'politcs' - tagged features

The opening of Romanian secret police archives for the first time since the fall of communism in 1989 has rocked the country. The documents of the Securitate contain a portrait of a paranoid state where friends, families and even lovers spied on each other. And it seems that many of the current politicians were Securitate collaborators. 

Last week-ends' Elections in the Czech Republic ended in deadlock: the right-wing Civic Democrats came first, but they are finding it very hard to form a coalition, with the two left-wing parties winning exactly half the seats in the lower house. Meanwhile, neighboring Slovakia is gearing up for early elections in a weeks' time. Czechs and Slovaks spent 80 years together, as part of the same state, and Czech politics are still keenly observed in Slovakia. So what lessons will be drawn in Bratislava from the stalemate in Prague? Radio Prague speaks to Milan Nic, the Slovakia based NGO, the Pontis Foundation.