Stories from 7 July 2008
Bulgaria: Bojidar Antonov
Via Veni Markovski, a link to a Bulgarian-language blog of Bojidar Antonov, who has recently finished a 30-day, 1,500-kilometer run across Bulgaria. (An intro in English is here.)
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Chemical Weapons; Dutch Graffiti
Srebrenica Genocide Blog writes about chemical weapons allegedly used against Srebrenica civilians and about the obscene graffiti left by the Dutch troops stationed at the UN base in Potocari.
Ukraine, Russia: Integrum Technologies Ordeal
Hans Stege of Kremlin, Inc is trying to figure out who's behind “a mysterious Austrian investment firm called Integrum Technologies [that is] involved in the controversial Vanco Black Sea offshore project.”
Russia: TNK-BP; Khodorkovsky
FP's Passport writes about the ongoing TNK-BP scandal and new charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Lithuania: Hackers’ Attack
Eternal Remont comments on the recent hackers’ attack on 300 Lithuanian web sites that were defaced with Soviet symbols and anti-Lithuanian slogans.
Poland, U.S.: Missile Shield Opposition
Leopolis writes about Poland's refusal to host the U.S. missile defense shield: “According to Republican adviser and historian Edward Lutwak, ‘the government of the Republic of Poland by rejecting the US offer forfeited a valuable partner that would protect it against Russia. It is an elementary mistake.’ Such talk will...
Belarus: Change
Darkness at Noon writes about change in Belarus – “the kind that the cashier gives back at the store.”
U.S.: Lara Vapnyar's Fiction
Copydude recommends Lara Vapnyar's fiction: “In ‘Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love‘ you can taste the lives and longings of Russian emigres in America. If you’ve ever lived abroad, you can relate to the theme easily.”
A Sudanese Touristic Destination and Sudanese-American Soccer
These last few weeks there was no distinct event that captured the attention of the Sudanese blogosphere. So, what I have here for you today is a nice and simple roundup of random posts from Sudanese blogs. Let's get started, shall we? Amjad, who is now currently studying in the...
Bahrain: Broken promises?
Yagoob asks why needy Bahraini families have not received the financial support they were promised six months ago that was aimed at protecting them against inflation.
Bahrain: Playing the blame game
Redbelt argues that Bahrainis always refuse to take responsibility for their problems, and prefer to blame external factors.
Cuba: Ties with the US
Circles Robinson Online joined two Fourth of July celebrations in Havana, and finds history and culture make for a closer relationship than one would expect between Cuba and the US.
China: Citizen journalists prepare for the Olympics
Footloose citizen reporter Zuola has said [zh] he's going to be there, religious extremists are going to be there, foreign media seem to be looking for local stringers, and cutting-edge web 2.0 companies are so convinced that something worth vlogging will happen during next month's Beijing Olympic Games that they're...
China: Is Sarkozy the problem with Sino-French relations?
'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, what intoxicating words! So why is there still so much animosity between China and France?'
Pakistan: Bomb Blasts in Karachi
The Pakistani Spectator on a series of bomb blasts in Karachi a short while ago.
Pakistan: Suicide Bomber
Pak Tea House on yet another suicide bomb attack in Islamabad.
Pakistan: Comparing Weddings
An email forward with photographs of weddings of the sons of the Pakistani Prime Minister the Iranian President (Ahmadinejad) has A Jaywalker's Diary thinking.
Bangladesh: Load Shedding
Bangladesh From Our View on the nagging problem of load-shedding and electricity outages.
Palestine: Journalist Mohammed Omer awarded, then beaten
Mohammed Omer is a 24-year-old journalist from Rafah, on the Gaza Strip. He was recently awarded the Martha Gellhorn Award for outstanding journalism, but upon returning to Gaza, was detained by Israeli officials and beaten. Jillian York shares his story.
Morocco: An Interview with Sandy McCutcheon
The View from Fez is arguably the most popular English-language blog in Morocco, and one which is oft-quoted on Global Voices. Since its inception in 2005, the blog has had over 400,000 visitors from all over the world; they come to learn about Fez, be entertained, and live vicariously through...
Syria: Police Kill 25 in Sednaya Massacre
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) announced that a massacre had occurred on July 5 at the Sadnaya military prison, west Damascus. At least 25 detainees had been killed by the Syrian police, according to SHREC that received phone calls from inside the prison during the massacre. The detainees started...
