Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from October, 2006
Russia: Rush Hour
Two-Zero posts pictures and writes about a rush-hour on the Moscow subway experience.
Russia: Billfold Scam Averted
To protect himself from becoming a victim of a “billfold scam” in downtown Moscow, Snowsquare stops for a drink at Cafe Pushkin.
Russia: The Ongoing Golden Calf Translation
Languor Management links to the site of Maciej Ceglowski and Peter V. Gadjokov, who are translating The Golden Calf, a 1930 Soviet classic by Ilya Ilf and Evgeniy Petrov: “Seventy years after its publication, The Golden Calf remains a cult classic among Russian readers, but it is out of print...
Russia: Balcony Embellishments
Copydude writes and posts pictures of the Russian balconies: “Balcony infill is not taught at any Russian technical school. Neither are there any known materials which bond easily with Soviet drill-resistant iron and concrete. Every unsuccessful attempt is therefore a triumph of individual creativity.”
Russia: The Second Blog War
(more buttons and userpics are here) The Russian-language blogosphere (commonly known as ZheZhe) is on fire: some users are shutting down their blogs, others are emigrating to the virtual Trinidad & Tobago – all because LiveJournal.com's owner Six Apart has decided to team up with the Russian internet company Sup,...
Video exposes child-soldier's identity
If you've seen the guidelines for this site, you'll know that there are types of footage that we wouldn't post, and circumstances surrounding the shooting of particular videos that mean we wouldn't even link to them. Today's post is about one of those videos. I was researching a possible post...
Croatia: Online Discussions Overview
Some Croats feel nostalgic when they think about Tito's Yugoslavia, which broke into pieces in 1992. Turbo Kvrcko posts a funny “Wanted” image that depicts why he misses the good old times (HRV): WANTED Josip Broz Tito Beyond reasonable doubt, he has committed the following “criminal acts”: he didn’t allow...
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Election Results
Estavisti writes about the final results of the parliamentary election in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ukraine: Coalition, Opposition…
LEvko of Foreign Notes thinks that the Ukrainian “saga” of “coalitions and oppositions” is over.
Slovenia: Fighting Piracy
“The essential tools of pirates: blank CDs, blank DVDs, external hard drives, and other copy-related technology, are about to get more expensive in Slovenia,” reports The Glory of Carniola.
Poland: Groping Not OK
The beatroot writes about the British National Party and groping – in Poland and in Britain.
Macedonia: Hitchhiking
Balkan Baby writes about his hitchhiking experience in Macedonia.
Bulgaria: Tripoli 6 Letter to Gaddafi
Declan Butler posts a letter on the plight of the Tripoli Six that the New York Academy of Sciences has sent to Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi.
Bulgaria: Presidential Election
A Fistful of Euros writes about the upcoming presidential election in Bulgaria.
Slovenia: Mistaken for Sweden
NHL player Anze Kopitar is Slovenian, not Swedish, writes The Glory of Carniola, correcting the media's unfortunate mistake: “Another opportunity for Slovenia to get some press, down the drain.”
Romania: “Alien Eggs” and the EU
Romerican writes about “alien eggs” and Romania's hopes to join the EU.
Poland: Marek Nowakowski
Our Man In Gdansk writes on the writings of Marek Nowakowski: “dirty realism.”
Poland: New Coalition
The beatroot comments on Poland's new coalition government: “It's probably better just to ignore them.”
Russia: Croatian Writer on Politkovskaya
Strangers to Ourselves writes about Anna Politkovskaya's and muses on her own role as a Croatian writer living abroad.
Belarus: Pro-Iranian, Anti-American Propaganda
TOL's Belarus Blog writes about a pro-Iranian documentary recently broadcast on national TV.
Montenegro: Turkish Troops and Karadzic
Finding Karadzic writes about Turkish troops and Radovan Karadzic in Montenegro.
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