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One of the basic rights of people living in the EU is the right to live and work in any another member country. It's something the "older" member states have become used to and take for granted. But in the new member states of Central Europe it's meant changing laws on who they allow in - to work and live. For a look at how that's affecting Slovenia, we spoke to Miha Sepec - head of the department for foreign workers in Slovenia:

The Czech Republic and Slovakia marked the 15th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution this week, when mass demonstrations forced the Communist Party to relinquish power. However many Czechs believe former Communists still exert far too much influence in public life, and there was a contemporary message to be heard during the many commemorative events.

There's nothing Poles enjoy more than a big anniversary celebration. Part of it has to do with a turbulent history - marked by wars, foreign domination and moments of triumph. And it seems that history has stamped itself on the Polish character. An opinion poll has revealed a significant majority of Poles are proud of their national origins.

Marianna and Oleg Chibovskij have found an unusual way of getting rich here in Prague. They have become the Czech Republic's honey cake barons. Honey Cake or Medovnik in Czech is well known in Ukraine or Russia, and now the Czech Republic is engulfed by honey cake fever. The Chibovskijs started its production six years ago and now sell on average a staggering 20,000 cakes a month.

Central European states sent condolences to Palestinians on the death this week of their long time leader, Yasser Arafat.

Hungary's media is in a state of rapid change. One of the four national daily newspapers, Magyar Hírlap was closed down by its Swiss owner Michael Ringier just over a week ago. But 72 hours later in move unprecedented in Hungary, a new daily was on the streets - with the name "The Point-European Newspaper".

Slovenia is well known for its forest clad landscape so it was a good choice for the Conference: 'Forests - The Future for Slovenia', held in Ljubljana last week. The conference heard that Slovenia's tall trees face some challenges if they are to be sustained for the future. A joint Netherlands and Slovenia monitoring project found pollution and global warming are the greatest threats.

Almost two weeks after the re-election of US President George W. Bush to a second term in the White House, European governments are getting used to the idea of another four years of a sometimes difficult trans Atlantic relationship. Many of them expected or hoped that they will be working with a Democrat administration led by John Kerry. But not all. Poland is the only EU country where opinion polls showed a majority of the population backed the Bush camp.

Europeans regularly disparage the Bush administration in the US for its religious bent but some people see a revival of religion in European politics? Rocco Buttiglione - the man rejected by the European Parliament for his views on women and homosexuals says he will push for "Christian values" in Europe. And some politicians raise Europe's Christian traditions as an argument against Turkey joining the EU. The issue of Europe's spiritual identity was debated at a symposium in Vienna this week.

Leaders of the EU's 25 member states have just put their signatures to the much-vaunted EU Constitution, a ground-breaking document designed to clarify EU decision-making. But now those 25 members have to ratify it. The Czech government - like most in Europe - will most likely put the treaty to their people in a referendum. But do the people care enough to take part, let alone say 'Yes'? I have been putting that question to the people of Prague.