Talking Kosovo
The last round of talks on Kosovo’s future began in Vienna Wednesday, Feb. 21. The meagre scattering of journalists in the foyer of the Austria Centre awaiting the third day’s press briefing reflected the languid tone: No breaking news expected here. Even before they had begun, the results of the talks were considered a foregone […]
Budapest Burning

It all started peacefully enough on Tuesday, Sept. 19, on Budapest’s Freedom Square. Tens of thousands of people came out to protest the admission by the Hungarian Prime Minister that he had lied to the electorate. And he had lied a lot. “We lied in the morning, we lied in the evening and at night,” […]