Part of the fuselage of the aircraft which crashed near Smolensk in April 2010.

Massacre and metaphor: remembering Katyn

28 September 2012

Swathed in conspiracy and suppressed by the Soviet establishment, the historical truth about the Katyn murders remained obscure for more than half a century. Yet at the same time, the memory of the massacre evolved. A new book shows how this memory defines Eastern Europe even today.

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Hugh in the recreated tunnel at Zagan

Recreating ‘The Great Escape’

28 November 2011

First it was the Dambusters raid, now ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª University’s Dr Hugh Hunt has helped to recreate ‘The Great Escape’ from Germany’s infamous Stalag Luft III.

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Meds

Drug pushing in the New Europe

23 September 2011

A new study reveals how drug reimbursement policy in Poland is leaving gaping loopholes for pharmaceutical firms to exploit, raising questions about other, post-communist, EU member states.

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