Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from August, 2005
Azerbaijan, Armenia: Close to Karabakh deal?
Oneworld Multimedia reports that Armenia and Azerbaijan may be closer than they have ever been to a deal on the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh.
Blog Day 2005
Sometime in June of this year Israeli blogger Nir Ofir had a realization: the date 3108 (or August 31st) looks suspiciously like the word “Blog.” He had also become increasingly aware that as more weblogs from around the world make their way onto the internet, the more we get stuck...
Uzbekistan: Blogging for cotton
A number of bloggers have pledged to blog for sanctions on cotton from Uzbekistan, to put pressure on the country's president on Sept. 1 (the country's independence day) over human rights violations.
Bulgaria: Bloglines conundrum
Dimitar Vesselinov, at The World 2 Come, wonders what happened to Bloglines, and shares his feeds with the rest of the blogosphere while he's waiting.
Russia and the former Soviet states
Registan has an analysis of Russian foreign policy towards the former Soviet states, and the battle for influence in Central Asia.
Azerbaijan: President denies U.S. base rumors
Blogger Nathan Hamm points out via del.icio.us that China's official Xinhua news agency appears to be the only major media outlet covering a denial by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev of speculative reports that the U.S. will open an airbase in Azerbaijan.
Armenia: Refugee photo
Oneworld Multimedia posts a photo of a refugee from Shahumian in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
Russia: Photo blog
Veronica at Neeka's Backlog has posted a gallery of photos of Moscow street scenes, the Moscow State University and river.
Ukraine: Where to buy black lipstick
Blog de Connard has discovered the Ukraine Gothic Portal for all things Gothic, industrial, dark metal, cyber, fetish, romantic, independent, electro, dark folk, synth and medieval.
Russia: No more cut-rate oil
On a more serious note, Andy (Siberian Light) wonders if reported Russian government plans to stop selling oil at cheap rates to former Soviet states will backfire on the Kremlin.
Russia: How big is your soul?
Andy at Siberian Light took the challenge to see if the size of his soul measured up to that of the Russians. It didn't.
Afghanistan: Child scavengers
Sohrab Kabuli posts a photo of Afghan children apparently scavenging from a rubbish heap.
Slovakia: No more mazurkas, please!
Lemuel Kolkava at Deleted By Tomorrow shares his taste in Chopin.
Armenia: Dean supports genocide recognition
Voch Me Ban reacts to Democratic Party National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's support for U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman empire 90 years ago.
Azerbaijan: New Flickr stream
Chris Beunis has uploaded a new stream of Azerbaijan photos to Flickr.
Russia: Kim Jong-il's visit
The Russian Dilettante's four-year-old daughter is spooked by the forthcoming visit of the North Korea's Dear Leader to Russia.
Czech Republic: Going home
Petr Bokuvka at The Daily Czech is leaving Bratislava for his native Czech Republic.
Travelling Afghanistan… With a Circus
Islamicate reprints an email from a friend travelling through Afghanistan as part of a circus.
Mongolian Barbecue
Thomo, an Australian in Mongolia, describes authentic Mongolian barbecue, khorkhog.
Miss Armenia Disqualified
Oneworld Multimedia reports that Miss Armenia has been disqualified for corruption and is barred from competing in an upcoming contest in Panama.
Mongol: New blog
Nabetz (New Mongols) updates that Mongolian Matters (Mens in Mongolië), a new Mongolia blog is up and running in English, Mongolian, and, potentially at least, in Dutch. It covers “life in the land of the blue heaven”. Meanwhile, Mongol Messenger, the website for Mongolia's first English newspaper, is back online.
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