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Ljubljana, Slovenia
The 8th Circle | October 11th 2008 by The 8th Circle
Looks like a nice little place. The Ljubljanica River runs through the downtown of Slovenia’s capital, “with pedestrian walkways on either side, lined with restaurants and shops.” Image credit: Philip Bouchard; under cc-by-nc-nd read more
Food For Thought - Getting the Wheat
Bulgarian Vistas | October 8th 2008 by John Rocha
Down on the Farm Like a lot of people around the world, I’ve been rather busy. Busy not directly because of the difficult circumstances of the world economy, but certainly because these difficulties have made me think a bit and partly it’s ab read more
Go for it...
What You Must Read | October 7th 2008 by andrew
Unknowingly following Dominique Moïsi, the Guardian's Adrian Pabst argues that Western leaders should agree to sit down with Russia to forge a new agreement for collective security in Europe.I'm a bit skeptical in the face of Pabst's enthusiasm for read more
Should I stay or should I go?
What You Must Read | October 7th 2008 by andrew
Serbia has opened its arms to the EU, but if Brussels won't welcome the new Belgrade, Russia will. The country's Defence Minister, Dragan Sutanovac, warns the French daily Le Figaro: [Le Figaro:] L'Alliance avec Moscou est importante pour la Serbie. read more
The Record of Communist Language Policy
Robert Lindsay | October 6th 2008
A commenter posting on the Cool Neo-Latin Websites post critiques what he sees as a disconnect in my views: That's funny you support preserving small languages, because most communists do not and prefer centralization and one mass-language for everyo read more
Today's rumours
What You Must Read | October 6th 2008 by andrew
Is Russia igniting Prague, or is Prague simply pyromaniac?Jeremy Druker explains:Russian spies are on the loose in the Czech Republic, the Czech counterintelligence service announced last week, and they are determined to inflame the public against th read more
Bold move? Stupid move?
What You Must Read | October 6th 2008 by andrew
French political analyst Dominique Moïsi takes an interesting approach to solving the West's conflicts with Russia:It would mean saying, in effect, “We have unnecessarily humiliated you over the last ten years. From NATO enlargement to the grant o read more
On "faux semblants" and opposition movements
What You Must Read | October 6th 2008 by andrew
Two articles this week on the importance for dictators of sustaining at least a glimmer of opposition in their fiefdoms if they want to look good (or at least not as bad) on CNN.RFE/RL explains that the only thing that could save Moscow's independent read more
Foreign Affairs: Review of Books on Eastern Europe
The 8th Circle | October 5th 2008 by The 8th Circle
Saw the latest issue of Foreign Affairs (September/October 2008) and noticed the journal’s reviews - written by Robert Legvold - of the latest books on Eastern Europe. They’re usually very short and to the point. Below are some excerp read more
Blogosphere talking
The 8th Circle | October 5th 2008 by The 8th Circle
Blogging around the world… Negotiations over Macedonia’s name continue Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia cooperate in combating organized crime New Europe - a European weekly Russian history: the greatest Russians and Stalin’s rehabilit read more
Bulgaria 2009: Competing songs in heats
Never Stop The Europop | October 3rd 2008 by Never Stop The Europop
Azis. Not taking part this year.So, Bulgaria's having another one of its endless selection procedures, much like last year. It didn't do them much good in 2008 - I really liked "DJ, Take Me Away", but it was obviously too experimental for the viewing read more
Bulgaria: Be A Star, Heat 1: Those Losers In Full
Never Stop The Europop | October 3rd 2008 by Never Stop The Europop
So the 2009 selection season has kicked off. More with a whimper than with a bang. Crept up on us, rather, didn't it? I mean, it's only October 2nd. And it still feels like September. Crazee. Anyway.Heat 1 of Bulgaria's "Be A Star" Contest was held l read more
Le populisme, vrai vainqueur des élections autrichiennes
What You Must Read | October 2nd 2008 by andrew
This is a post by WYMR contributor Guillaume Amigues. It follows a previous article on the same topic, and can be found simultaneously on Le Taurillon magazine.Malgré leur récente victoire électorale, les sociaux démocrates autrichiens n’avaien read more
The forgotten election: Slovenia
The 8th Circle | October 1st 2008 by The 8th Circle
This week saw a plethora of electoral activity across Europe. Thus, A fistful of Euros has covered elections in Austria, Belarus, and Bavaria, Germany. The Belarus election selection was also discussed by Julien Frisch here and myself here. Wha read more
Football (Soccer) Rioting in Belgrade - Serbia
Speak Look Hear | October 1st 2008 by FrankR
Red Star hooligan attempted to shove a flare into the officer’s mouth:“Red Star fan Mišić (20) was found guilty of attempting to murder Gendarmerie officer Nebojša Trajković on December 2, 2007 at a match between Red Star and Hajduk Kula.The read more
Fledgling democracies
