Subject: [CivilSoc] New at TOL
From: Transitions Online (mail@tol.cz)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 17:21:46 EDT
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NEW AT TOL:
WEEK IN REVIEW
In an ongoing effort to bring our readers the best and most significant
news from the region, we have revamped our Week in Review section to
include the TOP 10 stories from the 28 countries TOL covers. Fewer in
number but more in-depth, these stories will offer readers a sharper,
filtered look at post-communist countries in transition.
http://www.tol.cz/week.html
RUSSIA: Putin Courts China, North Korea
UKRAINE: Ambassador Accuses Ukraine of Anti-Russian Sentiment
KYRGYZSTAN: Shutting Down a Human Rights' Defender
POLAND: Pay-Back Time For Former Slave Laborers
CROATIA: Optimism Surrounds WTO Acceptance
ARMENIA: Parents Protest Peacetime Deaths
BULGARIA: Israel To Remove Monument to Bulgarian Jews
GEORGIA: Slain Oppositionist Still Not Buried
AZERBAIJAN: Pulling the Plug on Basayev
UZBEKISTAN: Ancient Princess Rises From Grave
For the first time TOL brings you "Our Take"--a weekly editorial on one of
the region's significant or controversial events. This week:
Constantinescu's astute move in Romania.
http://www.tol.cz/weeka/ourjul24.html
IN FOCUS: Not Quite Russiagate
by Anna Badkhen
http://www.tol.cz/jul00/notquite.html
Just type in the name of your favorite Russian oligarch, Kremlin insider,
politician, mafiosi, or journalist and hit enter. If you happen to be
toying around on Russia's hottest new website, dubbed "Russiagate," you'll
immediately find something juicy. But don't expect it to be accurate. The
information in the site's database is often old and erroneous and hasn't
whetted the appetite of a Russian public well used to kompromat.
OPINION: Dueling With Discrimination
by Claude Cahn
http://www.tol.cz/opina/duelingw.html
In many European countries there are no adequate laws against racial
discrimination, no clear definitions of what exactly constitutes
discrimination, no comprehensive guidelines for law enforcement bodies, and
no appropriate punishments. The European Union's new "race directive" hopes
to draw much clearer lines for its member states.
OPINION: Out-of-Pocket Parliaments
by Abdumannob Polat and Nickolai Butkevich
http://www.tol.cz/opina/outofpoc.html
During a 25 May address to parliamentarians, Uzbek President Islam Karimov
called for the country's legislature to be replaced by a two-house
parliament . Despite his poor track record for democratic reforms and
little tolerance of political opposition, the Uzbek president's recent
changes to the country's parliament may bring a modicum of democratic
change.
FEATURE: Immortalizing Nazarbayev
by Bea Hogan
http://www.tol.cz/jul99/specr07005.html
The Kazakh government on 27 June passed a law granting President Nursultan
Nazarbayev lifelong powers, including immunity from any prosecution. On 20
July, the Constitutional Court endorsed the decision. The opposition says
the bill will allow Nazarbayev to remain president for life; Nazarbayev
himself says he's had nothing to do with the weighty legislation; and
proponents say the new law was passed simply to ensure that reforms would
continue along their present path. The article originally appeared on
EurasiaNet. (www.eurasianet.org).
The following article is one of TOL's Annual Surveys for 1999: exclusive
overviews of individual countries in the region written for TOL by top
local and Western analysts and edited by regional specialist Professor
Peter Rutland of Wesleyan University. These valuable resources follow the
fine tradition established by the OMRI/East-West Institute Annual Surveys.
Both sets of reports, old and new, can be found in our expanded Country
Files <http://www.tol.cz/links1.html> along with links and maps for the 27
countries in the post-communist world.
Moldova 1999: Hard Times Continue
by Paul D. Quinlan
http://www.tol.cz/countries/molar99.html
When U.S. President Bill Clinton on 25 January, 1999, received Ceslav
Ciobanu, the new Moldovan ambassador to the United States, the president
described Moldova as a model of democracy in Eastern Europe. Just one week
later, on 1 February, Prime Minister Ion Ciubuc unexpectedly announced his
resignation, and Moldova found itself once again in the throes off a
political crisis to top of its economic woes.
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BEGGING WITH DIGNITY
TOL desperately needs a computer upgrade. Used or new models welcome. If
you can help, please contact Luke Allnutt at allnuttl@ijt.cz
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES
The Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is calling
for proposals for its year 2001 International Policy Fellowships (IPF)
program, which is affiliated with the CPS and the Open Society
Institute-Budapest. The fellowships are intended to support analytical
policy research and to provide Fellows with professional policy training.
Interested applicants should submit a query in English online at
http://www.osi.hu/ipf/apply.html by 1 August 2000.
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