9 March 2007

Stories from 9 March 2007

Russia: March 8

The Turkish Invasion writes about how Russians celebrate March 8 – and posts a hilarious Soviet poster on the subject.

9 March 2007

Poland: Anti-Commercials Initiative

Traveling Life reports on the neo-socialist party's initiative to “forbid Polish television stations from inserting commercials into movies and other programming without the consent of the author.”

9 March 2007

Peru: Music: Pedro Novoa

Thank god it's Friday. Time for some relaxing Trova to wind down for the weekend. Fortunately Creative Commons Peru has posted all of the tracks from Pedro Novoa's latest album...

9 March 2007

Bolivia: Profiles of Cochabamba Women

Commemorating International Women's Day in Bolivia, Leny Olivera guest-posts on Blog from Bolivia to profile three Cochabamba women: Maura—mother, wife, cook, business-woman; Sara—wife, mother, vendor; and Alicia—mother, drink vendor.

9 March 2007

Bolivia: Profiles of Cochabamba Women

Commemorating International Women's Day in Bolivia, Leny Olivera guest-posts on Blog from Bolivia to profile three Cochabamba women: Maura—mother, wife, cook, business-woman; Sara—wife, mother, vendor; and Alicia—mother, drink vendor.

9 March 2007

Argentina: Inflation

Robert Wright heads down to his local supermarket and compares costs on basic foodstuffs from March 2002 to March 2007. Take a look for yourself and find out why neither...

9 March 2007

Hungary: Pecs

Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar writes about the town of Pecs, which has been chosen to be one of the 2010 European Capitals of Culture: “In most other countries,...

9 March 2007

Estonia: Music Radio

Here's what Estonian music radio does to Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa: “One thing that I have noticed since moving to Estonia is the preference of Estonian radio stations to...

9 March 2007

Chile: Stop the Groping

Celebrating International Women's Day, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet tells men to keep their hands to themselves.

9 March 2007