Latest posts by Veronica Khokhlova from June, 2007
Croatia: Still More on “Feral Tribune”
East Ethnia quotes a local author on what awaits Croatia if Feral Tribune is not rescued: “Croatia will be exactly the same, only there will be nobody to tell it.”
Europe: Prominent Roma Scholar Dies
TOL's Romantic pays tribute to the recently deceased prominent Romano scholar Jan Kochanowski.
Hungary: Roma in the Government
TOL's Romantic writes about Roma representatives in the Hungarian government and parliament.
Serbia: Refugees
The nEUrosis writes about Serbia's refugees.
Russia: Moscow's Top Secret and Other Exaggerations
According to a recent survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Moscow is “the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the second consecutive year.” To Moscow locals, however, Mercer’s findings may look a bit like an exaggeration - and one blogger explains why. Another blogger happens to cross paths with Vladimir Putin's motorcade in Moscow, getting a glimpse (and a few furtive photos) of the exaggerated security measures taken to secure the president's passage through the city.
Albania: “More Elections”
“In the soap opera of Albanian politics today's episode should be about the election of a new President,” begins Our Man in Tirana.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Banja Luka; Sarajevo's Hecco Hotel
Wu Wei writes about a trip to Banja Luka and about Hotel Hecco in Sarajevo.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: War Memories
Part 2 of “How My Wars Began” – at TOL's Balkanizer.
Belarus: Blogosphere Digests and Translations
Regular translations and roundups of the Belarusian blogosphere – at TOL's Belarus.
Croatia: More on “Feral Tribune”
Illyrian Gazette has more on the demise of Feral Tribune.
Czech Rebublic: Panorama Blast
Arellanes.com offers a theory on how the Czech pranksters managed to insert footage of a nuclear blast into the regular live footage of the Czech countryside on a state-owned TV channel.
Hungary: Historical Magic Store
Pestiside.hu writes about a 38-year-old Budapest magic store: “But ‘store’ might be the wrong word here – it's more like a trick workshop.”
Hungary: “Gloomy Sunday” in Budapest
Pestcentric writes about a Budapest restaurant where “arguably the most famous Hungarian song was written: ‘Gloomy Sunday.’ Rezső Seress wrote the original lyrics here back in the 1930s.” What's known to the world, though, is “a watered-down translation of an already softened reinterpretation.”
Hungary, France: Imre Nagy Memorial
Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar finds himself at the Imre Nagy memorial at Pere Lachaise in Paris.
Latvia: Another Mournful Date
“Only three days after we marked the June 1941 deportations, the flags again fly with black tassels attached — today we observe the 67th anniversary of the occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the USSR,” writes Marginalia.
Soviet History: Speeches Made on June 22-23, 1941
De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis posts four speeches – by Adolf Hitler, Vyacheslav Molotov, Winston Churchill, and Sumner Welles – that were delivered on 22-23 June 1941.
Moldova: Chisinau's New Mayor
Chisinau has a non-Communist new mayor, and Public Policy Watch believes he will introduce change and reforms for Moldova's capital.
Romania: Economic Relations With Neighbors
Romerican writes about the prospects of Romania's economic relations with its neighbors: “Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Ukraine all represent logical markets for exporting Romanian-made products and Romanian-performed services sold under Romanian brands of Romanian-owned companies. There’s a ready audience right across the border just ripe for the taking. Do it.”
Serbia: Photos from Peja, Kosovo
Prishtine: Independence and Kanun posts pictures from a trip to the Kosovo countryside: “Sometimes, after staying in Prishtina for long, one could forget that Kosovo is a diverse land with beautiful diverse geographical landscapes.”
Russia: Expat Living in Russia
The Turkish Invasion writes on the cost and quality of housing, food and night life in Moscow (the most expensive city in the world, according to a recent report).
Poland: Email Joke
An email joke on “the only way any sort of controversial programming can make it on TV” in Poland – at Eternal Remont.
