Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from October, 2006
Ukraine: Helping the Ailing Teen
Petro Rondiak of Petro's Jotter posts an update on the ongoing effort to save a Ukrainian teenager diagnosed with leukemia.
Romania: 1956 in Csikszereda
Csikszereda Musings writes about the events of 1956 in a Romanian town with a sizable Hungarian community.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Exploring the Pyramid
“Bosnian Pyramid? – Visocica Hill” – by sjareb It's been over a year since the whole Bosnian pyramid media fuss started. Still, many talk about the possible discovery of Europe’s...
Russia: Thoughts on LiveJournal/ZheZhe
The Second Blog War continues in Russia. Brad Fitzpatrick, the LiveJournal's creator, has now joined the discussion over at sup_ru LJ community: in English, he offers some explanations and apologies...
Serbia: Belgrade 2.0
Belgrade Inside Out merges with Belgrade Blog – and we now have Belgrade 2.0, equipped with a number of new features.
Albania, Italy, Turkey: “My First Hijacking”
Our Man In Tirana links to the story of a man who was a passenger on the hijacked Tirana-Istanbul flight – over at The Chronicles of Chris: Travel Recollections, written...
Slovakia: Anti-Soviet Joke
Lemuel of Deleted By Tomorrow shares an old anti-Soviet joke.
Slovenia: Dairy Products of Former Yugoslavia
Visit The Glory of Carniola to see what dairy products of the former Yugoslavia looked like and to read the memories of some readers.
Slovenia: Local Election
Even though Michael M. of The Glory of Carniola is a foreigner in Slovenia, he gets to vote in the local elections this coming Sunday.
Albania: Homemade Raki
“…After two weeks, the grapes were ready to be turned into raki. First they were loaded into the still…” – Step by step, Our Man in Tirana shows how a...
Poland: Election Sausage
Our Man in Gdansk writes about the “Election Sausage” season in Poland.
Poland: Homophobia and Politics
The beatroot writes about homophobia and politics in Poland.
Hungary: 1956 Myths
Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar dispels the three myths about the 1956 uprising in Hungary. Pestiside.hu posts Adrian Courage's photos and text from the uprising anniversary rally that turned...
Belarus: Persecution Continues
Former presidential candidate is in jail and on hunger strike; 60-year-old woman is sentenced to two years for requesting a psychiatric exam for the country's president – and this isn't...
Ukraine: Photos from Kherson
“The robots welcome you to Rusted Future World.” – 36 photos from the Ukrainian city of Kherson, by Dan McMinn of Orange Ukraine.
Belarus: Church Protest Rally
TOL's Belarus Blog writes about an underreported church protest rally that took place in Minsk last Saturday.
Serbia, Montenegro: Flag and Constitution
Florian Bieber of East Ethnia has an idea about national flags. Also, he knows the word count of Serbia's new constitution.
Bulgaria: Tripoli Six on WNYC
Declan Butler posts an audio of himself and vice president of Amnesty International USA on the NY Public Radio's show on the Tripoli Six.
Ukraine: News Digest
Orange Ukraine and Foreign Notes both discuss president Yushchenko's relationship with his own party. Foreign Notes also re-posts two newspaper stories from eastern Ukraine: on the ongoing rallies against high...
Russia: Freedom to Blog
Two-Zero, an expat in Moscow, explains why blogging is so popular in Russia and why many bloggers are concerned about losing their freedom to blog.
Russia: Putin's Rape Remarks
White Sun of the Desert writes about rape and Vladimir Putin's sense of humor: “Russian humour, often thought not to exist, is very dry and often exceptionally dark. In many...
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