Stories about Armenia from July, 2005
Armenia: Localized Armenian Windows XP / Office Under Development
Oneworld Multimedia is reporting that an Armenian version of Windows XP and Microsoft Office is under development. Apparently one sticking point is that Armenian simply doesn't have the technical vocabulary needed for something like this.
Central Asia: Updates on Georgia Grenade
Blogrel has a pretty comprehensive update on the Georgian Grenadier.
Central Asia: Bush Grenade Suspect Captured After Shootout in Georgia :: July :: 2005
Oneworld Multimedia has been doing yeoman's work covering the story of the suspected Bush grenade-thrower. He also covers local press reaction to the story, the news that the suspect is in the hospital, and further web coverage.
Blogrel » Redistricting in Armenia
Blogrel reports on parliamentary redistricting in Armenia. It is, apparently a somewhat less than perfect system…
Eastern Europe, Russian, NIS & Central Asia Thursday Blog Roundup
Blog de Connard reports that the Ukrainian parliament has, after some arm-twisting, passed legislation designed to ease Ukraine's entry into the WTO. Three malls in Budapest were evacuated after copycat bomb threats were called in, reports Pesticide. The Daily Czech notes that Mikulas Dzurinda, the Slovak Prime Minister barely survived...
Monday: Eastern Europe, Russia, NIS & Central Asia
Afghan Lord has been receiving threats, and discovers they're coming from an IP address associated with the BBC. (More on this in a separate post coming soon.) Onnik Krikorian at Oneworld Multimedia reports on Vardavar, an ancient Armenian festival in which people douse each other with water. Sounds a bit...