Stories from 2 July 2007
Slovakia: “The Great Server Heist”
Last week, Slovak police seized web servers of an IT company that hosts websites of 3,500 clients – “or almost three percent of the Slovak internet” – leaving clients without internet connection and causing the country's bloggers to protest the police actions. Deleted by Tomorrow reports on “the first great...
Belarus: Lukashenko's Independence
TOL's Belarus translates a blogger's post on the preparations for “an annual Lukašenka Independence Day” celebrations in Minsk on July 3.
Belarus: Demography
TOL's Belarus reposts the text on the gloomy demographic situation in Belarus, which originally appeared on the site of the Belarusan Youth Movement of America.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: No Future?
Balkanizer is highly pessimistic about the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia: Views on Russia
Transatlantic Politics reports on the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian foreign ministers’ views on Russia.
Bulgaria: History
The nEUrosis writes about Bulgarian ancient and more recent history.
Albania, Greece: Video of Police Brutality
In this post, Thessaloniki-based Teacher Dude posts a YouTube video of two Albanian men being beaten and ordered to slap each other by a Greek police officer, quotes the Independent Media Center's transcript, and translates from Greek comments “expressing satisfaction at what those arrested had suffered.” Some reactions from the...
Iran:Iran launches 24-hour Press TV channel
Parastoo says[Fa] that today Iran launched 24-hour Press TV channel in English.The blogger adds this channel belongs to Iranian government.
Bibliography of the Brazilian Ayahuasca Religions
Beatriz Labate announces the publishing by MAPS of an extensive bibliography about the Brazilian Ayahuasca Religions, and says that the expansion of these religious movements within Brazil and into other countries, of which the boom in studies is evidence, points to a growing relevance and timeliness of the topic.
Iran:Iran Has a Message. Are We Listening?
View from Iran says Michael Hirsh wrote a very interesting article in the Washington Post:”Iran has a message.Are we listening?” The article focused on nuclear crisis and what Iran really wants.
Iran:A Painting
Homeyra has published one of Mina Mohseni‘s paintings.A self portrait of the artist.
Iran:Government against Cultural Heritage
Iranian Truth says “recently, the Iranian government commissioned the destruction of the tomb of Firuzan (Abu-lolo) in Kashan.I have also been to the tomb of Firuzan, a beautiful structure which symbolizes the beauty of Iranian architecture, but also epitomizes the struggles of Iranian identity, religion, and history. The destruction of...
Can Haitians tackle drugs and corruption?
Last week, Haitian president René Préval declared before the leaders of the fifteen member countries of CARICOM and President George Bush that fighting corruption and drugs were his government's top priorities. Collectif-haiti-de-provence is not so certain of his resolve--or that of the Haitian people.
Japan: “Beware of foreigners”
Debito blogs a leaflet distributed in Osaka that warns citizens to beware of foreigners.
India: Water on the streets
To Each Its Own has photographs of the water logged situation in Mumbai over the weekend because of the rains.
India: The next President
VKpedia on the Presidential candidate Patil – “In essence, it looks like we have to gear up not for our first woman President, but a beneficiary of tokenism, opportunism and nepotism”
Japan: Otaku protest for liberation of Akihabara
James from Japan Probe puts together video and pictures of a street protest for liberating Akihabara. Around 400 otaku has participated in the protest.
Sri Lanka: Media and Ethics
groundviews on media – “While attention is concentrated on the growing challenges to free media – and rightly so given the growing repression and censorship – less attention is paid to the unprofessional conduct of media that in their careless abandon of the rights of readers and contributors exacerbates significant...
Japan: Peanuts as business cards
Edo from Pink Tentacle introduced a new business cards design.
Nepal: Youth and Politics
Kathmandu Speaks covers a Nepali Congress-wing National Students Union (NSU) mass meeting and feels the Nepali youth has come of age.
Bangladesh: Ethics and Companies
Bangladesh Blogger on unethical practices of a company that helps expats send money from the UK to Bangladesh.
