Stories about Eastern & Central Europe from March, 2008
Russia: Newspaper Piece on Russia Blogs
Sean's Russia Blog links to a piece on Russia blogging that appeared in a Moscow English-language paper.
Russia: Football in Grozny
Siberian Light writes about the return of “top-flight Russian football” to Chechnya's capital Grozny.
Serbia: Five Years Since Zoran Djindjic's Death
Belgrade 2.0 writes about the fifth anniversary of Zoran Djindjic's death: “Unfortunatelly, a Serb with the greatest qualities has been assasinated by people who could not understand the modernity, and...
Slovenia: Radovljica
Adventures in Wheelville writes about things to enjoy in Radovljica, Slovenia.
Ukraine: A Hacker's Party
Orange Ukraine links to the Washington Post's Security Fix blog for its coverage of a new Ukrainian party founded by a hacker: the Internet Party of Ukraine.
Ukraine: Minister of Transport's Transportation
Ukrainiana reports on the coverage of “the transportation habits of Yosyp Vinsky, a former member of the Socialist Party and current Minister of Transport.”
Russia: Relations With Germany; Arms Sales
Siberian Light writes about the future of the Russian-German relationship – and about an apparent competition between Russia and the United States in the arms supply market.
Russia: “Customs and Superstitions”
Windows to Russia! writes about local “customs and superstitions.”
Russia: Mari El vs Microsoft
Window on Eurasia writes about one “small Finno-Ugric people”‘s demand that Microsoft add six “additional modified Cyrillic letters their language requires but that are not found in Russian to his...
Russia: Putin on Khodorkovsky's Pardon
Robert Amsterdam writes about various (mis)interpretations of Vladimir Putin's quote on a possible pardon for Mikhail Khodorkovsky – in the Russian press as well as in the Western media –...
Ukraine: Investment Summit
Moscow Rules blogs the 4th Ukrainian Investment Summit – here and here.
Russia: “Dmitriy Medvedev: How it all Began”
La Russophobe explains and translates the video parody “of the way Dimitri Medvedev was selected to be the next ‘President'”: “The parody appears to have become wildly popular on the...
Poland: Inside Warsaw: L-P
“Inside Warsaw: L-P” – at Polandian.
Lithuania: Independence, 18 Years On
Lituanica writes about an anniversary of “restoration of independence of Lithuania.”
Latvia: March 16 and the Media
Baltic writes about the date that tends to draw plenty of media attention to Latvia: March 16, “one among many days remembering war dead in Latvia.”
Latvia: Riga for Monopoly
All About Latvia writes about an ongoing advertising campaign in Riga to get the city onto Monopoly's map: “Riga’s placement on the monopoly board could bring some tourists in, but...
Hungary: Referendum Results
Pestcentric writes about the results of the referendum this past Sunday and the implications for Hungarian politicians.
Estonia, Finland: Police
Itching for Eestimaa reports that “Estonia is considering hiring 300 unemployed Finnish police officers to handle its internal shortage of police.”
Slovakia: CIA Planes in Bratislava?
The Czech Daily Word writes about the sighting of secret CIA flights that allegedly transport prisoners in Bratislava.
Bulgaria: Michael Palin's “New Europe”
The Balkan Yankee writes about the “screening which featured segments of Michael Palin’s (of Monty Python fame) new documentary series on Eastern Europe” – and the questions that the Bulgarian...
Serbia: Government Resignation
East Ethnia writes about the resignation of the Serbian government.
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