Stories from 24 April 2009
Bolivia: Popular Sayings in Aymara Language
Nancy Condori of El Chairo [es] provides examples of popular sayings in the Aymara language.
Taiwan: Fights in the Legislature
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan was once again in the spotlight as another fight broke out between politicians from opposing parties. Letters from Taiwan looks at reasons why Taiwanese politicians resort to fighting.
Russia: Counter-Terrorist Operation in Chechnya is Over
A discussion of the end of the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya – at Sean's Russia Blog.
Russia: Weekly News and New Blogs
Siberian Light re-introduces Russian Weekly News section – and continues to promote blogs that focus on Russia and other former Soviet states: a review of The Russian Store Blog (“The History of Pisanki” is one of the recent posts there) and a roundup of blogs of British ambassadors to Belarus...
Ukraine, U.K.: Kyiv Mayor's Pic in Daily Mirror Pedophiles Story
Ukrainiana reports that a picture of Kyiv mayor Leonid Chernovetsky was used to illustrate a Daily Mirror story on polygraph tests for pedophiles.
Ukraine: Bulgakov Museum's Blog
The Uncataloged Museum links to “one of Kyiv's first museum blogs”: Mikhail Bulgakov Museum (UKR).
Ukraine: Chernobyl Photo Exhibit
The 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe is in two days, and Chernobyl and Eastern Europe Blog posts a press release for Michael Forster Rothbart‘s photo exhibit that opens in Kyiv today – “Inside Chernobyl: life goes on.”
Poland: “Spider-Bart Climbs the Warsaw Marriott”
Polandian posts a picture of the man climbing the Marriott Hotel in Warsaw “a la Alain Robert in 1999 – no ropes, no help”: “Thankfully, Bart did not flop his way down and reached the top safely where he was arrested and taken away.”
