Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 May 23

23 May 2011

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Stories from 23 May 2011

The peaceful mass popular protests in cities across Spain, calling for democracy and protesting bipartisanship on the eve of elections, caught Greeks by surprise after a year of fruitless protests...

Greece: A Lukewarm Reaction to Attacks on Immigrants

Written by Asteris Masouras · Quick Reads · Western Europe

Ukraine: No Bail For Ex-Interior Minister Lutsenko

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Poland: Taxation

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Hungary: Orbán Government and Romania's Hungarian Minority

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Medvedev and Press Freedom

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Slovenia: Law on Mayor/MP Conflict of Interest; New Family Code

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Daghestani Media Online

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: EU’s Roma to Move to Russia?

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: History of Russian Pop

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Parking and Driving in Moscow

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

India: The Death Of a Terrorist

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Pakistan: Imran Khan's Sit In Protest

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Pakistan: Is It America’s War Really?

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Greece: A Proposal to Reform the Police

Written by Asteris Masouras · Quick Reads · Western Europe

Greece: No Peace without Justice

Written by Asteris Masouras · Quick Reads · Western Europe

Caribbean: Reflections on the Rapture

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

So the world was supposed to end this past Saturday - at least according to some religious sects. Caribbean bloggers write about how one man's delusion had an impact on...