12 August 2009

Stories from 12 August 2009

Russia: Young Militiamen

  12 August 2009

Sean's Russia Blog reports that “the plan to fill Russia’s streets with 100,000 young militiamen by 2010 has been all over the Russian internet media over the last few weeks.”

Cambodia, Thailand: Visa Requirements

  12 August 2009

A Lil of Me is happy to learn that despite the border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, the two countries have agreed to waive visa requirements for each other's citizens.

Socialist Party of Malaysia

  12 August 2009

The Socialist Party of Malaysia is officially back, notes blogger New Mandala. The author adds that the Socialist Party is the “most people-centred political party in comparison to all other political parties in Malaysia.”

Russia, Ukraine: Medvedev's Address

  12 August 2009

Foreign Policy's Passport links to the vlog post with president Medvedev's Ukraine address and the English-language translation of the transcript. Eternal Remont comments on some of Medvedev's statements: “[…] ‘The leadership in Kiev took an openly anti-Russian stand after the Georgia War.’ This is not allowed under Section 6 of...

Latvia: Cable TV Provider's “Twitterista”

  12 August 2009

Telecoms in Latvia reports that a Latvian cable TV and internet service provider “has hired a full-time employee to look after its interests on Twitter and other social networks”: “It asked that the letter of application be sent in tweet format, 140 characters. There were quite a few applicants.”