Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Eastern & Central Europe from August 2008

31 August 2008

Georgia: Unfrozen Conflicts

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Blogger of the Week: Siniša Boljanović

Siniša Boljanović had never blogged when he volunteered to report on Serbian blogs for Global Voices in 2007. He read an article about Global Voices in a Serbian online magazine...

30 August 2008

Russia: How to Spell ‘Blogger’ in Russian

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Russia

Georgia: Photographs of Tskhinvali and Gori

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

29 August 2008

Hungary: A First-Grader's Shopping List

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Hungary

Russia: Putin on CNN

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Russia, Georgia: The Balkan Context

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Slovakia: Top 10 Castles

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Slovakia

Poland: “Polish Enigma”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Poland

Georgia: Armenian Opposition Leader Claims Genocide

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

28 August 2008

Jordan: Variety Show

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Georgia, Russia, Serbia: The Use (or Abuse) of Some Historical Facts?

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Central Asia & Caucasus

Serbian bloggers follow closely the situation in the Caucasus region. Many of them compared and analyzed the Kosovo issue and the newest opportunities in South Ossetia. Some of them were...

Georgia: Blogging the War

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

The conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakway territory of South Ossetia was accompanied by cyber-attacks on several Georgian government and independent media sites. But rather than prevent journalists...