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Estonia, Finland, Russia: Relationship Now and Then

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:35:49 +0000

A Step At A Time writes in depth about the relationship between Finland, Estonia, and Russia - now and in the past.

Slovenia: Janez Janša and Magnus Berglund

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:37:11 +0000

Borut Peterlin thinks that Finnish journalist Magnus Berglund should be awarded “a Slovenian national medal of honor” for making public PM Janez Janša's graft allegations. There's even a Facebook group (with 662 members so far) devoted to Berglund and the story he broke.

Finnish voice on death of Ingushetian publisher

Vilhelm Konnander — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:42:42 +0000

Istori posts a speech by and publishes a statement about the Ingushetian publisher Magomed Yevloev, who was killed by Russian police in the weekend. Together with Anna Politkovskaya, Yevloev - the publisher of closed-down news site ingushetiya.ru - was a frequent guest at the Finnish-Russian Civic Forum.

Russia, Georgia, EU: Will There Be No Sanctions?

Veronica Khokhlova — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:45:17 +0000

BBC's Mark Mardell reports from the emergency EU summit in Brussels that “it seems all but decided that there will no sanctions against Russia.”

Russia, Finland: Maria Kirbasova's Case

Veronica Khokhlova — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:40:30 +0000

A Step At A Time and Vera's Log report on the Finnish Immigration Service's decision to deport Maria Kirbasova, a half-paralyzed 67-year-old Russian citizen, who was one of the founders of Soldiers' Mothers organization.

Estonia: Finnish Muslims; Childhood Memories

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:26:27 +0000

AnTyx writes about the Finnish Muslim Party's protest against Estonia's presence in Iraq - and shares a few Soviet/post-Soviet childhood memories.

Estonia, Finland: Police

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:43:30 +0000

Itching for Eestimaa reports that “Estonia is considering hiring 300 unemployed Finnish police officers to handle its internal shortage of police.”

Japan: Filtering going global

Chris Salzberg — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:48:46 +0000

Blogger and social activist Sakiyama Nobuo [ja] (see earlier coverage) picks up a number of recent news stories and predicts that it may not be long before Chinese filtering policy is no longer thought of as “another country's problem” [ja]. He points to the launch of the Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content, which he argues could put sites on a blacklist simply because they are “illegal” according to national laws, and points to a case in Finland where something similar has already happened.

Armenia: Scandinavian Invasion

Onnik Krikorian — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:15:43 +0000

Armenia and me posts an account and photographs of what is a rare sight indeed — 150 Scandinavian running through Yerevan's Victory Park as part of a World Wide Orienteering Promotion. Arriving in the country from Iran, the blog reports that local onlookers were at first shocked to see so many foreigners racing through a public space, but soon warmed to the idea. “The concept of tall blond Scandinavians in tights seemed to be quite attractive,” concludes Trygveu.

Russia, Finland: Sale of Karelia

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:43:06 +0000

Vilhelm Konnander writes on how Boris Yeltsin had nearly sold Karelia to Finland.

Estonia: International Relations

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:51:14 +0000

“But why waste so much energy on that relationship with diminishing returns?” writes Itching for Eestimaa about Estonia's relations with Russia, and continues with an overview of Estonia's relations with other countries.

Europe: “Baltic” and “Nordic”

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:05:10 +0000

Itching for Eestimaa browses through the Time Magazine archives “to discover how those two loaded terms, Baltic and Nordic, were used in the 1920s and 1930s.”

Serbia, Finland: Marija Serifovich's Infamous Quote

Veronica Khokhlova — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:51:20 +0000

Belgrade 2.0 posts a video of a press conference with Marija Serifovic, who won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, at which she makes the following remark about Finland: “erm, the country didn’t particularly suit me, and I don’t like those yellowish, “see-through” people… I despise them…” Bloggers discuss whether Serifovic was being ironic, racist or just silly.

Finland, Russia: Song for Politkovskaya

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:57:41 +0000

A Step At A Time links to a recording of a Finnish song for Anna Politkovskaya.

Russia, Estonia: Forest Fires

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:36:55 +0000

David McDuff of A Step At A Time writes about forest fires in Russia's Leningrad region and in Estonia.