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Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating Women in Technology and Transparency Worldwide

In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day we profile several women based around the world who use technology to to make government more transparent and accountable.
Global: Bubbles, Bailouts and Stimulus Plans

Identifying the economic woes of the United States is crucial. But we should also understand that other countries are also grappling with bankrupt companies and shrinking economies. Many countries are also implementing their own stimulus plans. What are some of the examples used by bloggers around the world when they...

9 September 2011
Portugal: Citizens Ask Icelanders About Democracy

Written by Sara Moreira · Portugal
25 March 2010
Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating Women in Technology and Transparency Worldwide

Written by David Sasaki · Latin America
18 March 2009
Global: Bubbles, Bailouts and Stimulus Plans

Written by Mong Palatino · Caribbean

Stories about Iceland

7 June 2015

Will Icelanders One Day Ditch Their Language for English?

Written by Public Radio International · Language

Icelandic identity is, according to a popular poem, land, nation and tongue. Remove one, and the others collapse. So, will the Icelandic nation survive if the Icelandic language dies out?

5 December 2013

Iceland Grieves After Police Kill A Man for First Time

Written by Public Radio International · Governance

It was an unprecedented headline in Iceland this week — a man shot to death by police. "The nation was in shock. This does not happen in our country..."

10 January 2013

Misconceptions about the Economic Situation in Iceland

Written by Stanislas Jourdan · Quick Reads · Citizen Media

16 October 2012

Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating Women's Genius

Written by Renata Avila · Australia

Ada Lovelace Day, celebrated every October 16, honors international women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths -women's whose skills are urgently needed for the future of the...

7 January 2012

Eurozone Crisis: 2011 Citizen Media Responses

Written by Paola D'Orazio · Greece

The year 2011 will be remembered for the European debt crisis and its impact on the global economy, but also for its hard consequences on everyday lives. We sum up...

18 February 2010

Japan: Iceland from a Japanese viewpoint

Written by Scilla Alecci · Quick Reads · East Asia

16 October 2008

Central & Eastern Europe: Financial Crisis

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Below is a roundup of reactions from the Anglophone blogosphere on the ongoing financial crisis in Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Serbia.

14 October 2008

Russia: Blog Roundup; Bailout of Iceland

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Trinidad & Tobago: Down in the Valley

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

14 February 2008

Iceland: Hostility Towards Poles

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

13 February 2008

Experiencing global warming in Iceland

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Environment

18 January 2008

Serbia, U.S.: Bobby Fischer

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

20 September 2007

[GV Show Special] Trinidad & Tobago: Anti-smelter activism meets the Internet

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Caribbean

Atillah Springer is a journalist, activist and blogger from Trinidad and Tobago and a member of a protest movement which, earlier this year, succeeded in driving the aluminium industry giant...