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Italy: Is Berlusconi's reign in its terminal phase?
21 September 2009PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
History: Condemning totalitarianism of all colours
21 August 200911 Revista 22 Bucharest -
Editorial: Goldilocks and the bear
14 August 2009Presseurop -
Germany: OSCE to monitor general elections
10 August 2009PresseuropDer Spiegel
The 23rd August is "European Day of Rememberance for the Victims of Nazism and Stalinism", to condemn totalitarianism. A noble cause perhaps, but one which has provoked controversy in Russia, where Stalin is still a national hero. They point out that Russia in fact saved many lives threatened by Nazism. Yet the Russians remain cagey about their Soviet Union archives, a stumbling block for ex-Soviet states to really understand their totalitarian pasts.