Global Voices · July 2008

July, 2008

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Featured stories from July 2008

Tube Adventure: A Bilingual Quest Game on YouTube

The popular Spanish YouTube channel Pinofas has created a novel project: it's an hero adventure quest live-action game that takes advantage of the new tagging, linking and commenting capabilities that YouTube has implemented, called Tube Adventure.
Italy: A National Registry for Roma People?

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's new right wing Cabinet recently launched plans to carry out a national registration of all Roma people in Italy, including fingerprints of all children. Italy is home to an estimated 150,000 Roma and Sinti people (often referred to as Gypsies). The ensuing, heated public debate...
Turkey is Typing….Bomb Blasts in Istanbul

While the city of Istanbul enjoyed itself with a Metallica concert, the party died down with the news of a bombing in the Istanbul neighborhood of Güngören, leaving at least 17 people dead and over 150 people injured. Reactions to the news in the Turkish blogosphere were slow, but between...

Tube Adventure: A Bilingual Quest Game on YouTube

Western Europe31 July 2008
Italy: A National Registry for Roma People?

Eastern & Central Europe30 July 2008
Turkey is Typing….Bomb Blasts in Istanbul

Middle East & North Africa30 July 2008

Stories from July, 2008

Russia: Sexual Harassment

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Russia: Street Name Changes

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Russia: Bashkiria

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

The Baltics: Baltic Sea Environmental Campaign

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Estonia: Russian Media Outlet Urges Boycott

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Russia: City Name Changes

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Russia: Medvedev to Fight Corruption

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Russia: USAID Russian Style

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Russia: Change in Migration Policies

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Israel: Olmert to Resign Following Kadima Primary

Middle East & North Africa31 July 2008

Ehud Olmert said yesterday that he will not stand for the Kadima primary in September. According to Al Jazeera English, Olmert said: “I have decided I won't run in the...

Hungary: Bomb Scare

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

U.S., Bulgaria: Julian Tzolov

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Czech Republic: Expensive Water

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Serbia: Karadžić's Updates

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Mozambique: Quality debate about politics

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa31 July 2008

Serbia: Karadzic's Case

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Brazil: Live blogging the local elections debate

Quick Reads · Latin America31 July 2008

Angola: Goodbye to Kinaxixe Market in Luanda

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa31 July 2008

Serbia: Frontline Club's Live Discussion on Karadžić

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008

Ukraine: “No Place in the EU”?

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe31 July 2008