Recording of the press conference and the Q&A session taking place on the first day of the international conference "Between Past and Future: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Struggle for Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe" hosted by CEU in March 1999. The speakers are Professor Sorin Antohi (Academic Pro-Rector at CEU), Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu (Maryland University) and Dr. István Teplán (Executive Vice-President of CEU).