Stories from 6 May 2008
Zimbabwe: Video: Crisis in Zimbabwe
Sokwanele posts a video from the Solidarity Peace Trust about the crisis in Zimbabwe.
On Somalis in the new Kenyan cabinet
What issues are dominating the Somali blogosphere? Let's take a quick tour: Kenya-Somali writes about the new Kenyan cabinet and the Somali representation in it: It's good to see many...
Cuba: Do You Compute?
Computers are now on sale in Havana and Cuba-Blog is surprised that people are actually buying them: “The goods are there but are still beyond the reach of the vast...
Russia: Anniversary of Karachay Return From Deportation
Window on Eurasia writes about an anniversary of the Karachay people's return from deportation.
Russia: Ingushetia and Free Speech
Window on Eurasia reports: “The current drive by Ingushetia President Murat Zyazikov to shut down an independent website there through the use of the Soviet-era practice of legal analogy and...
Russia: A Dystopian Novel
Window on Eurasia writes about a newly-published dystopian novel about Russia: “In the space of ‘a few years,’ the novel continues, ‘the Ukrainian rulers cut the population of Moscow to...
Trinidad & Tobago: Student Action
As tuition fees go up at private tertiary institutions in Trinidad and Tobago, students at one school take action, prompting Ramblings and Reason to comment: “That such a routine exercise...
Russia: Victory Day Preparations
Two-Zero writes about preparations for the May 9 parade in Moscow.
Russia: Shapovalova at GUM
Sean's Russia Blog writes more on the Nashi's own fashion designer and her store at GUM: “[Antonina Shapovalova's] Nashi connections, which of course mean government connections, has landed her a...
Russia: Countdown to “Coronation”
As president Putin prepares to step down, Sean's Russia Blog writes about what may await the Russian political establishment.
Bermuda: Public Spaces
Vexed Bermoothes says: “With the urbanisation of Bermuda, we need more public spaces for children to play and people to exercise and build community.”
Jamaica: The Right Answer
Francis Wade says that there are four types of information available in Jamaica – and only one of them counts.
Russia: Victory Day Magazine Covers
Victory Day in Soviet magazine covers – at Scraps of Moscow, here and here.
Russia: Novosibirsk Signs; Tomsk NKVD Museum
Josefina of Russian Blog posts pictures of signs in Novosibirsk – here and here, and writes about the NKVD Museum in Tomsk.
Russia: Relations With the West
Valery Dzutsev posts his emails to a colleague, in which he discusses “contemporary political issues in regard to Russia-West relations” – here, here, here, and here.
Macedonia: Sakura – Cherry Blossom Celebration in Skopje
Even though very few ethnic Japanese live in the Republic of Macedonia, many locals took part in the second annual celebration of Sakura - the festival of cherry blossoms in Macedonia's capital, Skopje. Organizers of the festivals included some prominent bloggers who recently started a collaborative blog, Japan@mk, and initiated spreading the word through the Macedonian blogosphere.
Bulgaria: Statehood in Crisis
Yavor Mihailov tells the saga of the Bulgarian blogosphere's humorous, creative, and relentless campaign against the interior minister of the country, and how it helped lead to his resignation.
Brazil: WordPress amends T&Cs and avoids blanket ban
Renata Solano [pt] welcomes the news that the blogging platform WordPress has made a change on its Terms and Conditions in order to avoid a blanket ban in Brazil. The...
Armenia: Book Review
The Armenian Odar Reads takes a second look at Penelope by Goar Markosyan-Kasper. The literary blog based in Armenia says that on first reading the book in Dutch it wasn't...
Kyrgyzstan: One-Sided Media
The Azamat Report shares his impressions from the state media's one-sided coverage of the recent opposition's convention and posts some quotes from the international organizations’ reports on media freedom in...
Korea: Chinese students fear for safety after torch relay violence
Last week someone left a comment on a GVO post, something to the effect of 'the whole world hates the Chinese people now' and for a lot of people in (and outside) China, it sure is looking difficult to even be Chinese these days.
