Stories from 18 April 2007
Eastern & Central Europe: Roma and Gipsy
TOL's Romantic explains that “not all of Gipsies are Roma, there also exist Kale (Kalos), Sinti, Mugat (Luli), Travellers and some others. They all are Gipsies but they are not Roma, they mind being called Roma. […] And, sorry for my French, go to a long erotic tour everybody who...
Czech Rebublic: Political Parties
Dr Sean's Diary offers his views on the Czech Republic's political parties.
Slovenia: “Stay Away from Media Temple!”
The Glory of Carniola gets cheated by his web hosting company, which prompts a number of fellow-bloggers from the region to start the “Stay Away from Media Temple!” campaign.
Serbia: Lack of Broadband
Belgrade 2.0 explains why Serbia is “ahead of Albania when it comes to broadband internet, but behind, well, everybody else in Europe.”
Serbia: “The Emperors are Naked”
Anegdote writes about Serbian politics: “You can destroy many things on the planet Earth, but one thing will stand as long as the humans live: utter and complete stupidity.”
Ukraine, Poland: Euro 2012
Ukraine and Poland will be hosting Euro 2012, Siberian Light reports: “Just over half of the matches in the tournament will be played in Poland but, to compensate, Ukraine will host the final of Euro 2012 in the Kiev Olympic Stadium.”
Russia: A Small Photo-Tour
As “life comes closer to bearable in Moscow,” the Turkish Invasion gives a small photo-tour around Russia's capital.
Ukraine: Stanik and Other Mess
As the Constitutional Court seems to be working on the parliament dissolution case, Abdymok.net and Ukrainiana write about Justice Suzanna Stanik's corrupted career. Foreign Notes notes a few other political developments and concludes: “Should all be sorted by Christmas then..”
Russia, Ukraine: Foreign Ministry on Tymoshenko
Over at Publius Pundit, La Russophobe‘s guest-translator guest-translates the response of the Russian Foreign Ministry to Yulia Tymoshenko's article in Foreign Affairs.
Russia, Ukraine: Gevorkyan's Column
La Russophobe‘s guest-translator translates Natalya Gevorkyan's column on Gazeta.ru: “Prison Camp ‘Russia’.”
Ukraine, Romania: Political Similarities
Transatlantic Politics finds similarities between the current political situation in Ukraine and in Romania – here and here: “The ‘orange revolution’ in Ukraine and the ‘orange elections’ in Romania are ending in very similar ways: an anti-reformist majority in the Parliament is backing the Premier and trying to impeach the...
Bahrain: Transporting Humans?
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif is enraged that labourers in his country are transported in the back of open trucks, in defiance of an existing law which protects them from being ferried like cattle.
Indian Bloggers on Virginia Tech: Stunned, sad and a million questions
The tragedy at Virginia Tech has shocked people around the world. SAJA Forum says “Bloody Monday will darken and bruise Virginia Tech forever, and at this point in time, early in the development of the story of the horrific massacre that consumed the lives of 33 people, there is only...
Virginia Tech, rumors and change: the Bangla blogosphere spans it all
Bangla blogs join the rest of the world in mourning the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. Probashi raises the issue of gun control and points out that had a gun not been accessible to the mentally unstable Cho, he would not have been able to wreak such havoc. He...
Fiji: Blogger's Meet
The blogger at Digital Fiji invites bloggers living in Fijian capital Suva to a bloggers meetup and discusses the state of Fijian blogosphere. “It would not be going too far to call 2007 The Year of the Blog in Fiji. Although, it may be more accurate to call it The...
East Timor: Run-off Elections Confirmed
Diligence has the latest figures from East Timor's elections that confirm the need for a run-off elections between the two leading candidates.
Laos: Thai-Lao Bamboo Soup
Manivan Larprom posts video instructions on how to prepare Thai-Lao Bamboo Soup.
Malaysia: Ethnicity of Election Candidate
Susan Loone comments on the influence of ethnicity on Malaysian elections. “Political parties should be really choosing candidates who can negotiate, speak out and understand policy making, instead of those who are only apt at inciting racist sentiments.”
Kenya: issues that will bring government down
Gerald Baraza comments on Kenya's government decision to stop advertising with the media house, Standard Group Limited: “This is obviously the case in Kenya today when a section of Government withdraws advertising from the Standard Group Limited on the spurious grounds that the media house is adversarial to it. The...
Nigeria: Blogging the historic election (Part 1)
It's election time in Africa's most populous country – Nigeria. Nigerian bloggers have been blogging their sentiments and observations of the election. This round-up gives a brief overview of election reports and views shared by Nigerian bloggers before, during and after last Saturday's gubernatorial election. Pre-election Yomi Says blogs about...
Russia: Dissenters’ March in Moscow (2)
There is a lot of media coverage of the post-Dissenters' March developments, but here is a bit more of what Russian bloggers write about the April 14 Moscow rally itself, as well as links to their photos.
