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25 June 2010

D.R. of Congo: The Murder of Human Rights Activist Floribert Chebeya

Written by João Miguel D. de A. Lima · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Floribert Chebeya, the leader of a human rights organization in D.R. of Congo, was found dead on June 2 under suspicious circumstances. Protests against his murder and other killings and rapes are planned by the Congolese diaspora this week.

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15 May 2010

Reactions to the Greek Financial Crisis and the IMF from the Africansphere

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Citizen Media

The challenges facing the Greek economy and the ensuing intervention from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help withstand further damages from the fall-out look familiar to many African bloggers....

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1 April 2010

Qatar: Expats outraged by plans to scrap visa-on-arrival policy

Written by Shabina Khatri · Breaking News, Governance

Effective May 1, Qatar plans to scrap its visa-on-arrival policy for dozens of nations currently exercising the option. Dismayed expats worry about seeing their families and predict that the additional paperwork will deter tourists from visiting the tiny Gulf country.

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17 September 2009

EU: Russophone Bloggers React to Dairy Farmers' Protest

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Environment, Governance

LJ user drugoi hosts a discussion of the Belgian dairy farmers' protest over low milk prices.

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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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26 February 2008

Serbia: Ambassadorial Discontent

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Governance, History

While some of the foreign embassies were being set on fire in Belgrade in protest to the unilateral proclamation of independence of Kosovo, Serbian embassies in Belgium and Russia were having diplomatic activities of a different kind - and Serbian bloggers took interest in them. Sinisa Boljanovic translates.

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Updates about Belgium

16 January 2010

French

After a few days of silence, the collective blog Solidarité Haïti, born after the 2008 hurricanes, has eventually posted [Fr] about a dozen solidarity and relief efforts led by French Caribbean people in Europe or elsewhere.

• Fabienne Flessel

23 January 2009

Updates

Belatedly, links to some posts on Entropa: Margarete of The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia believes “it should be taken down”; Kosmopolito thinks that “the debate around the project is also part of the installation”; BBC's Mark Mardell writes that “the fact that it is a hoax does not mean that the art itself is bad”; Blue, Black and White Alert doesn't think Entropa is “that incendiary”; A Fistful of Euros considers Entropa “an ugly but really funny piece of work.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

1 September 2008

Updates

BBC's Mark Mardell reports from the emergency EU summit in Brussels that “it seems all but decided that there will no sanctions against Russia.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Arabic

Originally from Gaza, Palestinian Alaa Annan, who is now based in Belgium, wishes his readers a blessed Ramadan [Ar] with this drawing.

• Amira Al Hussaini

18 June 2008

Updates

Desmond McGrath of A Fistful of Euros writes about football and politics: “Part of the fun of football is the way in which it overturns the international order of power politics.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

30 May 2008

French

Cédric Kalonji blogs the arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba [Fr], Congolese president Joseph Kabila's main rival, in Belgium last weekend. The Central African Republic brought charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Bemba, who will be tried by the International Criminal Court.

• Jennifer Brea

25 April 2008

Updates

Lituanica reports that Lithuania “is not interested in vetoing or blocking Brussels-Moscow talks over commencement of strategic EU-Russia partnership treaty.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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