· November, 2005

Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from November, 2005

Armenia: Youth Activism

  17 November 2005

Oneworld Multimedia discusses the lack of youth activism in Armenia compared to Azerbaijan and Georgia, but reports that this may be changing.

Poland: Ban War

  17 November 2005

the beatroot reports that Poland's conservatives and the EU's liberals have more in common than they might think.

Slovenia: Esteem

  17 November 2005

The Glory of Carniola reports that Slovenes have remarkably high self-esteem according to a recent study.

Turkmenistan: Elections

  16 November 2005

neweurasia reports on upcoming elections in Turkmenistan and changes to electoral laws that remove the requirement that the president be an ethnic Turkmen.

Armenia: Talent

  16 November 2005

Ara Manoogian says that he has encountered quite a bit of talent in Armenia in recent days.

Armenia: Khash

  16 November 2005

Christian Garbis reports on the tradition of celebrating a new baby with a meal of khash.

Hungary: Economic Fun and Games

  16 November 2005

Pestiside.hu reports that the Hungarian government has posted an online game offering citizens the chance to experience the difficulties of creating a government budget and the opportunity to submit the budgets they come up with.

Kazakhstan: Public Enemy

  14 November 2005

A Kazakh official says that his government does not rule out the possibility of bringing charges against Sacha Bara Cohen a.k.a. Ali G because of his character, Borat, who poses as a Kazakh. KZblog discusses the reactions to Borat in Kazakhstan.

Armenia: TV

  12 November 2005

Ara Manoogian has been watching a lot of Armenian television lately and reports that what he is seeing is bad for the country.

Afghanistan: Beyond Kabul

  12 November 2005

Afghan Reality applauds the recent news of a new 5-star hotel in Kabul, but says more must be done to develop the country beyond Kabul.

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