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Ukraine: Flu and Politics

Veronica Khokhlova — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:32:03 +0000

Jamestown Foundation Blog and Ukrainiana - on the politics around the flu situation in Ukraine.

Serbia: Sinisa Boljanovic Wins Climate Change Blogging Contest

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:10:54 +0000

Sinisa Boljanovic, a GV author and Lingua Serbian editor, became one of the winners of Round 1 of TH!NK2: CLIMATE CHANGE blogging contest; here's Sinisa's winning entry: Black Point of the Danube Basin.

Hungary: Genetic Research on the Origin of Hungarians

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:57:52 +0000

Hungarian Spectrum writes about genetic research on the origin of the Hungarian people.

Russia: Markelov's Alleged Killers Arrested

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:49:54 +0000

Russia Blog reports on the arrest of the alleged killers of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasiya Baburova.

Russia: Calling Abkhazia Via Russia

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:46:15 +0000

Eternal Remont reports that “as of November 16, Abkhazia will adopt Russian area codes for telephone service. This means than everyone trying to reach Uncle Bagrat in Gagra will have to call Russia and not Georgia.”

Belarus: Webmaster and Politics

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:43:03 +0000

Andrei Khrapavitski reports on problems faced by a Belarusian political party following the election of a new leader: “According to the Belarusian blogosphere, a webmaster, loyal to the previous leader, is refusing to pass passwords and website requisites to the new team. Thus they can’t update the party website. […] What if Bush web team refused to pass control to Obama’s team over whitehouse.gov?”

CEE: Social Networks and the Media

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:36:03 +0000

Information Policy links to a BusinessWeek/TOL article on social networks and the media in Central and Eastern Europe.

Poland: Graffiti

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:30:57 +0000

Polandian writes about and posts photos of the Polish graffiti.

Albania: Giving Directions

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:28:08 +0000

A Nevada Yankee in King Zog's Court writes that “Albanians are so poor at giving directions that it's easier just to take the lost soul directly to his destination than it is to give directions.”

Ukraine: “Political Flu”

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:22:42 +0000

Today's updates on the flu situation: Greetings from Kyiv chronicles Day 5 and Day 6 of the epidemic; Chernobyl and Eastern Europe writes about the precautions taken at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant; Foreign Notes, What's up, Ukraine? and Wu Wei discuss president Yushchenko's address to the nation and other political aspects of the epidemic.

Kosovo, Hungary: More on the Tisza River Tragedy

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02:05 +0000

A Fistful of Euros discusses the story of tragic death of 15 Kosovo Albanian illegal immigrants, who were trying to cross the Tisza River into Hungary and the EU. More about it - in Marietta Le's Oct. 28 GV post.

Ukraine: Ruslana and Science Fiction

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:23 +0000

Science Fiction Observer writes about a science fiction dimension of Ukrainian singer Ruslana's 2007 album.

Ukraine: New Documentary on Holodomor

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:30 +0000

Nash Holos writes about Yury Luhovy's new documentary on the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33.

CEE: “20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall” - a Poll

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:42:17 +0000

Foreign Policy Association's Russia blog writes about the results of a Pew Research Center's poll on poverty, wealth and attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe “20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

Russia, U.S.: Abramovich Pays $47,221 for Dinner

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:27:43 +0000

A discussion of Roman Abramovich's $47,221 dinner tab from a NYC restaurant - at Eternal Remont.