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14 March 2012

Europe: Will ACTA Treaty Pass After Protests?

Written by Suzanne Lehn · Translated by Danielle Martineau · Governance, Law

The ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty (ACTA) by the European Parliament has been delayed in expectation of an opinion from the European Court of Justice on its conformity with fundamental rights.

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25 January 2012

Romania: “I, the Citizen”

Written by Oana Maria Dan · Elections, Governance

Street protests in Romania have been going on for over a week now. The protesters are demanding early elections; they do not yet have a leader, but they nevertheless have a powerful voice. Oana Maria Dan reports.

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6 January 2012

Hungary: Memories of Barvalipe Roma Pride Summer Camp

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Education, Youth

Twenty-eight young Roma people came together in the first ever Roma Pride Summer Camp where they learned about their language, history, role models and achievements, in an effort to build their sense of civic duty and social responsibility.

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5 December 2011

Egypt: Romanian Netizen Lavinia Dieac Shares her Egyptian Experience

Written by Tarek Amr · Blogger Profiles

Romania and Egypt are two distant countries. They have many differences and many things in common as well, such as the fact that they both had revolutions against dictatorships. Romanian netizen Lavinia Dieac, who lives in Cairo, tells us more about her life in Egypt, particularly the days of the revolution.

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20 July 2010

Slovakia: Hungarian School Trips

Written by Tibor Blazko · Education, Governance

Tibor Blazko compiles Slovak netizens' reactions to a new Hungarian law that would bring Hungarian schoolchildren to parts of the neighboring countries that in the past belonged to Hungary.

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13 March 2010

The Balkans: Byzantine Nostalgia

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Arts & Culture, History

Similar to Yugo-nostalgia, the nostalgia for the common Byzantine past can sometimes transcend some of the barriers erected through modern nationalism and racism in the Balkans.

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20 April 2009

Moldova: “Making Sense of Recent Events”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Below is a follow-up to the three earlier GV posts on the blog coverage of the protests and rioting in Chisinau, Moldova, that followed the April 5 election.

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11 February 2009

Hungary: The Roma and the Killing of Marian Cozma

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Governance, History

Marian Cozma, a Romanian handball player, was killed in a nightclub fight in Veszprém, Hungary, on Feb. 8. Here's some of what's been written by bloggers about the circumstances of Cozma's death.

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29 October 2008

Rising Voices Nominated World's Best Blog

Written by Solana Larsen · Announcements

Global Voices' citizen media outreach project, Rising Voices has been nominated for a “Best of the Blogs Award” (B.O.B.) in the category “Best Weblog”. More than 8,500 weblogs were suggested...

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21 September 2008

Ukraine, EU: A Closer Relationship?

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Governance, Law

The EU's plan to finalize an Association Agreement with Ukraine in 2009 was made public at the EU-Ukraine Summit in Paris on Sept. 9. The media and bloggers greeted it...

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Updates about Romania

19 January 2012

English

Gabriela Ionita of Power&Politics World summarizes ongoing anti-government protests in Romania, draws parallels to the Arab spring, and asks if this is the start of a European wave of revolutions.

• Vilhelm Konnander

17 January 2012

English

Power & Politics World reports on the protests in Romania, sparked by budget cuts and the resignation of deputy health minister Raed Arafat. Csíkszereda Musings writes about Raed Arafat and the government's policies: “Basescu and his government seem hell bent on using the excuse of ‘austerity' to destroy education, healthcare and pretty much everything else that the country actually needs.” GV's Ruslan Trad is posting links to media reports on the protests on the GV-CEE Facebook page.

• Veronica Khokhlova

11 January 2012

English

An anti-discrimination Roma flash mob/dance duel in Bucharest (video - here), and a report by Bulgarian Roma students on media coverage of Roma-related issues - at TOL's Roma Transitions blog. Education for the Roma children in the UK, the Czech Republic and Slovakia - at the Economist's Eastern Approaches blog. (Update: TOL's East of Center also has a post on “the Czech Republic’s segregated education policy” for the Roma students.)

• Veronica Khokhlova

8 January 2012

English

Spotted by Locals: Experience cities like a local features a few dozen locations, including CEE cities of Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Krakow, Ljubljana, Prague, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius, Warsaw, and Zagreb. A random sample post from Zagreb, Croatia: Hrelić Flea Market – The Aleph of Zagreb; from Bucharest, Romania: The Haunted House – Armenian Neighbourhood; from Sofia, Bulgaria: Nissim – A True Old-School Bookstore.

• Veronica Khokhlova

9 December 2011

English

Jovana Tozija wrote lovingly about making ajvar, a traditional favorite winter provision in Macedonia and some other post-Ottoman countries.

• Filip Stojanovski

22 September 2011

English

Watcher.com.ua reports [uk] that, according to a 6-month study of 27 million downloads by 20 million computers in 224 countries conducted by Pando Networks, Romania (1,909KBps), Bulgaria (1,611KBps), Lithuania (1,462KBps) and Latvia (1,377KBps) have the second, third, fourth and fifth highest download speeds in the world, while Ukraine has been ranked #8 (1,190KBps).

• Veronica Khokhlova

22 July 2011

English

Nelson Duque at The View East discusses the repressive role of the security service, Securitate, in Ceaucescu's communist Romania.

• Vilhelm Konnander

11 July 2011

English

Edward Hugh of Baltic Economy Watch argues that Central and East European economies are more exposed to risk in case of a Eurozone crisis than what financial ratings say.

• Vilhelm Konnander

23 May 2011

English

Hungarian Spectrum writes about the relationship between the Orbán government and the Hungarian minority in Romania.

• Veronica Khokhlova

18 April 2011

English

Richard Byrne of Balkans via Bohemia writes about the playwright Lucian Blaga and a renaissance for Romanian 20th century literature and drama.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Comments on "Romania"

Balkans: Online Platform Tracks Reports From Areas Hit by Record Snowfall

Please do not forget Bulgaria - situation there is so hard - snow and floods... I wrote one update and...

It's snowing this Saturday afternoon in Bucharest, the protests continue to fail to represent the true anguish and demands of...

Thanks a lot Ruslan and Veronica, the story is quite interesting and somehow and in one of the rares occasion...
Arafat is naturalized Syrian Palestinian, living in Romania since middle of 80s.
Yes, and the second and third links here talk more about him.