/client/article/21641-anxious-days-and-nights-for-uzbeks-in-ky
rgyzstan.html
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6: Changing Cities: Poles Apart
TOL slide show: Polish cities large and small grapple with the
challenges of revitalization that strengthens rather than separates
urban communities.
By Maciej Czarnecki
20 July 2010
http://tol.org/client/article/21640-poles-apart.html
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From the Archive:
Five years ago: Pipe(line) Dreams
Germany’s and Russia’s joint plans for a Baltic Sea pipeline mean
that hopes
for energy independence in Poland and Ukraine remain a dream.
By Chris Mayo
22 July 2005
http://www.tol.org/client/article/14308-pipeline-dreams.html
Ten years ago: Who’s Pulling Russia’s Strings?
To many Russia-watchers, it seems that as two powerful clans battle it out,
no one is in control-yet.
By Sophia Kornienko
10 July 2000
http://www.tol.org/client/article/8249-whos-pulling-russias-strings.html