Central Europe
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Estonia: Twisted Tongues
TALLINN, Estonia | It’s a warm September day in central Tallinn, but the heat inside the hotel conference room has nothing to do with the baking sunlight. Fiery exchanges fly […]
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Czech Republic: Classroom Secrets
PRAGUE, Czech Republic | Do you know what your child is going through right now among his or her classmates? Just a bit of pushing and shoving that they’ll easily […]
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Slovakia: From Reform to Reward
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia | It has been a traditional sight every 1 September for over a decade. Children across Slovakia would turn up fresh from the summer holidays and enter schools […]
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Hungary: A Testing Time
BUDAPEST, Hungary | There’s a new joke going around Hungary: “Should I hand out the exam paper,” the teacher asks the students before the big test, “or does everyone already […]
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Hungary: Graveside Manner
BUDAPEST, Hungary | It is the dead of night. A couple of young people hand money to a man, their faces digitally blurred. One props a huge medical textbook on […]
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Poland: A Season of Change
POZNAN, Poland | The blooming chestnut tree has long symbolized a rite of passage for Polish 19-year-olds –school-leaving exams held in late April and early May. And in what could […]
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