12 February 2007

Stories from 12 February 2007

Serbia: A Comment on Kosovo

Estavisti writes about Kosovo – as well as the U.S.: “It’s important to realise that the bombing of Serbia set the stage for the present US doctrine – ‘we can...

12 February 2007

Serbia: Emir/Nemanja Kusturica

Belgrade 2.0 writes about Emir Kusturica, the Serbian filmmaker who has been awarded with France’s Order of the Knight of Arts and Literature of the first degree. Kusturica's name, by...

12 February 2007

Hungary: Terror and the Fence

Pestcentric reports: “The big news now in Hungary is that there may be a big terror plot being planned against the parliament building, which is why the fence […] needs...

12 February 2007

Russia: Kaliningrad's Prussian Castle

Copydude reports on the plans to rebuild Kaliningrad's old Prussian castle, which was “firebombed by the RAF in 1944″ and “then levelled in 1969 to build the ill-conceived ‘House Of...

12 February 2007

Iran:Music for Peace

Amin Rasooli,a creative blogger and musician, has composed “The future of ground”, a piece of music for peace.

12 February 2007

Iran:Oil,Britain and Iran

Forever Under Construction talks about an exhibition of images partly inspired by Emily Johns, British artist and publisher, recent peace delegation to Iran, in May 2006.According to the blogger, images...

12 February 2007

India: Conservativeness and Kerala

Dog's Own Country on conservativeness and Kerala. “The picture the media in Kerala, which I guess reflects the mentality of the people and what they like to read, gave any...

12 February 2007

Nepal: On anon blogging

Nepali Voices on anonymity in the Nepali blogosphere. “For SNS, anonymity provides sincerity. When Zade began blogging, she was afraid of revealing identity in the internet because she was a...

12 February 2007

The Puerto Rican dilemma

Roberto Hernandez contemplates the large question of Puerto Rico's future: “Obviously the solution is not to be found in any of the ones offered by the current agendas.“

12 February 2007

Indonesia: Virus Samples at a Price

Slashdot.com is hosting a discussion on Indonesia's decision to sell the Avian Flu virus samples to a biotech company rather that passing it freely to the World Health Organization. Notes...

12 February 2007