Stories about Lithuania from July, 2008
Lithuania: President Abstains from Attending Olympics
Lituanica reports that the Lithuanian president, Valdas Adamkus, has decided not to attend the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
Lithuania: Citizenship Law
Lituanica writes about the situation with Lithuania's Citizenship Law.
Lithuania: “War Crimes of WWII Jewish Resistance Fighters”
Dr. Sean's Diary comments on BBC Radio 4’s report on how the Lithuanian authorities are “investigating the supposed war crimes of Jewish resistance fighters in World War II, whilst dragging their feet over prosecuting the country’s own wartime collaborators who took part in the Holocaust.”
Lithuania: Citizenship Law
Lituanica comments on the problems surrounding the adoption of a new Lithuanian citizenship law.
Lithuania: Hackers’ Attack
Eternal Remont comments on the recent hackers’ attack on 300 Lithuanian web sites that were defaced with Soviet symbols and anti-Lithuanian slogans.
Poland, Lithuania: “Ill Starred Wars”
Copydude comments on the US Missile Defence Shield, Poland and Lithuania.
Russia: Farewell to “Khrushchevki”
Earlier this week, LJ user drugoi, one of the most popular and prolific Russian bloggers, posted 17 photos from a Moscow neighborhood of Khrushchev-era apartment blocks, commonly known as khrushchevki, pyatietazhki, or khrushchoby. The neighborhood is about to disappear, to make room for more up-to-date residential high-rises. Below is some of the text that accompanies drugoi's photos, and a few of the 331 comments that the post has generated.
