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From: Transitions Online <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: New at TOL
Date: 03 January 2001 22:31
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NEW AT TOL:
WEEK IN REVIEW
(From the last two weeks)
http://www.tol.cz/week.html
Czech Television Crisis Deepens
Hungary Denies Drug Experiments on Humans
Russian-Iranian Cooperation Makes West Uneasy
Belarus Pegs Currency To Russian Ruble
Kyrgyz Parliament Passes Law on Amnesty
Balcerowicz to Head Polish National Bank
New Leftist Government Approved in Romania
Striking Polish Nurses End Health Ministry Sit-in
Flag To Fly on Every Turkmen House
Serbs, Albanians Reach Partial Buffer Zone Agreement
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Stretching Societal Boundaries
by Barbora Maroszova
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOLnew/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=6&NrSection=2&NrArticle=493
A group of children lies on the floor, each on a mat. The children move
from one position to another, from time to time struggling to maintain
their balance, as the exercise requires standing on one leg. It could be
a normal physical education lesson--except the children are not jumping
or running around, and a yin-yang symbol graces the wall. The children
are practicing yoga. The Education Ministry's recent plan to introduce
yoga classes in state schools has caused quite an uproar in
conservative, Catholic-dominated Slovakia.
The Changing Face of Sarajevo
by Daria Sito
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOLnew/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=6&NrSection=3&NrArticle=492
Sarajevo, once famous for crazy partying and spectacular New Year's
celebrations, has become a dark provincial town with few decorations.
Celebrations of Islamic holidays have shown that it's not a question of
money or post-war poverty but rather that the priorities have changed.
The Bosnian capital is still a multi-ethnic town--just barely--but new
cultural ideologists now define multi-culturalism as people living next
to each other rather than living together.
Later this week from TOL:
IN FOCUS: Crisis in Czech Television
A reportage from the 3 January demonstration, plus analysis of the
long-term impact on public television, plus interviews with some of the
rebel journalists.
OPINION: Putin's First Year
FEATURE: Kuchmagate
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