Stories about Governance from June, 2006
Hungary: Lake Balaton Fish Bandits
Pestiside.hu writes about illegal large-scale fishing on Lake Balaton: “Despite the audacity of the poachers, who left 25 kilometers of nets behind last year, the criminals are largely untouchable, with...
Serbia: Serbian Radical Party
Srdjan Cvijic of The TransAtlantic Assembly writes on how the pro-EU parties in Serbia can use “a sharp rise of the populist, ex-Milosevic ally, Serbian Radical Party.”
Albania: World Bank Poverty Report
Alwyn Thomson of Our Man in Tirana writes about World Bank's conclusions on poverty in Albania.
Japan: Koizumi's legacy
“Lost in the frothy trivialities of the debate over Prime Minister Koizumi's Yasukuni Shrine visits,” writes Japundit blogger Ampontan, “is an impressive record of accomplishments during his term in office...
China: Media bill resisted
According to one of China's most-respected and -feared heavyweight magazines, a controversial bill containing a clause with provisions for heavy fines against media reporting on what the government terms ‘emergency...
Bermuda: Say no to independence
Sean at IMHO.bm doesn't believe independent status is a viable option in Bermuda.
Kuwait: To the Kuwaiti Women
It Kuwait parliament elections eve, the first election with women participation. Jelly Belly dedicate a post to the Kuwaiti women who fought for their political rights.
China: When cops tail you
MSN Spaces blogger Zeng Jinyan [zh], wife of prominent and oft-harassed AIDS activist Hu Jia, has been writing extensively of female reproductive rights activist Chen Guangcheng who was abducted by...
China: Free media takeover
A Communist Party of China's subtler strategy in silencing unsympathetic newspapers? Ex-Massage Milk blogger Wang Xiaofeng, in a rare one-liner post [zh] , says he's heard two major Beijing newspapers...
Colombia: Bogota, the Bicycle, and Transportation
David, a cyclist and blogger who is riding from Central America down to South America explains why we went off route to check out Bogota's public transportation system: “In the...
Bolivia: Lack of Information Regarding Assembly Candidates
Briegel Busch blames the current administration for the lack of information (ES) regarding candidates running for the new constituent assembly.
Thailand: Thai Politics
Thai Politiks talks about the recent happening in Thai politics. Some political parties are facing disbandment because of election violations. The bloggers asks ” If the major parties are disbanded,...
Lusosphere blogs report the latest political twists in East Timor
Since the last report from the lusophone blogosphere, the crisis in East Timor has evolved with the country now divided between the President Xanana Gusmão and the Prime Minister Mari...
DRC: Kudos to Le Monde
Le Blog du Congolais points to a recent article by Le Monde on mining in the Katanga and says (Fr): “At last, Le Monde has decided to break from the...
Mongolia: Past Crimes
Luke Distelhorst reports on how the Mongolian government is and isn't redressing the crimes of the communist government.
Uzbekistan: Centralized Civil Society
neweurasia carries a report from an anonymous Tashkent resident on the Uzbek government's centralization of civil society.
Armenia: Fighting Corruption
Akhtamar of ArmYouth Blog has a strategy for fighting petty corruption.
Belarus: The Language Issue
In a perfect world, languages would be nothing but a way for people to communicate with each other – no language would be considered superior or inferior, children would be...
Ukraine: Coalition and Gas Agreement
LEvko of Foreign Notes writes about the newly-formed coalition and one of the most important issues facing it: re-negitiation of gas agreements with Russia and Turkmenistan.
Colombia: The UN's data on Coca-Growing
Adam Isacson explains why the recently released Andean Coca Survey by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime is required reading for anyone wanting “to know about drug-crop cultivation in...
Syria: Authoritarianism
Syrian comment on the cultural inclination which was cited by a study that claims that there is no anti-democratic attitude within the Mideast cultures. Syrian said: “While its true that...
