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Friday, July 25, 2008
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Added to the blogroll
Two new English-language blogs from Estonia!
AnTyX has a mixture of posts on economics, politics and everyday life. Of particular note: the recent post about why it's legally impossible to devaluate the Estonian kroon.
Ivan vs. Jaan focuses on Russia and Estonian-Russian relations. Most recent post focuses on the Russian plans of "velvet re-privatization" (FSB-related people forcing Russian company owners to sell them).
AnTyX has a mixture of posts on economics, politics and everyday life. Of particular note: the recent post about why it's legally impossible to devaluate the Estonian kroon.
Ivan vs. Jaan focuses on Russia and Estonian-Russian relations. Most recent post focuses on the Russian plans of "velvet re-privatization" (FSB-related people forcing Russian company owners to sell them).
Friday, September 14, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Found on the web: about 40 Latvian beers
A story about beer-tasting in Latvia, by British travellers. Conclusion: Latvia has many smaller breweries making interesting beer. Unlike some other countries in the region which primarily have multinational-produced bland beer.
This was found via Baltic Visitor, a blog devoted to travel in Baltics (which I'm adding to my blogroll).
This was found via Baltic Visitor, a blog devoted to travel in Baltics (which I'm adding to my blogroll).
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Added to the blogroll
Window on Eurasia, by Paul Goble, one of best Eastern Europe experts in United States.
I grew up reading translations of Goble's opinion columns in Diena newspaper. I was really glad to discover that he now has a weblog and posts almost daily!
Some posts I particularly recommend:
- Russia’s Second Post-Soviet Generation Very Different from First - the first generation is people who came of age in 1990s, the second in 2000s and the values of the two generations differ quite a bit. After reading this, I wonder if the same trends can be seen in Latvia as well.
- Ethnic Russian regions nurture seccessionist ambitions and Regional Identity Trumps Ethnicity, RF Patriotism in Siberia- about the possibility that some parts of Russia may secede in the future.
- How the Chuvash ‘Discovered’ America – And Other Notions from New Russian Textbooks - some very strange ideas have made their way into Russian schools.
I grew up reading translations of Goble's opinion columns in Diena newspaper. I was really glad to discover that he now has a weblog and posts almost daily!
Some posts I particularly recommend:
- Russia’s Second Post-Soviet Generation Very Different from First - the first generation is people who came of age in 1990s, the second in 2000s and the values of the two generations differ quite a bit. After reading this, I wonder if the same trends can be seen in Latvia as well.
- Ethnic Russian regions nurture seccessionist ambitions and Regional Identity Trumps Ethnicity, RF Patriotism in Siberia- about the possibility that some parts of Russia may secede in the future.
- How the Chuvash ‘Discovered’ America – And Other Notions from New Russian Textbooks - some very strange ideas have made their way into Russian schools.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Added to the blogroll
Latvian Economy Watch, by Edward Hugh, Catalan/British economist who also has weblogs on economies of various other countries (Hungary, in particular) and contributes to A Fistful of Euros.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Added to the blogroll
Estonian Housing Bubble. It's in Russian but, if you read Russian, there is a lot of information there, both original commentary and media stories gathered in one place.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Added to the blogroll
FotoLat, a photo blog about Latvia. I found it when the author commented on one of real estate posts!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
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