Stories from 22 November 2006
Guyana: Melancholy and migration
After her brother returns to England, Guyana-Gyal muses on personal melancholy and the more general issue of migration: “I don’t think people here recover yet from the splintering of families, from massive migration. We tear away from old lands to here, from here to new lands, and them tears still...
Armenia, Tajikistan: Roundups
Onnik Krikorian rounds up the Armenian blogosphere while Vadim does the same for the Tajikistani one.
Jamaica: Respect the currency
Jamaican Mummy Mel appeals to her compatriots to show their patriotism by respecting the local currency: “All too often I see people screwing up their faces and bitchin about the state of the economy and how the dollar depreciating every day. Well how the hell you expect the economy to...
Tajikistan: Presidential Symbols
Vadim reports on Tajikstan's presidential symbols.
Kyrgyzstan: Youth and Nasvai
Yulia translates an article on the heavy use of nasvay, a mixture of tobacco and lime that is chewed, among young Kyrgyz.
Kyrgyzstan: Public Opinion
Kyrgyz Report discusses the findings of a new public opinion poll.
Armenia: Big Brother's Fall
Blogrel reports on the death of Big Brother, a large advertising screen in Yerevan's Republic Square.
Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival venue off limits
Saucydiva reprints an article on her blog announcing that the Queen's Park Savannah, one of the traditional venues for Trinidad's Carnival parade, will be off limits for next year's festival, and attracts (at the time of writing) 39 comments largely protesting the move.
Trinidad & Tobago: The extent of the race problem
Are the comparisons being made by former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday between the state of race relations situation in Trinidad and Tobago and that in 1950s America and apartheid-era South Africa fair? The Manicou wants to know.
Barbados: Caribbean on the move?
Barbadian blogger eemanee quotes the lyrics of two songs in which people from one Caribbean island make fun of people from another, and wonders: “i wonder if i'll live to see free movement of Caribbean people through out the Caribbean? What would/will the Caribbean look like when its people are...
Serbia: Karadzic
Slobodan Milosevic could have known where Karadzic was, writes Finding Karadzic. And Jean-Marie Le Pen, a French presidential candidate, has a t-shirt with the images of Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, reports Neretva River.
Ukraine: Orange Revolution 2 Years On
Leopolis writes about the meaning and the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution.
Russia: Hairdressers
The Turkish Invasion compares Russian and Turkish hairdressers.
Russia: Litvinenko Poisoning
Sean's Russia Blog writes about the Litvinenko Affair.
Ukraine: Orange Camp Troubles
Foreign Notes writes about the lack of unity and other troubles in Ukraine's Orange camp.
African Diaspora: color or appearance?
An anonymous reader responds to Black Looks’ post, “You are a blackman, you have to leave”: “Service was refused to this man based on his appearance not his race. If anyone has strong enough evidence than I to contest this statement I would like to know. We are a tolerant...
South Africa: podcast round-up
Vincent Maher writes a round-up of South African news podcast, “Both the Sunday Times and the Mail & Guardian Online have begun podcasting in the recent weeks so I figure it’s a good time to do a little test and compare the available products.
South Africa: design your own World Cup logo
A new website enables South Africans to design their own 2010 World Cup logo, “If you're bummed that you didn't crack the nod to assist with the design of our country's most important logo ever – then here's you opportunity to set that record straight.”
Ukraine: Maidan's Second Anniversary
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv, Ukraine: two years since the beginning of the Orange Revolution – by Veronica Khokhlova Nov. 22 marks the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, but little orange has been visible on the streets of Kyiv today. A crowd gathered at Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti), but...
