Stories from 8 March 2008
Russia, Venezuela: “Exxon Strikes Back”
White Sun of the Desert writes about how “international oil and gas companies are not as completely helpless in the face of politically contrived domestic disputes as most would think”: “ExxonMobil is currently demonstrating rather effectively how an international oil company can remove the dispute from the domestic arena into...
Russia, EU: Blog Roundup & Directory
A Russia blog roundup from Siberian Light, and an EU blog directory from Nosemonkey's EUtopia.
Romania: Restaurant Scandal
Csíkszereda Musings writes about Romanian food and a recent restaurant coverage scandal.
Romania, Hungary: Response to Bigotry
Andy H of Csíkszereda Musings describes part of his “life as a blogger”: “Every now and then for my pains I get a tirade of abuse from some rabid nationalist psycho.”
Kuwait: Farewell Dr Al Rubaie
Kuwaiti blogger A3sab pays tribute to her country's former Education Minister Dr Ahmad Al Rubaie, who passed away this week. She recalls a quick encounter she has with him while she was a student in Egypt.
Poland: “Inside Warsaw: G-K”
God, herring and more – in Polandian‘s second installment of “Inside Warsaw.”
Kuwait: At the Paris Fashion Week
Confashions from Kuwait was at the Paris Fashion Week and brings us the goodies in this post.
Kuwait: The Meaning of Life
The M Code from Kuwait discusses the meaning of life in this post.
The Baltics: “(Dis?) Unity”
Marginalia muses on “Baltic (Dis?) Unity.”
Latvia: Hate Speech vs Free Speech
A “self-described neo-Nazi” gets an 18-month jail sentence in Riga, and All About Latvia muses on hate speech and free speech.
