Central Europe

Bulgaria fears new winter gas crisis
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Bulgaria, the EU country worst hit by gas delivery disruptions last January following a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over transit, warned about delays to infrastructure work designed to boost energy security.

Slovenia gives Russia final piece of South Stream puzzle
Monday 16 November 2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Slovenia's approval on 14 November for the South Stream pipeline, undermining European Union efforts to reduce dependency on Russian gas supplies.

Berliners fight to reclaim lost property after Wall fall
Friday 13 November 2009
Celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall left a bitter aftertaste for some East Berliners who were expropriated by the communist regime in order to build the wall and the 'death strip' that bordered it, reports Ewald Koenig, chief editor of EurActiv Germany.

The Bulgarian transition: Archetypes and stereotypes
Friday 13 November 2009
Twenty years after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, Bulgaria is the most disappointed EU nation when it comes to assessing the transition from totalitarism to democracy in the last 20 years, writes the Dnevnik daily, EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria.

Analyst: 'Gorbachev's role has been totally neglected'
Friday 13 November 2009
The role of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has been completely overlooked in celebrations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, said Jean-Michel de Waele, professor of political science at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in an exclusive interview with EurActiv.

Latest EU newcomers 'benefited from political approach'
Friday 13 November 2009
The politicians who gave the fifth EU enlargement to the green light knew that the acceding countries were not completely ready, but they also understood that delaying their accession would have been counter-productive, former MEP from the Party of European Socialists (PES)Jan Marinus Wiersma told EurActiv Slovakia in an exclusive interview.

Sitting on the top of the Wall
Thursday 12 November 2009
Ewald Koenig, editor-in-chief of EurActiv Germany, was present in Berlin during the "craziest and luckiest night in German history" when the Wall fell. This piece is part of a series of 45 articles by Koenig covering his memories of communist times.

From Budaj to Fico: Celebrating the Slovak transition
Thursday 12 November 2009
When the Berlin Wall came down, the so-called 'Velvet Revolution' that led to the partition of Czechoslovakia was still underway. But while mass demonstrations in Prague captured most of the attention, Bratislava also witnessed major developments. EurActiv Slovakia reports.

For Romanians, recent past is unfinished business
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, young Romanians laugh heartily at a film reminding them of the "Golden Age", as totalitarianism is commonly referred to. But the scars left by the Ceausescu dictatorship are still visible, Adrian Lungu, chief editor of EurActiv Romania writes.

Countdown to freedom: John Paul II's place in history
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Poland's deep Catholic roots allowed one man to do more for his country than was humanly possible, writes Maria Graczyk, chief editor of EurActiv.pl, recalling the events that followed John Paul II's election to the Vatican in 1979 and the Berlin Wall's collapse ten years later.


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