Keywords: blood; Russia; medicine; doctor; health; donate; transfusion; hospital;
A ban on payment for donors is having dire consequences for the nation’s blood supply.
More...Keywords: Coca-Cola; distribution; wine exports; parliament; energy; protests; EU; Alenka Bratusek; janez jansa; bailout; electric car; Georgia; Bulgaria; Slovenia; Uzbekistan; GERB party; GDP; South Ossetia; CEZ; Bidzina Ivanishvili; Giorgi Kvirikashvili; Russia;
Plus, crisis-battered Slovenia and Bulgaria try to pick up the political pieces and Saakashvili admits he flubbed an attack on Russian banks. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.
More...Keywords: scapegoat; Kyrgyzstan; Alfa; Bishkek; trial; court; Jakupova; Sartov; Karamushkina; Kurmanbek Bakiev; Mars Sariev; Cholpon Jakupova;
A debate rages in Kyrgyzstan over who should pay for the murder and mayhem of the April 2010 uprising.
More...Keywords: gay propaganda; human rights; Balti; riots; MI6; Cold war; espionage; UK; journalists; Stalin; communist legacy; violence; arrests; Bulgaria; Skopje; appoint; demonstration; photographer; energy; Plamen Goranov; Talat Xhaferi; Rosen Plevneliev;
Plus, a Moldovan court rejects a local ‘gay propaganda’ ban, and views of Stalin reflect unfinished business in some post-Soviet countries. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.
More...Keywords: grants; students; universities; discrimination; Macedonia; Roma; education;
Progress is slow but steady as the government puts an overdue emphasis on Roma advancement.
More...Keywords: Momcilo Perisic; Yugoslav; China; Central Asia; VMRO DPMNE; Macedonia; Stefan Fule; Democratic Party of Socialists; Milo Djukanovic; DPS; war crimes; tribunal; Hague; Montenegro; France; Russia; Francois Hollande; Vladimir Putin; VMRO-DPMNE;
Plus, Montenegro's ruling party is under fire, and is China in trouble in Central Asia? Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.
More...Keywords: Armenia; Serzh Sargsyan; Raffi Hovannisian; elections; fraud; space study; Russia; meteorite; hunters; Serb generals; jailed; war crimes; Roma; smoking ban; Vladimir Putin; cigarette; focus; media; Viktor Yanukovyich; UMH Group; Ukaine; Dmitry Medvedev;
Plus, a smoking ban becomes law in Russia and Bosnian Serbs are sentenced in a wartime massacre of Roma. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.
More...Keywords: Poland; Jakub Badach; Gordon Bajnai; Iveta Radicova; Zeman; Palikot; Donald Tusk; European Parliament; Kwasniewski; Jaroslaw Kaczynski; Central Europe; Robert Fico;
As long as we leave the field to them, the same old career politicians will keep trying to come back.
More...Keywords: Rusal; tax fraud; coup plot; human rights; Mukhtar Ablyazov; supreme court; oligarch; journalist; opposition; Macedonia; Bosnia; protests; Leonid Khabarov; Russia; Talat Xhaferi; Igor Kasyanov; Oleg Deripaska; Iryna Khalip; Belarus;
Plus, a fugitive Kazakh oligarch loses a legal battle in Britain and veterans of the Yugoslav wars call attention to their plight. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the important, the trivial, the tragic, the weird, and the sober from its coverage region.
More...Keywords: Azerbaijan; elections; society; opposition; politics; Emin Huseynov; Institute for Reporter's Freedom and Safety; New Azerbaijan Party; EMDSC;
Azerbaijani activists say a new draft law aims to silence them ahead of the October presidential elections and beyond.
More...Keywords: Serbia; education; Presevo Valley; Albanians; migration; students; university; Kosovo; Vojvodina region; Subotica faculty; Ragmi Mustafa; Presevo;
The education system in the Presevo Valley reflects the complex ethno-politics of southern Serbia, and the wider Balkans.
More...Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; politics;
Article about political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
More...Keywords: constitution; Kosovo; Serbia;
Text about new constitution in Serbia and serbian political scene.
More...Keywords: Miodrag Stanisavljevic; books; promotions;
More...Keywords: ustashas; chetnics;
Review of the book "Razgovori s Adžijom / Conversations With Adzija" by Srdjan Jovic.
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