Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 August 03

3 August 2008

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Stories from 3 August 2008

Blogger of the week: Hanako Tokita

Written by Elia Varela Serra · East Asia

In this week's installment of the Blogger of the Week series we talked to Hanako Tokita, the editor of the Global Voices Lingua site in Japanese and author for Japan, about blogging, the perception of Japan and of course her involvement with Global Voices.

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Hungary: Coverage of Gay Pride and Right-Wing Opposition at Hungarian Spectrum

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

One year after she launched Hungarian Spectrum, blogger Eva S. Balogh explained that her primary motivation had been dissatisfaction "with political information available in English about Hungary." Many of the posts on Hungarian Spectrum are devoted to the politics of Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, the country's largest opposition party, and its supporters. Below is a roundup of some of the recent entries.

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Korea: National Duty vs Conscience

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A young man who is serving his military service as police decided not to go back to his military unit after vacation and announced the declaration of conscience. The reason...

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Bulgaria, Romania: Corruption and the EU

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

Every six months, the European Commission issues reports “on progress with judicial reform, the fight against corruption and, concerning Bulgaria, the fight against organised crime.” According to the latest progress reports, Bulgaria and Romania “have made genuine efforts, particularly in judicial reform, and […] progress has been made. But more work is needed.” Below are some of the views from the blogosphere.

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Updates from 3 August 2008

Russia

LJ user Krylov comments on (RUS) Nezavisimoe Politicheskoe Obozrenie''s survey “excerpts of the political year” and especially on “the phrase of the year.”

• Vilhelm Konnander

Poland

Polandian writes about and posts pictures illustrating the 64th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw uprising against the German Nazi occupiers.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Latvia

Marginalia comments on Latvia's failed referendum, on changing the constitution to enable the people to initiate the dissolution of Parliament, which coincided with a solar eclipse on the hottest day of the year. Baltic presents a background to the referendum.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Mozambique

Paulo Granjo [pt] criticizes a redundant local campaign in Mozambique to motivate woman to breast-feed, already a popular habit, which can have disastrous consequences in a country plaged by AIDS. “The most basic common sense is to detect HIV in pregnant women as early as possible, to provide them with caesarean section and provide them with the conditions not to breast-feed, because the vast majority of them will not have money for milk powder or knowledge about needs and sterilizing feeding bottles.”

• Paula Góes

Notes from Hairenik comments on Friday's rally by the extra-parliamentary opposition led by Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-Petrossian. Noting the low turnout at the unsanctioned rally, the blog says that the opposition remains weak and unable to mobilize a critical mass of people large enough to challenge the status quo.

• Onnik Krikorian