Global Voices Online

A few Roma-related posts: Inside Albania muses on the U.S. election and concludes that having a Roma PM in Albania will remain “pure fantasy” for quite a while; Romano Them links to a report on the situation with the Roma in Kosovo; Hungarian Spectrum reported on Nov. 20 that “[i]n recent days sixteen attempts have been made against Gypsy families” in Hungary; A Yankee-in-Belgrade, inspired by Henri Rousseau's The Sleeping Gypsy (La Bohemienne Endormie), offers his take on the subject - here and here.

Recent Links also in Eastern & Central Europe

The Russian president's mansion became a topic of discussions on the Internet when people found a bidding offers invitation for services at the government Web site [RUS] dealing with different types of tenders. Giving the coordinates identical with the ones of the most important residency in the country, the government was seeking a company capable of providing services for a mansion with a church, golf and mini-golf courses, four swimming pools, three fountains, two saunas, a VIP-restaurant and stables.

Hundreds of young anti-fascists gathered in the center of Moscow. They mourned the murder of Ivan Khutorskoy, an activist of “Antifa,” Russian anti-fascist movement. A blogger chtodelat claims [ENG] it's the sixth “Antifa” murder in Russia during the last few years. The photos of the gathering made by lj-user ottenki_serogo can be found here [RUS].

English Russia writes about the phenomenon of “social network graffiti” [ENG] that became very popular among the users of the leading Russian social network Vkontakte.ru.