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16 December 2002 Eight Central and Eastern Europe countries respond with a mix of celebration and realism to their invitation to join the European Union. PRAGUE, Czech Republic–During Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution in 1989, one of the opposition banners read “Return to Europe.” Thirteen years later, most editors in the region chose to celebrate the day […]