The 20th anniversary of the Baltic Way

Monday, 24 August 2009, 12:16 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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20 years ago, 20 million Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians joined hands to form an almost unbroken 650 kilometre long human chain. This was meant as a symbolic protest against their occupation by Soviet Russia.

Belarus warming up to the EU?

Thursday, 25 June 2009, 18:45 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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Interesting I think…

The sad fate of people and monkeys in Abkhazia (De verloren kolonie review)

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De verloren kolonie (Netherlands, 2008)
Seen: Wednesday, 13th May 2009 (cinema, Planete Doc Review)
Runtime: 70′
Director: Astrid Bussink
Production House: Zeppers Film en TV BV, NPS Television
Plot: A documentary about the first Primate Research Centre in the world, which happens to be in Abkhazia. It has a very glorious past - it is, for example, where the [...]

Firefox 3.0 is more popular than IE7 in Europe

Thursday, 2 April 2009, 16:14 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs
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I came across this. When you count all versions of Firefox and all versions of IE then IE still comes on top in Europe (though not everywhere - not in Poland for example *grin*), but Firefox 3.0 is the most popular browser version in Europe at the moment :) It’s interesting to see that [...]

Tense relations between the Ukraine and Russia

Saturday, 1 November 2008, 12:49 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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Russia’s military plans

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 9:31 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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This article covers quite a wide spectrum of things. It’s about the army stationed in Crimea, the former Soviet republics, the missile shield and the general mood in Russia.
The prime minister is also quoted as saying:
“We are not going to start a war or attack any country. Right now, in fact, Russia does not fight [...]