Global Voices Online

A story of a chimpanzee that managed to escape from the Belgrade Zoo twice; a history of Disney's Mickey Mouse in Serbia; a list of what an average Serbian salary (386 Euros a month) can buy - at Belgraded. An anti-ode to Belgrade - at Zukointheworld: “Belgrade is raffish and roguish, artistic, under-employed, ill-advised, scruffy, defeated, bleak and romantic. Belgrade is pretty much punk rock.”

Recent Links also in Eastern & Central Europe

A new Russian Internet campaign [RUS] focuses on Twitter and aims to make #Russia one of the ten most discussed hashtags. So far, about 3,000 users joined the Russian Twitwave [RUS]. The campaign was initiated by a member of the Russian parliament and Internet activist Konstantin Rykov

An interview with Dr. Nina Khrushcheva “on Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, and comments on the driving forces behind Russia's Stalin resurgence” - at Robert Amsterdam's Blog.

Czech and Slovak textile folk art - at CzechFolks.com.