· September, 2005

Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from September, 2005

Georgia's Democracy Test

Democracy Rising says that tomorrow's vote in Georgia for five single member constituencies will be a test for the Georgian government.

1 October 2005

Kyrgyzification of Osh

Damian Wampler reports on efforts to claim as culturally and historically Kyrgyz the ethnic Uzbek city of Osh.

1 October 2005

neweurasia: Turkmenistan

neweurasia has launched another of its Central Asia blogs (blogs are planned for each country in Central Asia and the Caucasus). The new one covers Turkmenistan, where the latest developments...

30 September 2005

Soft on Corruption

Armenian students are tolerant of corruption says Oneworld Multimedia. In fact, intolerance of corruption increases the chances of a student's marginalization.

30 September 2005

Muddy Waters

Siberian Light discusses Vladimir Putin's muddying of the waters regarding his plans beyond his current presidential term.

30 September 2005

Armenia's Budget

Oneworld Multimedia reports that Armenia's budget is set to reach $1 billion for the first time since independence. While the military will still receive the lion's share of the budget,...

29 September 2005

Post Election BlogCast

PolBlog has another post-election blogcast, this time speaking to a young voter, an diplomat from the Brazilian embassy, and the beatroot's Peter Gentle.

28 September 2005

Russia's Cheese Boom

Ruminations on Russia says that while Russia's cheese industry is booming, serious supply problems are discouraging investment.

28 September 2005

My Son, Mikhail

Oneworld Multimedia reports on how NGOs and public organizations in Armenia help children with disabilities thrive.

27 September 2005

Russia's New Patron Saint

siberianlight.net reports that the Russian Orthodox Church has just named a new patron saint for long range nuclear bombers.

27 September 2005

Shamiran

Onnik Krikorian once again made the annual pilgrimage to Shamiran to cover the Armenian Yezidi community‘s late September festival. In addition to a brief report, he brought back many photos.

26 September 2005

Hetq blocked in UAE

Martuni or Bust!!! reports that Hetq Online is blocked in the United Arab Emirates in the wake of its reporting on the trafficking of women and girls to the UAE...

26 September 2005

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Filip Stojanovski
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