Hélène Despic-Popovic
Hélène Despic-Popovic is a journalist at Libération, specialising in Slavic issues. She was formerly the newspaper's correspondent in Moscow.
Updated: 8 April 2010
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By Hélène Despic-Popovic
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Hungary-Slovakia: Two towns divided by a consonant
23 August 2010261 Libération Paris -
Press: Russian oligarch seeks newspaper
8 April 201024 Libération Paris
Komarno and Komarom are twin towns divided by the Danube and centuries of rancour between Slovaks and Hungarians. But this flashpoint of nationalist tension that spilled over into an international incident last year is not all what it seems... 
Sergei Pugachev takes over France-Soir, Alexander Lebedev buys The Independent and The Evening Standard... Libération wonders why Moscovite billionaires are so eager to take over unprofitable European newspapers.