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Hungary stands firm on rights for minority groups
While defence and the preservation of its neutral status was important to Austria - Hungary had another priority - it wanted the preamble to the constitution to refer to…
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EU values - United in Diversity?
The candidate countries that will join the EU next year have brought new layers of diversity to an already diverse EU. Did they expect it to be so difficult to reach…
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Do central European governments have the staying power to keep their troops in Iraq?
Apart from Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia also have soldiers in Iraq and the Hungarian parliament has just extended the mandate of Hungarian troops serving there…
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Cross-border tension flares ahead of Croatian elections
The former Yugoslav states of Slovenia and Croatia have recently been embroiled in diplomatic clashes over a range of issues, from territorial borders to a jointly run…
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Hungarian ambassador says music moved his generation to tear down the wall.
Music by musicians such as the Beatles, The Who, Bob Dylan, Hendrix and others moved a generation of Central Europeans to end oppression - according to Hungary's…
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Insight Central Europe News
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Candidate countries - the big picture
The European Commission's report on accession has messages for all of the candidate countries in Central Europe. Slovenia was assessed as the best prepared but the…
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Ethnic identities in the new Europe... are they disappearing or developing?
With the enlargement of the European Union, the continent's political, economic and cultural borders are once again shifting. Temporarily divided after World War II, the …
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East, west European cancer survival gap widens
Cancer survival rates throughout Europe are improving - but the gap between eastern and western Europe is widening. That's according to a new study by EUROCARE. It shows…
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Insight Central Europe News