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Lemuel Kolkava of Deleted By Tomorrow comments on Slovak prime minister's skiing accident. The post is titled ” Brokeleg Skislope.”

Catherine of Illyrian Gazette covers the ongoing argument on whether the song “Moja štikla” by Severina (who will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens this year) is ‘Croatian folklore' or ‘turbofolk.'

br23 blog has received eight tiny videos recorded with a cell phone camera from the March 2 rally in Minsk in support of the opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich.

Tatyana Epstein has translated a Russian-language short story by Leah Lubomirsky into English - for the first Carnival of Blog Translation hosted by ALTAlk Blog. The second Carnival of Blog Translation will take place on March 28 at Em duas línguas.

Tobias Ljungvall writes that Aleksandr Kozulin, one of the opposition presidential candidates, may be a Moscow proxy, and last week's attack on him could have been a PR trick aimed at sapping votes from Aleksandr Milinkevich, another, more credible, opposition candidate.

Mat Savelli of Roma Roma describes his trip through Kosovo by car - a trip of “about thirteen hours in the random cars of strangers.”

W. Shedd of The Accidental Russophile explores the Moscow State Museum of Architecture website and writes about what Moscow might have become.

Rinat Akhmetov, one of Ukraine's richest men, is running for parliament now; an online publication attempts to dig into his past; Akhmetov's U.S. lawyers accuse the publication of “spreading slanderous statements and blackening their client's name.” LEvko at Foreign Notes watches how the story develops.

Yosef Ardi has been following the efforts of Putera Sampoerna, a local tycoon who made his money off cigarettes, to place the logo of his new online gambling venture Mansion on the backs of English team Manchester United.