Edward Lucas

Now the central and east European correspondent of The Economist, I have 20-plus years experience reporting from and about the region. Articles from The Economist publications are copyright. But this site has no connection with The Economist Newspaper, which does not necessarily endorse anything posted here. There is also a weekly mailing of the same material: to receive it, send an e-mail to edwardlucas-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Lithuania and the CIA

I have written another piece on the scandal, this time with my CEPA think-tank hat on. It is called Lithuania: Hung Out to Dry?

Another fun map

Europe according to Hungarians (does anyone have these for other countries? Lithuania? Russia? Ukraine? Romania? It would be fun to collect ...

Monday, March 29, 2010

Europe according to the Poles

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Amazingly funny Swedish (!) viral video

You can go to http://en.tackfilm.se/ and make a film featuring anyone you like as a "hero". Just for the sake of example I've ...

Thursday, March 25, 2010

prenups

Another piece from my legal-affairs beat Prenuptial agreements For poorer Mar 25th 2010 From The Economist print edition English courts used...

Libel

(my other job is legal-affairs correspondent) Libel-law reform Fairer but still costly Reform of England’s tough libel law is moving up the ...

Lebedev

The sale of the Independent Bought for a song Mar 25th 2010 From The Economist print edition A Russian tycoon buys an ailing British newspap...

The most boring issue in the world

Europe.view What's in a name? Mar 25th 2010 From Economist.com It is time for the most tedious dispute in the Balkans to be settled IN T...

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Marvellous if true

According to Vedomosti, last year Russians bought 500,000 baseball bats and TWO balls. http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article/2010/03/24/...

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Hilarious anti-Estonian propaganda

Estonia is (Pravda reports so it must be true) launching a new campaign for the assimilation of the Russian-speaking population. The Russian...

Utterly Alone

Just watched this interesting film "Vienui Vieni" in Lithuanian. Shot in black-and-white in 2003, it has (perhaps unconscious) ec...

Friday, March 19, 2010

20 years ago..

The Economist carried a marvellous cover story called "The Bullies of Vilnius" (not by me) You can read it here

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Catholic Church and sex abuse (leader article)

The Catholic church and paedophilia Crimes and sins Mar 18th 2010 From The Economist print edition The pope should say plainly and loudly th...

CEE economics--"leader" article

Eastern Europe's economies What went right Mar 18th 2010 From The Economist print edition If Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece want a le...

CEE economics

East European economies Fingered by fate Mar 18th 2010 | BUDAPEST AND RIGA From The Economist print edition A region that a year ago looked ...

Lithuanian diary

Here is a short (three-day) diary from last week's trip to Lithuania Lithuania Back on the map Mar 16th 2010 From Economist.com How an i...

Lost in cyberspace

As I gradually get back into the swing of things after the distractions of the past year, I notice how the cyberscape has changed. Where is ...

Ukraine--Andrew Wilson latest

Andrew Wilson is the best Ukraine-watcher I know. Here is his new paper, which argues that Yanukovych could be Ukraine's Nixon.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

This is the most amusing thing I've seen for a long time

Have you ever wondered how the history of the 20th century would look if represented on Facebook? Well, look at this

Monday, March 15, 2010

A Moscow-based friend has just received this letter from his hr department

Dear XXXX I need to ask you to bring me medical certificates about absence of the following diseases for Work permit: lepromatous leprosy ...

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About me

Edward Lucas: "The New Cold War", first published in February 2008, is now available in a revised and updated edition with a foreword by Norman Davies. It has been translated into more than 15 foreign languages. I am married to Cristina Odone and have three children. Johnny (1993, Estonia) Hugo (1995, Vienna) and Isabel (2003, London)

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