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February 25th, 2008

Serbia: Anglophone Bloggers on Belgrade Rally, Riots, Kosovo

Veronica Khokhlova · 01:20

Below is a selection of the English-language posts about last week's events in Serbia and Kosovo, which appeared on Feb. 21-23. 3 comments · »»

February 19th, 2008

Serbia: Anger, disbelief over proclamation of Kosovo independence

Ljubisa Bojic · 17:03

lingua → es · bn

Ljubisa Bojic translates some reactions from the Serbian blogosphere to the declaration of Kosovo independence. 8 comments · »»

February 7th, 2008

Serbia: More Views on Boris Tadic's Re-Election

Sinisa Boljanovic · 23:55

lingua → es · mk

Democracy has passed one more very difficult exam in Serbia, eight years since the end of Slobodan Milosevic's regime: the incumbent president Boris Tadic got re-elected on Feb. 3, with 50.5 percent of the vote to Tomislav Nikolic's 47.9 percent. The previous Global Voices post on the outcome of the election covered reactions of the Anglophone Serbia bloggers. Below is a translation from Serbian of two more posts, both published on B92's blog portal. 0 comments · »»

December 8th, 2007

Russia, France: Charmed by Putin?

Veronica Khokhlova · 01:31

lingua → es

Russian bloggers discuss Nicolas Sarkozy's congratulatory phone call to Vladimir Putin, following the Dec. 2 parliamentary election in Russia. 0 comments · »»

July 19th, 2007

Eastern Europe: Swedish Blog Update 2007

Vilhelm Konnander · 21:47

In his comprehensive review, Vilhelm Konnander writes that, unfortunately, Swedish foreign minister is no longer blogging about Eastern European affairs, but otherwise, "the Swedish blogosphere on Eastern Europe is undergoing expansion and some of the necessary stabilisation to form the dynamic density needed for a blog community. [...] A disadvantage for the international audience is that blogs, with few exceptions, are in Swedish." 4 comments · »»

February 23rd, 2007

Peek at Poland: Time to Make the Pączki

Jordan & Maria Seidel · 07:59

lingua → es

"Polish Doughnuts" by Polska＊ポーランド＊Poland For at least one moment in the dark days of winter, life is sweet in Poland. Marking the last Thursday before Lent, Tłusty czwartek (or, Fat Thursday) is a day of over-indulgence in sweets. This past Thursday, in scenes disturbingly reminiscent of Communist days, the local sweet ... 4 comments · »»

February 14th, 2007

Caught On Camera: Human Rights Video on GV

Sameer Padania · 10:11

It has been a bumper few weeks on GV for human rights video, so let's get straight into it... Bandh of brothers... [via Neha] This footage, filmed by Dinesh Wagle, of United We Blog!, shows motorcycle riders being turned backed by members of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs in Kathmandu. ... 5 comments · »»

February 13th, 2007

Poland's Pulse: Healthcare Bingo, Alcohol Curfews, Red Pig

Jordan & Maria Seidel · 17:21

lingua → es

Photo by Embe at warsawdaily A week of intermittent snowfall broke a dry spell, drawing kids outdoors for some winter games. It will be a short-lived affair as the winter has been a let-down for some with warmer temperatures and, as Our Man in Gdansk suggests, indoor games are sure to ... 2 comments · »»

Links

May 13th, 2008

The beatroot writes about the Polish dimension of London mayoral election.

Polandian visits the Liban Quarry and posts pictures: “In 1992 Steven Spielberg built a replica of the Nazi’s Płaszów Labor Camp for his movie Schindler’s List. The remains of this highly realistic set can still be seen today a short distance from the center of Krakow.” In the comments section, a note on Irena Sendler, who “saved more than twice as many Jews as Oskar Schindler.”

May 1st, 2008

“Moscow conversations” on Putin, women, Poland and Russia - at Polandian.

April 30th, 2008

Polandian reports on Prince Charles' visit to Poland.

April 28th, 2008

The beatroot writes about this year's Tolerance March in Krakow.

The beatroot writes about the publication of “a politburo document, signed by Mikhail Gorbachev, which appears to warrant a KGB contract killing on John Paul II.”

April 24th, 2008

The beatroot writes about the attitudes towards in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Poland.

April 23rd, 2008

Polish road signs - at Polandian: “All road signs should be taken with a pinch of salt and interpretations read with tongue firmly in cheek.”