From Eurozine, Adam Michnik calls for an end to the logic of accusation and warns against instrumentalizing the quarrel with communism; Barbara Falk on Central European dissent in historical perspective; and when personal integrity is not enough: Herta Muller and Gabriel Liiceanu discuss language and dissidence. Flying above the economic storm: Germany may be the only European nation that is large enough and rich enough to cover the debts of its struggling neighbors, but its citizens are reluctant to be the source of the bailout. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein: Josh Levin tours Europe's small countries. In search of a post-communist future: In search of an answer to what went wrong in the post-communist world after 1989. A look at how the Netherlands created a sustainable fishing industry. From NYRB, Timothy Snyder on toleration and the future of Europe. In the land of Gutenberg, Germans face their digital future: Experts say that German newspapers and magazines are beginning to face the same predicament as their American counterparts. What Hundred Years War? By challenging the very idea of a continuous Anglo-French medieval war Ian Mortimer reveals the remarkable complexities of a series of distinct conflicts that began with a prophecy and ended with an English dynasty seeking the approval of God. Why Belarus' dictator is not fond of applause. Witness to intellectual suicide: A bitter farewell to Cioran on his 100th birthday — Fritz Raddatz on the Romanian philosopher's newly published essays from the 1930s. Ten years ago Portugal legalized all drugs — what happened next? Sin cities: Past and present collide amid the temptations of Rome and Naples. Bones with bling: Paul Koudounaris takes a look at the amazing jewelled skeletons of Europe.
