Global Voices Online

“Anyone who saw today's Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago press conference…must now be clear of one thing…this country is in serious trouble”: Trinidad and Tobago girls, politics, sports, technology, carnival, and lifestyle is unimpressed with the behaviour of a Senator, while Jumbie's Watch adds: “Here is a man receiving money from the government, for sitting on the board of a government owned company, and standing in parliament pretending to be independent.”

Lituanica writes on Victory Day in Moscow - and in Vilnius, where “the two remaining Soviet statues in the centre of Vilnius were vandalised” on May 9.

Babel in Vilnius compares the Lithuanian capital with Seville.

A Fistful of Euros reports that Slovakia has “won EU approval to adopt the euro on Jan. 1 2009, thus becoming the 16th member of the European single currency zone.”

Kaie pointed out that the devaluation of U.S dollar becomes everyone else's problem [zh], especially for China as Chinese capital has been flowing around the world.

Kogy has lost count of bank notes in Zimbabwe: “Anyone knows how many bank notes we now have in Zimbabwe? I have lost count the monetary situation has gone bananas in our beautiful land of milk and honey. The Reserve Bank governor Mt Gideon Gono has just announced the introduction of new banks notes.”

Living Guyana confirms that “The government of Guyana is giving up 988,400 acres of jungle to be cut down by an American company” unless it is compensated by the international community to preserve the trees and adds: “We're seriously torn on this issue.”

The Standard Bank in South Africa responds to online comments: “So, I was really happy to see that not only did Standard Bank fix the problem quickly, but their Head of Online Banking and Communication Channels, Itai Maunga, is engaging with social media channels like Muti, and with bloggers, like me:)”