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April 14th, 2008

Vlog International: collaboration across borders

Juliana Rincón Parra · 06:53

lingua → mk · sq · pt · zht · zhs · es · de

Vlog International is a project bringing together Spanish speaking vloggers: people submit their ideas, one is chosen and everyone records their piece, someone edits them together and they are published on their site. They began in 2006, when a group of friends got together to do a video homage for ... 5 comments · »»

April 10th, 2008

Global Voices in Spanish and Canal Solidario

Juan Arellano · 17:48

lingua → es · sq

Readers of Global Voices in Spanish and Canal Solidario will have recently noticed a small widget showing on both webpages. The one on Global Voices in Spanish displays the latest articles from Canal Solidario. The gadget that appears in Canal Solidario feeds readers all new posts on Global Voices in ... 0 comments · »»

April 3rd, 2008

Video and mobile video contests for global citizen journalists.

Juliana Rincón Parra · 05:17

Three different video contests open for video bloggers from around the world to participate in, either especifically geared for citizen journalists or with a category for them. One for mobile movies, one to promote causes you care for and the last to report news through online video. So bring out your cameras and read on to discover how to participate. 2 comments · »»

March 26th, 2008

Taiwan: Religious buildings–a way to explore how cultures mix

I-fan Lin · 15:05

lingua → es

The popular image of multi-culturalism as a mosaic, a salad bowl in which different cultures mix but keep their integrity, is misleading. Cultures are more like soups, flavored with many ingredients, some identifiable. --From the book ‘Cultures and societies in a changing world,’ written by Wendy Griswold. Taiwan has ... 1 comment · »»

February 20th, 2008

Kosovo: Views from the Russophone Blogosphere

Veronica Khokhlova · 22:32

lingua → es

According to the Yandex Blogs portal, over 3,700 posts on Kosovo independence have appeared in the Russian-language blogosphere in the past three days. Some of these posts have received dozens, if not hundreds, of comments. Below are a few snippets of this lively discussion, all translated from Russian. 5 comments · »»

Spanish reactions to Kosovo's independence

Elia Varela Serra · 05:16

lingua → es · zht · zhs

Two days after Kosovo's declaration of independence in spite of Serbia's opposition, the debate about the merits of recognising it as a state is still raging. Within the European Union, countries such as France, UK, Germany or Italy have recognized it, while others such as Slovakia and Spain have strongly opposed it as they consider that the declaration does not respect international law. 5 comments · »»

February 18th, 2008

Kosovo & Serbia: Independence Blogging

Veronica Khokhlova · 01:50

Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia on Sunday, Feb. 17, has caused both celebrations and protests - as well as plenty of media coverage and an avalanche of blog posts. Below is a selection of some Anglophone bloggers' views. 67 comments · »»

November 17th, 2007

Bahrain: Kitting Out An Islamic Car

Ayesha Saldanha · 10:30

lingua → es

This week in Bahrain we have a thoughtful post about the nature of God, a story of a sex education class, visitors’ varying experiences of both Bahrain and Spain, and a complaint about public toilets. There is also an intriguing examination of the specifications an Islamic car should have… 0 comments · »»

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April 27th, 2008

Kaghz Pareh (means a piece of paper) says[Fa] that according to news sites Spain signed a contract with Iranian government to construct 1000 toilets in Iran. The blogger says I got surprised by this piece of news because each day government announces new inventions and progress in nuclear technology but we are unable to construct even our own toilets.

April 22nd, 2008

A new super tunnel will be built in Mexico City with a distance of 18 km and for exclusive use of cars, and would supposedly help alleviate traffic. However, México Para Los Mexicanos [es] believes that it will only encourage increased car use and will increase pollution and gridlock.

April 2nd, 2008

March 10th, 2008

Child of the Revolution says that the re-election of Spain's Socialist government to office will mean “that we can expect no significant change in the Spanish position regarding the Castro regime.”

March 8th, 2008

A Russia blog roundup from Siberian Light, and an EU blog directory from Nosemonkey's EUtopia.

February 23rd, 2008

Unzipped comments on reports that four senior Armenian diplomats have resigned following Tuesday's disputed presidential election in Armenia. One of them, Armenian Ambassador to Italy, Spain and Portugal, Ruben Shugaryan, was presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian's aide and press secretary from 1991-3.