The 8th Circle | September 30th 2008 by The 8th Circle
Last week’s first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama attracted over 50 million viewers as voters sought to get a sense on where the candidates stand on foreign policy. While this was the biggest TV event since the Superbo read more
Nabucco: more off than on
Raționalitate | September 30th 2008 by Stephen
In continuing with the Nabucco natural gas pipeline saga – from bad, to worse, to maybe a bit better) – the project is dealt another blow: this time by the Bulgarians, who have defected to the South Stream project, Russia's rival proposal for a g read more
Land Yourself an Opportunity To Invest in Bulgaria’s Latest Boo…
An International Property Blog | September 30th 2008
Introducing a forward thinking investment company, Discover And Invest, offering some intriguing land opportunities in Bulgaria, the jewel of Eastern Europe. Having researched and sourced not one but three Bulgarian land investment opportunities, Bi read more
Guillaume Amigues in Le Taurillon
What You Must Read | September 28th 2008 by andrew
WYMR contributor Guillaume Amigues has a highly enlightening article about Austria's big-time elections in the European-wide magazine Le Taurillon.You can (and should ;) read that in French or in German on the daily's website.Comments welcome of cour read more
Bad guy takes the highway
What You Must Read | September 28th 2008 by andrew
According to a recent article, translated into French by the Courier International, Belarussian president Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has recently decided to hire Timothy Bell, a British PR consultant, to make himself look pretty.Apart from all read more
Self Rewards / Dreams Realised..
Life is a learning curve... | September 28th 2008 by Thomas Mok
Jamie just posted a comment about self rewarding and I concur with his view.In our zest to pursue the life that we want, we tend to forget to sit back, take stock and check our list of the dreams of our life. When we were younger, we always dream and read more
Going through the motions: Belarus stages parliamentary elections…
The 8th Circle | September 27th 2008 by The 8th Circle
The title deliberately uses the word stages. Omitting this verb may lead to a false conclusion that having elections is a sign that perhaps life in Belarus, a dictatorship bordering the EU, is not as bad as they say. Well, it is. I want to avoi read more
The Danube
The 8th Circle | September 25th 2008 by The 8th Circle
No Eastern European “wonder” made it to the New 7 Wonders of the World list (h/t Vilhelm Konnander), but there were a few strong candidates. I would have voted for the Danube - “Europe’s second-longest river, after the Volga read more
Eastern Europe Proves That High Growth And High Income Are Still…
Jutia Group | September 22nd 2008
Eastern Europe: History… Culture… And Superb Investment Yields Eastern Europe has grabbed its fair share of international headlines recently. Unfortunately, due to Russia’s invasion of Georgia, many of them have come for the wrong reasons. If y read more
Behind the Crisis in the Caucasus: Russian Isolation or Inclusion…
Shining Light in Dark Corners | September 21st 2008 by Dave Marco
Image by Chewbacka via Flickr RightSideNews.com The outbreak of the crisis in the Caucasus goes much deeper than Russia's concern for the welfare of residents of South Ossetia, a non-Russian ethnic minority. The actual reason for Russia's invasion read more
RFE/RL in the spotlight
What You Must Read | September 19th 2008 by andrew
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty has two interesting articles out today.The first is about the role (positive and/or negative) artists played in Georgia during the country's recent war with Russia.The second is about possible successors to President read more
Eastern Europe in 2008 Beijing Paralympics
The 8th Circle | September 18th 2008 by The 8th Circle
Inevitably, most people forgot about Beijing once the Olympics were over, but the second part - the Paralympics - went on as scheduled. These games have just concluded with another magnificent closing ceremony (so they say). Anyway, below is a tall read more
Weekly Prayer Update from Show Hope
The Story of A Girl | September 17th 2008 by Brooke
On behalf of the many waiting children around the world, thank you for your faithful prayers. Prayers for Sept 14 - 20 Sept 14 Thank You, Jesus, for walking the road to the cross. In view of the joy set before You and Your Father’s will, You mad read more
How to Use Outsourcing Effectively
Davai Blog | September 16th 2008
When it comes to offshore development, getting your foot through the door can be scary. Those that took the chance and did it right are laughing their way to the bank. Why aren't you? read more
Orange dissolution -- again
The Reaction | September 16th 2008
By MSS(It has been a while since I exercised the posting privileges Michael kindly gave me. The following is cross-posted at Fruits & Votes, where I have followed Ukraine off and on since establishing the blog in 2005.)For the second time since t read more
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