· July, 2007

Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from July, 2007

Russia: Cyclical History

  26 July 2007

From Russia With Blog looks at Putin's Russia from a “cyclical history” perspective – and also highlights “the apathy of the Russian masses” by describing the annual no-hot-water season.

Russia: Grozny at Google Earth

  26 July 2007

The world zooms in on Chechnya's capital Grozny via Google Earth and doesn't see much reconstruction going on, A Step At A Time reports.

Russia: Sochi Mosque and Other Non-Olympic Issues

  25 July 2007

Among other things, Window on Eurasia reports that media attention to Sochi might “force the local officials to allow for the construction of a mosque for the city's 20,000 Muslims” – at last, after 13 years of trying to get the permission.

“Following the release of the ‘Benghazi Six,’ Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov has pardoned and released them. He’s also granted citizenship to the Palestinian among them,” reports Elijah Zarwan from Egypt.

Serbia: Borders

  24 July 2007

Anegdote writes on the visa regime liberalization with the EU members for Serbia.

Poland: Posts on Politics

  23 July 2007

The beatroot writes about a homophobic gay icon, alcohol consumption data, an “unbelievable new alliance” of two Polish politicians, President Lech Kaczynski's meeting with George W. Bush, and one politician's anti-German rhetoric.

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Filip Stojanovski
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