Stories from 13 June 2008
Ukraine: Donating Blood in Kyiv
MoldovAnn writes about donating blood in Kyiv on World Blood Donor Day.
Ukraine: Kyiv People vs Construction Workers
Ukrainiana posts a video of a fight between residents of one Kyiv neighborhood and “construction workers who landed on their doorstep.”
Ukraine: Rinat Akhmetov
Ukrainiana writes about Rinat Akhmetov, allegedly the richest man in Ukraine, the CIS and the EU.
Ukraine: Soviet Monuments to Chernobyl?
Chernobyl and Eastern Europe writes about president Yushchenko's order to demolish some 20,000 Soviet-era monuments in Ukraine, as part of the commemoration of Holodomor, the great famine of 1932-33, and about the culture and tourism minister's suggestions to move these monuments to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Ukraine: United Center Party
Chernobyl and Eastern Europe writes about Ukraine's new pro-presidential political party.
Hungary: “Budapest, the Beautiful”
Hungarian Spectrum writes about Budapest's cosmopolitan spirit.
Hungary: Politics, Economy, Finance
Hungarian Spectrum posts updates on Hungary's politics, economy and finance: here, here, and here.
Hungary: “Arborial Homicide”
Pestiside.hu writes about a recent case of “arborial homicide” in Budapest.
Hungary, Israel: “Pixrael”
Budapest Guide writes about Pixrael, an online photo competition marking Israel's 60th anniversary, and posts two pictures from the winning entries exhibit in downtown Budapest.
Balkans: “National Science”
Say: Macedonia writes about the Macedonian language – and the “national science”: “This national science is exactly what we don't need anymore in the Balkans. Getting rid of our politically-influenced sciences (i.e. ‘scientific propaganda’) will help us exorcise our nationalistic demons from the past and start building tolerance and respect....
Serbia: Three War Criminals Sentenced
LimbicNutrition Weblog writes about Serbian reactions to the sentencing of three “former paramilitaries convicted of the 1992 killings of Muslim civilians in eastern Bosnia.”
Croatia: Jasenovac
Gray Falcon links to translated and subtitled web copies of “Jasenovac: Blood and Ashes,” a 1983 documentary by Croatian director Lordan Zafranović about the largest death camp in Croatia during WWII.
Serbia: Model Prevents Suicide
Belgrade 2.0 posts a video and writes about Katarina Vuckovic, a model who prevented a suicidal man from jumping off a Belgrade bridge.
Latvia: Domestic Politics
Itching for Eestimaa, Latvian Abroad, and Baltic weigh in on Latvia's domestic politics.
Slovenia: Searching For a “Sister”
Camille Acey of Adventures in Wheelville writes about living in Slovenia – a country where “there are not a lot of black people” – and about searching for a “sister”: “…someone to exchange hair care tips and funny stories with; someone who would understand some of my frustrations; someone who...
Lithuania: Žemaitija
Bieksia’s Weblog writes about Lithuania's region of Žemaitija and its people.
Croatia: Euro 2008
Balkan Baby posts an update on Croatia's performance at Euro 2008.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Srebrenica Rape Victims
Srebrenica Genocide Blog writes about rape victims of Srebrenica.
Serbia: Stojan Zupljanin
Commentary on the arrest of suspected war criminal Stojan Zupljanin in Serbia – at A Fistful of Euros, East Ethnia, Hugh Griffiths’ B92 blog, Samaha, Srebrenica Genocide Blog (here and here).
Ukraine: Chicken Kiev
The Turkish Invasion tries Chicken Kiev, in Kyiv.
Sri Lanka: Ban homosexuality
Equal Ground on a homophobic reaction from a group that claims to be the voice of all patriotic Sri Lankans.
