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20 February 2008

Kosovo: Views from the Russophone Blogosphere

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Arts & Culture, Governance

According to the Yandex Blogs portal, over 3,700 posts on Kosovo independence have appeared in the Russian-language blogosphere in the past three days. Some of these posts have received dozens, if not hundreds, of comments. Below are a few snippets of this lively discussion, all translated from Russian.

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30 January 2008

Louis Michel Heckled by Congolese Protestors at the London School of Economics

Written by Jennifer Brea · Development, Education

Le renouveau congolais posts a YouTube video which shows Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid and formerly Belgian's foreign minister, as he was confronted by Congolese protesters during a talk given earlier this month on the EU and Africa at the London School of Economics. Read the reactions from Congolese netizens and a video response that will make you move your feet.

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26 October 2006

DRC, Belgium: Anti-Kabila Demonstration

Written by Alice Backer · Elections, Protest

Congolese demonstrating in Brussels last weekend. Photo by Etienne Ngandu. In anticipation of the presidential runoff taking place this Sunday, October 29 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, opposing Jean-Pierre...

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21 July 2006

French-Speaking Bloggers on Rabat Conference on Migration

Written by Alice Backer · Ideas, Development

What Will the Conference Bring? Says France-based African blogger Le Pangolin, Du 10 au 11 juillet 2006, s'est tenue à Rabat au Maroc, la première rencontre interministérielle euro-africaine sur les...

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26 May 2006

DRC: Coup Attempts and More Questions on the Upcoming Elections

Written by Jennifer Brea · Arts & Culture, Elections

Free and Fair Elections? Joseph Kabila, the founder of the PPRD (the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy), has overseen an interim administration established by the 2002 peace agreement. The...

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7 May 2006

African Diaspora: Hard times for Africans in France and Belgium

Written by Anthony Katombe · Human Rights, Labor

Several francophone blogs have tackled African immigrants’ latest tribulations in France and Belgium. Choosing Immigrants Le Pangolin criticizes French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy’s latest round of immigration policies. The blogger...

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Updates about Belgium

17 April 2008

19 November 2007

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A Fistful of Euros writes about Serbia's Stability and Association Pact with the EU (SAA), to be signed in Jan. 2008: “It looks like Brussels is trying to strengthen the ‘liberal and Western' strain of Serbia’s politics before December, when problems are likely to arise with Kosovo.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

14 September 2007

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The beatroot writes about the “non-issue” of Islamisation of Europe.

• Veronica Khokhlova

14 May 2007

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Time to study Russian, again, writes Jonathan Newton of Tales from the European Underbelly: “I would have had much use for such skills today, as I seem to be surrounded by Russian-speaking colleagues at the EU Council’s Press Centre, where the EU’s foreign ministers and assorted colleagues will wriggle around the question what to do with the EU-Russian summit on Friday when the two are so at odds with eachother that they aren’t even pretending that there will be any outcome of that meeting; and when plenty of EU member states want the meeting called off altogether.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

4 May 2007

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UDPS Liège posts an interview with Rachel Kabua Atwele, a Belgium-based UDPS sympathizer. She says [Fr]: “Let's not kid ourselves, dictatorship is alive and well. Those who believed in the good faith of Kabila the imposter are already having a hard time: Thérèse Nlandu, Pasteur Kuthino, the coup d'état on the majority through high-level corruption in the pro- Bemba provinces are sure signs of the stifling of the opposition by the AMP camp.”

• Alice Backer

22 April 2007

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Collectif-haiti-de-provence writes about a Haitian delegation's March visit to France and Belgium (Fr), which hoped to present Haiti as a place to do business and counteract negative images of the country. The delegation, which included the heads of various government ministries and members of the private sector, presented plans to establish three new industrial parks in Haiti–equipped, of course, with high security.

• Jennifer Brea

5 April 2007

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Le Blog du Congolais posts an article by Freddy Lokolongo stating [Fr]: “The events of Bas-Congo and more recently attacks on the homes of ex-Vice President Bemba … with the complicity of [United Nations Mission to the Congo] MONUC, do not even begin to display the extent of the plot originated by the international community … and of which Kabila [and others] are the leaders.”

• Alice Backer

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