Newsweek has become the latest international media outlet to raise the prospect of serious economic problems in the pipeline for the European Union’s newest member states. In an article entitled: “Europe’s Fallen Angels”  (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17081618/site/newsweek/) the magazine quotes Simeon Djankov, chief economist at the World Bank as saying: “I think … Continue Reading…

Among a number of interesting developments in Belarus in recent days, the Minsk based news agency BelaPAN reported Wednesday that the authorities were considering granting amnesties to certain categories of prisoners. It was not clear whether this would include political prisoners. But given Lukashenko’s new found enthusiasm for better relations … Continue Reading…